August is Over?!?!

Where has the time gone?? I know I am way overdue for a post but just haven't been able to find the time to sit down and do it!!!
The highlight of the summer came over the last two weeks as we were able to go on vacation WITH Marsh for almost 2 weeks!!! We had a wonderful time of family and friends and just being "US". The kids were so happy to have dad's undivided attention for such a long span of time. Jamie and the boys came for a visit in Chincoteague and we had a great time!! Marsh built sand castles with the kids, Jamie and I got to talk, we went crabbing and the cousins got along beautifully. It was wonderful! On Thursday we headed to Williamsburg for a surprise trip to the Great Wolf Lodge!! Totally cool!! No one was ready to leave on Friday. There is a picture of Nate posted with him in front of this water gadget.....he did not leave this thing for the longest time. He would have been content to never go on a slide or in a pool. All he wanted to do was work with the mechanics of this thing!! We headed toward historic Williamsburg on Friday evening and looked for a hole-in-the-wall hotel to stay in til Saturday.....we found it!!! It actually wasn't too, too bad but the funniest part came when I heard this rumbling in the distance that was getting closer and closer and louder and louder, until the whole room was shaking and I was sure that a plane was landing on the roof. But no....it was the freight train that runs RIGHT behind the hotel. Literally, about 100ft behind the hotel were the tracks!! I cracked up all night thinking about it. It only went through 4 times and the kids didn't wake up from it at all. We left for Chincoteague, got stuck in traffic but eventually got back to the trailer and had a great few days with Memom and Poppop on the beach. One of the best vacations we have had in a while!!