What a trip! Like Marcus said yesterday, we need a vacation from our vacation. We got home last night with around 14500 more miles on the jeep. We didn’t really have internet connections while we were gone, and I tried to just write down my blog in word, but that only happened once or twice. So to sum up everything that happened in the past 2 weeks…
We woke up Thursday morning (my birthday) and I got my gifts from the boys. I didn’t feel great that morning, but I tried to shrug it off. We packed up the jeep and headed to McDonalds for breakfast which I didn’t eat much of. We got on the road and were in Williamsburg for lunch. By this point I really didn’t feel well and didn’t eat. We checked into our hotel and instead of going out like we thought we would, we stayed in and I **tried** to rest. I think I was able to shut my eyes for an hour or two, but never really fell asleep. The kids were playing with the toys we brought and watched sponge bob and then there was the TRAIN! Yes, a train that was maybe a few feet from the hotel. Walls shook when it passed! There must be a sign with an arrow pointing to the building and says “Cheap Asses!!!” because that train horn sounded every time it passed! We got the hotel because it was cheap, thinking that we would be out and about most of the time anyways… We didn’t count on me being sick. After the second or third train that passed, I told Marcus we needed to get out. We went to the outlets down the street and shopped in some of the stores. We walked around 3 stores though, and I just couldn’t stand anymore. We went out to dinner and I got soup, but couldn’t eat it… Then we got back to the hotel, put the kids to bed and took my temp. It was close to 102. I felt the same way I had felt a couple weeks before when I thought I had Mastitis but without the breast pain. Blah!!!
The next day was a little better. I still felt a little queasy, but I didn’t want to stay in that hotel room all day. We went out to eat and I ate… We went to Colonial Williamsburg and I was somewhat able to walk around. We skipped Water Country. We did go to a Go Carts Plus and rode on some go carts, bumper boats, some kiddie rides and then we played some putt putt. Afterwards, we got ready to go to dinner at a place called 2nd Street. Marcus had been there before and loved it. Caleb… fell and hit his head really hard on the bathroom floor. When we got in the car both boys were falling asleep, but because of Caleb’s fall, I was trying to keep him awake. It took us almost 2 hours to find this place… We got so turned around and lost! We found it though and the food was awesome! I can’t wait to go there again! 
Fast forward to the next day. We set off to OBX. We met up with my mom and step dad and after waiting a long time for our house to be ready, we set off for our house. We followed the paved road to the end… where it lets off right onto the beach. Stuck the jeep in 4 wheel drive and we drove 8 miles ON the beach to our house. It was an awesome experience. Marcus had a lot of fun with that too!
We spent a whole week on the beach! It rained for a little while 1 day and we just happened to be out in the jeep with the doors and windows off… LOL! We went body boarding, made sand castles, went shopping, drove to Kill Devil Hills for a day and got some good tans! One of the best parts of the trip was that we woke up almost every day to wild horses in our yard and around the house. It was an awesome vacation! Caleb had no fear of the water and LOVED being in the ocean. Alec on the other hand hated the water but loved the sand. He of course tried to eat the sand a few times and it took him a couple of days to realize that it was not edible!
We left Friday night instead of Saturday morning. We beat a lot of traffic by doing this! We went camping Saturday – Monday at the Shenandoah river. We do this often and we always do the same things… Raft down the river from the bridge to our camp… and then Caleb always tried to fish. This time though, 1 thing affected both of these. The river weeds were really overgrown and thick! The rafts got stuck… and the hooks got tangled. We still had a good time though.
Monday morning we packed up and went straight to Fairfax, where we went to a birthday party. I got to see 2 friends from the September Sweethearts that I haven’t seen in a long time. It was fun to catch up with them! After the party we finally made our way home! Now, we’re home and I have loads of laundry to do! It was a great vacation though! I can’t wait till next year!
I’m working on uploading some pics. I will post a link when I am finished.
