WELCOME TO JENN'S LIFE: Our Virginia (Busch Gardens) vacation 5-2009

DEREK AND CODY AT BUSCH GARDENS

NEVER TOO OLD TO PLAY IN THE SAND

OH NO!! WHERE IS CODY'S OTHER HALF???

CODY WONDERED IF IT REALLY WORKED....LONG AGO, CODY...LONG AGO

OUR VIRGINIA VACATION

We went to Virginia the last week of May of this year. I drove down with both boys in the back seat (aaagghhh....)....It was the first time that I drove anywhere of such a long distance by myself (as the only driver, that is)...What should have been about a 9 hour drive turned into a 15 hour drive with several "car sick" stops...Yes, Cody gets car sick still. But we eventually made it there! What a relief that was. We left at 3:30 in the morning from Syracuse and got in Williamsburg around 7ish at night. Just in time for din-din....The room was fine (and there was a pool outside for Codester). Derek doesn't usually swim in public pools (OCD issues)...The week before we LEFT syracuse, it was said to rain and thunder the whole week we were there BUT we made it through. And it actually only rained a few nights and all day the last day (coming home day). It happened to be a pretty nice weathered week for us. Took the boys to Busch Gardens (3 days) and Water Country USA. Then we went to Virginia beach for a day and one day I took Cody to Jamestown Settlement (but the smells of the "older times" bothered him and we had to leave early).....It was that musty smell that got to him almost immediately. We called back home to Carl every night to tell him how we were doing. (He didn't really want to go to Virginia--but wanted to take a small vacation with his new Harley Ultra Classic). One day I also took the boys to GO KARTS PLUS (a go-cart and ride amusement park). We spent a few hours there. Cody got to ride his own go cart which meant a lot to him. And Derek and I raced eachother on the "adult" go carts (and of course, he won)....It was a lot of fun there...One of my best visits was th HANNA ANDERSSON OUTLET there in Williamsburg. I just so happend to go when they were having a "mega sale" and I got Cody some clothes for next year school for under $10 a piece (usually over $40 a piece so it was a steal)!! For those of you who don't know Hanna Andersson clothes, it is the ONLY place where I can buy my little guy pants/shorts (the only ones that "feel right").....and since there is not any store around us, I end up buying them from Ebay or their online store....this was a great deal for me and I was really excited!! We swam in the outside pool almost every day (well at least Cody did)....Let's just say that the 8 days there flew by and too soon, we were back in Syracuse (of course, the GPS screwed up on the way back and I accidentally went through Washington DC and Baltimore 3 times before realizing it)!!! Another 15 hour trip back too! But through it all, it was worth it! Cody had fun and I believe Derek did too (even though he won't tell me that)...Vacation well taken.

Awww...Cody's clothes match the mystical creature that he is riding in.....

This picture actually means a lot to me. You see, Cody doesn't like to be "messy" in any way. He doesn't like the feel of sand on his skin either. So for him to sit IN the sand and build a sand castle with his brother for over an hour, it meant a lot. And then to get up from the sand looking like this--PRICELESS!! Of course, he had to wash himself off immediately in the ocean...LOL...