Day 15....of our BIG trip (the long drive home)

so far the longest we had ever driven in a day was a little over 6 hours. 

this day it was FOR-E.V.E.R

oh my goodness. there was one point that my hubby looked over at me and said.....we would just about be in Disney World now, as long as we have driven.

we were all tired and ready to be home and after thinking through all the options, it was just better to drive the whole day and get home instead of stopping half way.

we did make a lot of stops but it was quick ones, reminded the kids that if we kept pushing on we would get home tonight and be able to sleep in our own beds and wake up in our house and play with our toys.

it kept them going but we were all spent by the time we walked through the doors. tears and exhaustion and we crashed hard.

i posted this  the night we got home.

there was a moment, driving through our state that was just dreamy.

the light 

the colors

the mist

it was dreamy and perfect

a little welcome home after so many days of being gone.

here it is all packed up
loads and loads of dirty laundry even thought i did laundry one day on the trip.

Day 14.......of our BIG trip

The place we stayed was an efficiency 

So we had a small kitchen

After eating out so much it was nice to get eggs and cinnamon rolls from the grocery store and cook instead.

That is what we did for breakfast.

After breakfast we packed to to go play in the pool and at the beach.

By my side most of the time.

I love my little side kick. I sometimes forget how much I am being watched.

Looking for shells again 

Floating in the lazy river

My little side kick again. She was helping me making spaghetti 

After lunch we took the kids to this obctical water course.

The loved it. Their version of a ninja worrier course

For lunch we went to a fish house called the flyin fish.  We ordered sword fish and tile fish.  There is Golden boy trying the sword fish and liking it.

A sunset walk on the beach rounded up the trip and the day.

Tomorrow we head home.

Steps 3,230

Day 13......of our BIG trip

We left Williamsburg and took our longest drive of the trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where ten toes touched the Atlantic for the very first time.

Girl did handstands and cartwheels on the beach

Bou looked for seashells

And we watched beach grass sway in the wind.

Steps 6,658

Day 12.....of our BIG trip

Busch Gardens

our gondola awaits

a ride in the sky, across the park. it was way to hot to walk

we had a great view of the park and apparently Golden boy was checking out the coasters we passed

this was little girls favorite ride. she rode it three times

steps 9,924