We made it here! And it is absolutely beautiful. WOW-4 plane rides is a lot! The kids did great but Dad, Eric, and I were sooo tired. We got our rental van. It is the exact same van as ours at home. Chloe is sure it is ours. The only diference is the seats and we don't beep when we back up....We snuck to Busch Gardens to check it out that first night. It is a beautiful amusement park. The weather is so nice right now. Around 80 with just mild humdity. Dad loves all the trees. He names them each time we see a new one. Everything seems so, so clean.
Yesterday we ventured to Richmond. We went to the Holocaust Museum. It was very sad. Very hard to go there but a good one to take kids to. They had a fake underground tunnel and lots of photos and replicas of a concentration camp. While the little ones didn't understand, Josh, Haley, and Ben surely were left with a strong impression of sadness.
We drove 10 miles through 2 toll bridges (new to the kids) to find a top 10 restaurant dad found on line. It was more like a bar. We laughed and decided the Chick-fillet next door would be fine. We then went to the Hollywood Cemetary where we saw where many famous presidents and Confederate soldiers are buried. It was so beautiful and taken such good care of. During our drive we got lost "in the projects". It was very sad to see. And seemed a little scary. There was a grave yard close to that that. It was terrible and not taken care of and full of tons and tons and tons ofof grave stones. They were one on top on another.
We drove through Williamsburg. The college William and Mary is so pretty. Tons of parents were dropping their kids off at school. The kids still weren't tired to we went swimming back at the hotel. It was nice to swim.
Pictures will be much more exciting but I will wait until we reach our condo tonight. We have been in hotel for these first 2 nights waiting for our condo. The space will be nice :).
The kids are writing in their journals and we are getting ready for church. Gabriel is walking around saying 'airplane". He loved taking off and landing. Watching his little eyes was priceless.
Well, off to church to see what the Lord is up to in Virginia.
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Your journal entry was fascinating and wonderful!! So relieved to know everyone is okay and that your educational adventures seem to be all that you hoped they would be! Since we would like to do this trip too, the children's journals will be a great help to us and fun to read. The writing experience is so important in the education process and they are probably excited about this writing assignment as well!!! It will be interesting to see the different perspectives of what they are seeing, learning and enjoying.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking time to update us here at home. We know how busy you must be.
Hugs to everyone ............. and stay well!!!
Love, Grandma Carol & John
Wow, what an adventure for you all. Talk about a vacation your kids will never forget.
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