July 2024!

 Amelia earned some $ dog sitting for our friends:

Amelia got the wolf cut she's been wanting. Her bff Oliva got the same haircut:

11th grade!

5th grade!

Busch Gardens! Jamestown! Yorktown!

 What to remember about Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Jake and Amelia rode all the roller coasters and had a grand time. Gavin decided to be brave and try the Verbolten roller coaster. He rode with Jake and Ameila and I rode behind him. The ride looked pretty tame - I wasn't even too worried about my usual motion sickness. We didn't know there was an inside part. With a vertical drop, like the floor drops out. It was one of the best roller coasters I've ever been on. Jake and Amelia both said it was their favorite in the park. Gavin is done with roller coasters. 

One of the 5 times we ate pizza this trip:

We visited both Jamestown and Jamestown Settlement:

Amelia got dirty digging out a canoe:

We toured the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, did the driving tour of the battlefield, and drove through the town. 

Virginia Beach!

 On Easter Sunday we drove out to Virginia Beach. We walked on the boardwalk, did some window shopping, ate a wave pizza (half pizza half calzone) for lunch, then visited the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk.  The art museum was huge and had a cool exhibit of photos taken by Paul McCartney in his heyday. 

Williamsburg! - Spring Break 2024

 We spent spring break 2024 in Williamsburg, Virginia. We stayed in a condo that had a wrist band system for all the amenities including 2 arcades that were totally free. Gavin enjoyed some freedom on this trip in the afternoons/evenings after site seeing; he walked around the resort by himself and played video games, miniature golfed with kids he met, and bird watched by the pond. While he did this Amelia enjoyed having her own room with king size bed to play her tablet in. 

We did all the historical stuff while we were in town. We visited Historical Williamsburg the first and last full day of our trip. The first visit was on a busy Saturday and the last was on a cooler, much less busy Thursday and it was fun to see it on both days. My favorite was walking around on Thursday morning when it was first opening. Gavin really enjoyed speaking to all the people who worked at all the places we visited and asked lots of questions. He especially enjoyed the Native Americans and the men making guns at Williamsburg. We did the tours at the Governor's Palace and the Capitol and learned lots of history. Amelia's favorite was the 2 day old sheep we saw. We also visited the extensive art museums at Historical Williamsburg where a well meaning elderly docent wouldn't leave us alone.