We went to the Lamarre's house for fried ice cream the first night we were in VA. It was really yummy and we learned a neat way to make a delicious new dessert.
Rick was letting everyone on Facebook know that we arrived safely
Parker's face was priceless
Fried ice cream. forgot to get a picture of the finished product.
It was topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup!
On Wednesday, we headed to Sandbridge Beach for the day. It is a great, family-friendly beach with gentler waves and a neat playground. I even enjoyed being in the water, instead of standing at the water's edge. It was so calm and a lot warmer than when we were at Virginia Beach last June. Noah enjoyed using his boogie board and Kari loved body surfing. Holly read on the beach while we played in the waves.
After the beach, we stopped by a roadside stand and got some peaches, strawberry jam, root beer and sarsaparilla (which is really just very sweet root beer). Then we stopped at Handel's for some ice cream.
After we rested a bit at home, we met Kayti for dinner at a local Chinese buffet. The food was alright, but the company was awesome!
On Thursday, we headed to Virginia Beach to walk on the "boardwalk". We went to Candy Kitchen (the kiddos had $10 to spend and each bought stuffed animals (not candy), Bella's Pizza and Kohr's Bros. Ice Cream. The chocolate peanut butter swirl soft serve ice cream was the best!
Kayti and her friend, Jackie came over for dinner. Rick made chocolate chip pancakes. After dinner, we played Apples to Apples and Wii Sports Resort.
On Friday, we went to The Portsmouth City Park playground and let the kiddos get nice and sweaty and then headed to the Lamarres' house for some swimming.
After the park, we stopped at DQ for a sweet treat. Noah was sure we had never been to a DQ before and was so excited about getting a Blizzard. He also wanted to know if we could buy a bottle of their bubbles since they have kittens in them. Gotta love marketing/commercials!
The kiddos enjoyed being able to swim at the Lamarres' house and we enjoyed that they were worn out enough that evening to watch the movie, Soul Surfer and have an earlier bedtime than they had had all week.
On Saturday, we headed to downtown Norfolk. We had lunch at Schlotzsky's, tried to go to the Caribbean Festival, but it was raining and explored a free art exhibit.
That night, we stayed in, made some homemade pizza and played a lot of Wii Sports Resort.
On Sunday after church we headed to the Lamarres' house for a cookout. The kiddos got to swim again and we got to meet Kayti's boyfriend, Kevin. Noah also got to see Jackie again, which made him very happy.
We headed home today and had a pretty uneventful trip home. We did get stopped on the HW Nice Bridge, which wasn't nice at all, but we got to see Janie, the kiddos and the new chicks and bunny, so it was worth it.
I am very glad we are home, as school starts in two weeks and we still have some more summer to enjoy before that happens. But, I will definitely miss being able to spend so much time with Holly and the Lamarres. We are so blessed to have such great friends and family!
2 comments:
Wow, you all have been BUSY!! Loved all the pics, you look like such a happy bunch. :) I am dying for some ice cream and a trip to the beach now!! :)
Yeah, if you noticed we had ice cream almost every day during vacation =)
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