{NASA & Mini Golf}

On our second full day in Ocean City we had a lovely mix of rain and snow to add to the already cold temps.  So we were looking for something to do indoors and found out that there was a NASA facility just south of us into Virginia.  There was a visitors center so we thought, why not check it out.  It was fun for the kids, even though we seriously spent only a half an hour there.  It was a small visitors center and they were doing some renovations so their theater was wasn't working.  We got back into the car and ate lunch and then headed back to Ocean City to find something else to do.  We hit up a bowling alley and it happened to be Senior day and they had a senior bowling league tournament going on so there were no open lanes.  The next best thing was indoor mini golf.  The kids had a great time.  Wyatt even got a hole in one.  We spent the afternoon doing that and then we headed to the pool and let the kids swim for a few hours.  It was our last day in Ocean City.  The next day when we left to head home the weather was warmer and sunny, go figure.  We stopped off at the outlet malls on our way back and found some good deals.

The rest of Spring Break was spent doing some spring cleaning, going bowling, watching movies and enjoying being off of work and school.  We are excited to head back to Ocean City when it is much warmer.  We may even get to wear our swimsuits on the beach instead of our parkas!!

{Ocean City & Assateague Island}

We found a great hotel right on the beach in Ocean City and we got it for a great price.  That was most likely due to the fact that it was in the off season and cold.  It was cold, but fun nonetheless.  After we visited Annapolis, we drove straight to Ocean City and got checked into the hotel.  We then headed off to find dinner and then enjoyed the indoor pool before we headed to bed.  The next morning we ate breakfast, and then went to Assateague Island, which was just a few miles away.  Assateague Island is known for it's wild ponies and of course with a horse lover among us we couldn't not go to see them for ourselves.  Meysa, I believe has watched the movie Misty about a billion times.  The movie is about the wild ponies on Chincoteague Island which is the Virginia side of Assateague Island.  We got lucky and the horses were out grazing a lot that day.  The Park Ranger said that they would be because they sensed the storm that was coming and so they would be getting their bellies full to tide them over through the storm.  The kids loved spotting them and naming them.  The brown and white one in the picture below they named Florida because it's white paint looks like Florida.  We are pretty original around here.  There are some short hikes on the island that you can take and so we did one of those and then headed to the beach to check out the ocean.  We came away from the ocean with tons of sand in our shoes, shells in our pockets and wind blown hair.  I laughed when I thought of us traipsing around the beach bundled up in our winter coats, freezing.  We were supposed to be getting snow and rain, starting that evening and throughout the next day.  So we tried to make the most of the one day that wouldn't be nasty weather.  The kids thought it was neat that they have now been to the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans!!  We had a great time on the Island and actually plan to be back when it is warmer and we can really enjoy the beach!!

That night after we found a wonderful place to eat some local, fresh seafood and had an amazing black raspberry shake, we headed back to the hotel.  We were all a little too cold for a swim in the pool, since it wasn't the warmest water.  So we improvised.  The kids could all fit into the jacuzzi tub that we had in our bathroom.  We started up the jets and let them play for a while.  They had fun, it was like our own mini hot tub!!    

{Spring Break 2013}

For Spring Break this year we decided to cross another few things off of our bucket list.  We planned on spending a few days at the coast, but on our way East we stopped off at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.  There is a visitor's center, museum and several buildings that are open to the public.  It was a sunny, blustery day and we enjoyed checking out the stomping grounds of our arch rival, NAVY!!

The beautiful chapel on the Naval academy grounds.  I loved the stained glass throughout.

John Paul Jones' final resting place.

The Heisman trophy case in the athletic complex!