Virginia Trip

We went to Virginia for fall break.  We left on Saturday and headed to Clarksville, Virginia.  It was about an 8 hour drive to the Russells.  Ryan spoke at Ryan R's school the first week in October for spiritual emphasis week.  It was great to see the Russells and to spend time with them.  I left Ryan at the Russells on Tuesday and went up to Newport News to visit my mom.  It is about a 2 1/2 hour drive to my mom's from the Russells...not a bad drive at all.  All three kids slept at the same time for (at least) an hour of the drive.  We stopped at the rest stop north of Williamsburg on 64 and took this picture by this LOVE art! 

Virginia is for lovers!

Tuesday night we went to Sweet Frog for some sweet yogurt!  The colors of the yogurt shop are pink and lime green!!!  Very Pretty!!! 

On Wednesday we went to Blue Bird Gap farm.  It is FREE to go there, but the animals seem to look extra pitiful.  The kids like going there...I think they asked to go there (and also Busch Gardens, but it wasn't open when we were in town)  They do have a great playground!

checking out the pig

Gigi with the kids

ducks

 After the farm we headed to McDonald's for lunch!  Chicken nuggets, fries, and juice boxes!!!  After lunch, my mom took me by the coolest store ever, Charming Charlies.

All week long, Josiah had been fighting a fever.  I could control it with Tylenol and IB Profin, and he was functionable.  But, later that day he got worse, so I took him to the doctor after dinner.  They said that it was probably a reaction to the flu shot that he had gotten the previous Friday.  They gave him a shot, and it seemed like he felt better almost right away.  By the next day he was back to normal and feeling better.  Just in time to head to the Norfolk Zoo. 

at the zoo

with the tiger

with the REAL tiger!

the kids with the butterfly elephant

Later that evening we went out to the York Beach!  The kids LOVE the beach.  They are so easily entertained...no matter the temperature of the water.  The sand and the water were cold, but it didn't matter.  We rolled their pants up and they were ready to play.

On Friday, we went to the park to take pictures and also to play on the playground.  With Mercy's lack of sleep, there was drama over one of the big swings.  haha!  They were pooped!  I headed back to Clarksville just after lunch.  Of course, Mercy feel sleep about 1 minute into the drive!

We took some pictures back at the Russells.  

Me, Ryan, Ryan, and Christie