Our Trip to Va Beach

We had such a fun-filled weekend in Virginia Beach.  It was one of those weekends that you need another weekend to recover from!  Mom and I held a baby shower luncheon for Erin on Saturday, and while we were gone Chad took the girls to the mall to ride the carousel & eat lunch.  They love the Lynnhaven mall carousel.  After I got back from the shower, we packed up the kids and headed down to the boardwalk.  It was a super windy, slightly chilly afternoon at the beach.  The water was much too rough for us to wade in, but the girls at least the girls got to take in the view.

Back at Mom-Mom & Grandpa's house, they relaxed in the hammock.  And when I say 'relaxed', I do mean that they played and rocked and screamed the whole time in it.  :)

They had fun on Sunday helping Mom-Mom babysit Amelia while Erin, Matt, Chad, and I were at the DMB concert.  Then the next morning, we headed to Busch Gardens.  It was a bit cool and spitting rain in the morning, but it turned out to be a perfect day!! No lines, great weather, and excited kids always makes for a good time at BG.  I didn't take my camera into the park, but here are a couple from Chad's phone.
The girls ready to enter the park...

Meeting Elmo!

The most surprising of the day's events?...Hannah rode Apollo's Chariot!!  It's a HUGE adult-sized roller coaster that even makes ME nervous to ride.  I can't believe she rode her first real coaster.  Chad went with her, and my heart was in my throat watching them climb that huge drop and then flying down!  I don't think she was expecting it to be so fast.   She was a bit shocked when she got off, but claims she really liked it and wanted to do it again.  ....Maybe next time, Mommy can only handle one panic attack per trip.