Reminder: First, turn off the music at the bottom of the page before listening to the girls sing.
We had a great Memorial Day service Sunday morning in church. It started off by having all the serviceman in attendance walk in together and place the flags (American and Christian) at the alter followed by a wreath to remember those who have died for our country. The service men filled the first 4 pews of the middle section of the church. I tried to count them all all there were about 30. They were each recognized by their service. After the preaching, there was a slideshow to honor those in our church who have served in the military.
My favorite part was listening to Haleigh and Rebecca sing God Bless the U.S.A. It's not a God honoring song that should be sang in the church but it was very fitting for the day. The girls did a fantastic job singing. Of course, I may be a bit bias.
For lunch, we drove an hour to Pierces Barbecue. Jay really loves that place so we go there as often as our schedule allows. The place is always packed out. It is really good food that our entire family enjoys.
After lunch, we drove over to Colonial Williamsburg to purchase our tickets and see what was going on down there on Monday and Tuesday.
Side note to interject: Our reasoning for getting away this weekend was to celebrate our 11th anniversary that went over a couple weeks ago with little fanfare. Jay took off Tues. so we could have a long weekend together. With Rebecca singing Sunday morning, we couldn't leave Friday night as desired. We had first planned to head up to D.C. for the weekend but they had Big Thunder Rally(400,00 motorcyclist parade) going on Monday and we didn't feel it was necessary for us to be apart of that. So off to Williamsburg we went.
It's funny how Jay and I look at vacations differently. I want to lounge and relax while he wants to cram as much into it as he can! I picked leisurely Colonial Busch Gardens and he spiced it up with Busch Gardens and Water Country. OK, back to the trip...
Once tours were booked and tickets purchased, we headed over to Busch Gardens for a few hours. The weather was great and the crowds weren't too bad.
Jay and Becca on the Flying Machine. He really doesn't like this one but will ride it for my benefit.
Jay and Rebecca on the Tea cups. Another one that he prefers not to ride.
Rebecca and I on Tradewind. Emily is too short for this ride so Rebecca and I only get to ride it when he is with us to watch Emily- who usually goes to the child's version, Elephant Run. *Notice the 2 girls in the seat behind us. Funny, I didn't see that until now.
Here they are on Emily's favorite Ride: Le Scoot Log Flume. Rebecca hates the water rides so we usually sit this one out. For some reason, she decided that she'd try it again. Since she didn't want to sit in the front and possibly get soaked, she sat behind Jay and Emily. She had her head ducked the entire ride and ahem, got the wettest. lol The sun was going down and it was getting chillier. She was NOT in a good mood after that ride.
One last ride before heading back to the hotel. This was Rebecca's first time on the LochNess Monster. She loved it and would have rode it again except for the fact that she was wet and cold. Next time though! Emily wanted to ride this one too as she loves roller coasters but she has 3 more inches to grow.
So, back to the hotel to play in the pool- the girls, not us. We were quite tired by then! After swimming, showers and the customary jumping on the bed in a hotel, we all fell fast asleep!
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