Ben wanted me to post this picture of him -- a tower that reached to the ceiling!Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Oct -- AWANA character night
At AWANA the Sparks (Tay and Ben's age group) had character night. Taylor is dressed up as Queen Esther and Ben is Moses. The TNTers (Abby's class) had twin night -- she dressed up just like her friend Helena. They all had a great night.Oct -- Grandma and Grandpa
We love it when Grandma and Grandpa come for a visit!! This year Grandpa made the kids stilts. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with them -->> Chinese buffet (2 times), fancy breakfast buffet (compliments of the airline after they had to delay their return trip one day), fan is now working in bathroom, passed inspection after a little tweak by G. Vern, new clothes thanks to G. Aurie and a lot of fun and laughter thanks to a couple of great people:)
Oct - WV
Every October (for the past few years) we have vacationed with 4 other families at Canaan Valley in West Virginia! There are 13 kids and 10 adults (can you imagine 13 kids running around -- yes it is thrilling and noisy). We took lots of hikes and enjoyed a beautiful preview of fall:)
Oct 8th -- WV Seneca Rock
We hiked up Seneca Rock! It was amazing and gorgeous:)
Just an aside... A few days after this hike the kids were telling a group of people about the sign at Seneca Rock stating to be careful (there have been 15 deaths due to rock climbing). Anyway, Ben chimes up that he did not see one dead person on the hike (hmmm... what was going on in his mind during our hike)!!
Oct -- camping
The first weekend of October we went camping with friends at Cunningham State Park. We cut it short one night (due to Greg's cold), but we enjoyed our time there immensely. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful...
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sept -- Hmmmmm....
This is what happens when Tay gets invited to a birthday sleepover -- Abby gets creative with Ben. Is this not hilarious??Sept 18 - 21 -- Dewey Beach (again)
We love the beach!! After our exceptional time in Williamsburg, this was icing on our whole vacation experience. We had a wonderful time together:)
Sept 18 -- Chesapeake Channel Tunnel
A new adventure! We took the Chesapeake Tunnel from Virginia Beach to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It is 12.5 miles of bridges and tunnels (2 tunnels about a mile in length each). Our next stop -->> Dewey Beach:)
Sept 15 - 18 Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown
This year we decided to take advantage of the Home School days at Williamsburg. We are sooooo glad that we took this trip -- it was so much fun (and very educational)! They enjoyed grinding corn, making candles, and taking in all of the sights and sounds. 
We had a super time at Jamestown Settlement! We started out with a wonderful 2 hour tour (thanks to our awesome tour guide). We walked through a re-created Powhatan village, re-created fort and the replica of the Susan Constant, Discovery and Godspeed. We learned a lot that day:)
A wonderful day at Williamsburg. We toured the Governor's mansion (couldn't resist the maze), learned about brick making and other various stops along the way:)
We met up with the Williams in Williamsburg (that has a great ring). The kids and dads ran around a field at William and Mary, listened to a bit of fife and drum (thanks to a Constitution Day celebration), and generally had a great time. Check out the cool gourds behind Abby and Helena!!
Our last stop was Yorktown. The kids had an hour long class (Ben and Tay in one class and Abby in another -- split by grades) about colonial life. I stayed with Ben and Tay and enjoyed the fashion show (don't they look colonial)! After the classes we walked around a re-created Continental Army encampment(the dental equipment used by the soldiers really made the kids squeamish) and a re-created 1780s farm (they enjoyed watering the garden with gourd spoons). We had a great time!!
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