Virginia vacation slide show

This is a slideshow of pictures from our vacation to Virginia with Matt's family in July.

Busch Gardens-Williamsburg

Sophie and I by hot air balloon at Busch Gardens

Once again, the girls loved the Sesame Street area at Busch Gardens

                                         

The girls while we were waiting to ride something (there were long lines for some rides the first time we went because it was on the weekend)

Abbie and Sophie riding a boat ride

                                               

The skyride

Abbie drives a mini-Dodge'em car

Abbie flies a plane

Ladybugs ride

Sophie and Abbie met an authentic Leprechaun

Recently, we traveled up to Virginia to visit Matt's family in Richmond.  It was a long road trip but overall the girls were good travelers. We had a really busy but fun week.  On Saturday, we visited Busch Gardens, and the weather was great!  There was a big crowd but we had a lot of fun!  The girls enjoyed riding all of the kiddie rides.  Sophie rode the big bumper cars with her Daddy and loved that!  Abbie rode the little bumper cars 2-3 times and was super cute.  She drove around in a circle most of the time.  Sophie also rode a couple of the wet rides with some of the adults and had fun.  We enjoyed seeing a couple of the shows too!  They were having some cooler weather the first few days we were in Virginia which was really nice.  On Sunday afternoon after church, we just took it easy.  It ended up at that Tom and Teresa's church was having VBS that week which we hadn't realized beforehand so the kids went to VBS on the first night.  On Monday, we headed back to Busch Gardens for more fun and then headed over to Virginia Beach where we stayed for a couple of nights.  

                  

Christmas break in Virginia

Sophie stops skating to strike a pose

We're all here-quick, take our picture while we're all standing!

It looks like Sophie's being served for dinner tonight!

All of us worked hard to build this arch at the Science Museum.

The first couple of days in Virginia, there was a lot of snow on the ground so we didn't do a whole lot. The girls just played with their new toys and mostly stayed indoors. After the snow cleared up a little, we were able to go and do more things. One day we took the girls roller skating (for the first time) and it was great because we had the whole place pretty much to ourselves. Both of the girls had several falls so they were probably a little sore.  They both ended up doing best in the skates where you just put your shoes inside them.  They were probably sore the next day!  We also visited the science museum one day and that was alot of fun!

Busch Gardens

Here we are at Busch Gardens in the Sesame Street area of the park. Sophie had been recently when she was able to spend a few days with Matt's parents by herself but she was excited to show the rest of us everything, especially in the Sesame Street area. It's a relatively small area of the park with just a handful of rides but the girls enjoyed each of them. Sophie was able to meet all of the Sesame Street characters but Abbie wanted nothing to do with them. They also put on a live show that we could watch. It was cool for us parents too because we grew up watching Sesame Street. =)

Sophie with Bert & Ernie

Sophie & Abbie

Sophie, Mama & Abbie riding the Elmo ride

Aunt Leia, Daddy & Sophie riding the roller coaster in Sesame Street land. It was actually a pretty decent sized roller coaster. I was a little surprised because I thought it would be a real "kiddie" roller coaster but it had a decent sized hill, some big curves & it was pretty fast. Sophie loved it though!