Summer Bucket List: Beach!

We just got back from six fun-filled days (and five sleepless nights :) at Virginia Beach.  We went to visit Patrick's youngest sister, Meghan and her family.  Her husband was recently deployed to Afghanistan and they just had the newest member of the family, Miles, who was three weeks old when we arrived.  We had a great week.  Here's all the fun stuff we did!

Beach!  Sun.  Sand.  Um, crabs. It was a sand crab scavenger hunt.  At one count, they were up to catching 42 sandcrabs.  One would holler out, "I've got 36!"

My beach bum baby.

We walked the boardwalk and the first thing we HAD to do was get a rainbow snowcone.

Since we were in a military town, we had to go see the Aviation Museum!

Our next stop was a road-trip to Historical Jamestown.  They saw Powhatan Village, came on board all three of the Settlement Ships and also saw the actual fort.  Such a great day.

 

Helping the Indians carve out a canoe.

 

 

Meghan is a rockstar.  Not only did she drive 90 minutes with four children to get there, but she leaves the stroller behind.  High speed, low drag!

  

Wow, were those armors HEAVY.  I have no idea how they could have fought in them!

 

Caelan is ready for battle....sweet warrior!

But wait....there's more to do!  

Can't have a warrior spirit, and not visit the U.S.S. Wisconsin in Portsmouth.

 

Last stop of the week was at the Acquarium, which was VERY impressive.  Super interactive for kids.  They have seals, a huge shark tank, a Bird Aviary and so much more.

One night, we ate Hibachi and the kids LOVED the entertainment and the food.  If you were a boy, why wouldn't you love FIRE??

The four older boys spent a lot of time together in the playroom, and at night----they stayed up, often an hour after bedtime, talking and laughing.   The two younger ones, well...they bonded too taking each other's toys and having bath time.

 

We had a really great week.  It was fun, but also exhausting from the nights--just trying to get our kids to sleep in new arrangements.  It won't deter us though from building great memories again.  Who needs the sleep anyway???  We hope to come back again, soon!!!