Summer Vacation 2008

I thought my vacation would NEVER get here...but it always does, eventually! Here we are at Marla's in Wilmington. Lon's nephew Justin came for the weekend with his wife Lori and their baby Jordan. Jordan really took a liking to Kip's friend Bailey. She brought her blankie and stuffed animal over and put them on his lap, making a nest for herself. He didn't know WHAT to do, ha ha. Lon loves Jordan's little baby feet. In the photo it looks like she's sharing a secret, but really she was waving to someone. Bailey & Kip were as good as angels (ahem, cough cough) and as usual we could hardly get them out of the water to go home. Where did the week go?! It seems like we just got here... I'm not NEARLY sunburned enough!

He's a Teenager!!

Yup, Kip is 13 now... My baby is a teenager! Lon and I gave him a "Cosmic Bowling" party and he invited his friends Taylor, Sam and Paul. I tried to take some videos, but every time I did, they ended up throwing gutter balls... It was a bit too dark in there anyway, what with the laser lights and all. Kip joked that his age equals his shoe size. It's actually been that way for the past couple of years. I hope that trend doesn't continue for much longer, or we'll have to special order his shoes! (Look at the hair on these boys! I feel like I'm back in the 70's, ha ha)

Kings Dominion

This year, Kip wanted us to take him to Kings Dominion for his birthday. We hadn't been in several years. No friends this time, just a family thing. Awwwww, he still loves us! So we took off work Friday, figuring it wouldn't be quite as crowded as on a weekend. The temperature was in the high 80's, but it wasn't as humid as it has been lately, thankfully. Here's Kip riding the Avalanche, in the blue "France" car. Then him and Lon on the Rebel Yell, in the very back car. The Rebel Yell is an old wooden roller coaster. I remember thinking it was awesome, 30 years ago, when you used to have the choice to ride it backwards. No, not sit in the seat backwards... duh... the whole train went backwards! I guess they don't do that anymore. Kip said the Rebel Yell was his favorite part of the day. Mine was cooling off on the Whitewater Canyon ride. We got SO DRENCHED! But Kip had won a souvenir towel by throwing baseballs, so we were able to dry off a little. All that fun and sun really wiped us out!