The other day, I was thinking of old movies that I used to watch when I was little and that I really liked. "Babes in Toyland" (1961 version with Annette Funicello) popped into my head. Well I knew that I would never be able to find that one to rent because it is so old. Well I went to this store called Once Upon a Child, (they sell used children's things). I was looking for some pants for Elly. I went over to the shoe section, where they also have some books and movies, and to my surprise, there it was! What are the chances of that? So I bought it, for only $2. Man, that was a steal. I showed it to Jordan and he loved it, even though it wasn't a cartoon. Wow! The memories!
Okay, for all you semi-old timers out there. This one's for you. I had really been bothered for a while because I couldn't remember the name of this Halloween movie that I used to watch when I was little. Well I went on Yahoo Answers and I asked my question. Well within minutes my answer came. "The Night Dracula Saved the World" aka "The Halloween that Almost Wasn't" I am so excited. Now... Of course it is no longer in print anymore but lo and behold, I found it on E-bay! That is where we do a lot of our shopping. It is so much fun! Anyways... I bought it. Yay for me!
So, we were supposed to travel home on Saturday the 13th because of mix-ups with our flights. After we had gotten to the airport, checked our luggage, and waited for about an hour, that is when they told us our flight had been canceled and we were able to spend one more day with Ryan. It ended up being a blessing because everything worked out so smoothly. Since we had one more day we were able to go inside Nauticus and see the U.S.S. Wisconsin Battleship. It was HUGE!!! Jordan just loved being on a ship. It was really neat. The ship was docked and next to it was a cruise ship, to my surprise the cruise ship was larger than the battleship. I guess cruise lines hold a lot more people but still it was unreal!
So I want everyone to know that I love our prophet. I am sure you all have heard about President Hinkley "knighting" President Eyring, I just thought that was too cute. Here is what I was sent.
So, we got this call from our neighbor, they are GREAT!!! They always help when it is needed. They are watching our house a our dog while we're in Virginia. So, like I said we got a call from them on Saturday... "Oh no, what happened", was our first thought, they called to tell us that we just got over 2 inches of snow. There was actually enough snow to make a snowman. Whoa! Here we are in Virginia where it is humid and hot and they are building snowmen. How crazy is that. I'm afraid that it is going to be a cold winter.
We had the opportunity to go to Virginia Beach on Saturday. How Fun!!! There are so many little shops along the coast, and because the summer season is pretty much over, everything was on sale. My kind of shopping! We got some cool stuff for cheap! This beach made me miss the beach back home, in California. I really love the beach but as I get older, I realize how much I HATE the sand, especially now that I have 2 kids that I have to clean up afterwards. One thing that I especially liked about this beach was the sculptures that they have. WOW!!! They are incredible. I am just amazed at the talent that people have and I wish that I had some of that talent. We had fun. Ryan and Jordan played in the water, while Elly and I played in the sand. Or rather, I chased Elly through the sand. It was a good day! I took some pictures of some of my favorite sculptures on the beach. AMAZING!!! Unfortunately, once we got back, Ryan didn't feel too well. He had gotten what Jordan had on Friday. Needless to say we spent Sunday inside taking care of Daddy. We were able to listen to General Conference, which was the perfect Sunday activity and the talks were excellent! I love hearing what the apostles have to say to us. It was neat to watch Jordan. Every time one of the apostles said "spirit" or "Holy Ghost", Jordan was sure to make sure that we heard it. It was fun to know that he actually listened. He was cute!
Well, we have been here for 4 days now and we are really enjoying it. We have seen so much already. There is so much history here. I love it. There is just not enough time to see it all. Thursday, we just traveled all day, which is not so fun to do with 2 little ones. It is really hard to keep them entertained in airports and on planes. You are always worrying about if you are bothering other people. I wouldn't do it if I didn't feel like it was going to be worth it. It is worth it for the kids to be able to see their Daddy and my Husband. They really love him. All the way to the airport Jordan kept telling Grandpa Dean that he really, really loved his Daddy and that he was gonna give him hugs and kisses. He is a fan of his dad and you can tell it. Thursday night was not so fun, Jordan got sick. I spent Friday morning taking care of him. By late Friday afternoon he was doing a lot better and we decided to get out of the house. We took a drive to see some sites. We ended up stopping at a port where there was a HUGE ship docked. It was really neat. They had the ship out of the water, I think they might have been doing some repairs. At the same site there was an old lighthouse light. It was really cool to see. As we were there, a Ferry pulled up. Since neither the kids nor myself had ever been on a Ferry, we decided to take it over to Norfolk, which is only 10 minutes away from where we were staying in Portsmouth. As we pulled up to the dock in Norfolk we saw something interesting! There was Shrek tied up to a pole over the water. We told Jordan that someone tied him up to feed him to the sharks. He thought that was pretty funny. Once we got off the Ferry, we walked around. We saw Nauticus (which we are going to later), we saw the MacArthur Memorial (we will go see that too), and we walked around the Mall. It is really big! I am so glad that we have this opportunity to do just a little bit of traveling. Traveling is something that I have always wanted to do. It is fun to be able to take the kids too. They can say that they have been somewhere other than Idaho.
