EXPLORING WEST VIRGINIA || ZIPLINING

For Spring Break this year, we loaded up the family and the truck and headed North, to a cabin in West Virginia’s wilderness. We called Ace Adventure Resort home for four nights and loved the privacy our cabin afforded us. During our stay, we took part in a zip-lining excursion - complete with a trolley malfunction which required Wyatt to be rescued. He was stuck on a cable for about 15 minutes but stayed his calm self throughout the process, at one time saying he had, “never been better,” when the guide asked him how he was doing.

This was the third time that I have been zipping and each time has been a lot of fun. At Ace, they allowed us to fall backyards on the last zip and encouraged us to flip upside-down. We were happy to oblige. 😁

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FLY ANGELS FLY

Our Honey Chicken gave Spring Soccer a shot this year, and goodness, we are ALL happy it’s only a six game season. We’re five games in and haven’t won a game yet. Delta Mae left the field in tears after the first game but thank the Good Lord for game five! Even though her team, the Blue Angels, didn’t pull off a win, Chicken played her best soccer game of the season and managed to have a good time on the field, evidenced by so many grins throughout the game.

Proud of you, Delta Mae, for sticking it out! Only one game left.

PS. We love your team name submission - the Navy Seals. 🇺🇸

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NATIONAL SIBLING DAY TRADITION || CHEESY HEAD

 

What started on April 10, 2016, continues all these years later. Taking bets on when they refuse to play.

On to the happy smiles. 😁

Dags, with the clean-up assist.

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SEAWORLD || ORLANDO

Our Discovery Cove bundle came with admission to SeaWorld Theme Park and Aquatica Water Park, so we visited those parks on each of the days leading up to the Discovery Cove grande finale. Here are some of my favorite photos of the day.

The Dolphin Adventure and Orca Encounter shows were awesome! And so was the Sea Lion and Otter spotlight, they just didn’t provide as many jaw dropping moments. I mean, who knew orcas could leap so far out of the water and do back flips?! I thought that just a dolphin thing.

I splurged and purchased Quick Queue/Reserved Seating and All Day Dining and each of the parks. I highly recommend budgeting for and purchasing those of you can do so. The reserved seating allowed us to sit at the center of the arena, in the shade and out of the soak zone. Delta Mae and I went back and watched the Orca Encounter show a second time and sat in the soak zone because we wanted to get soaked. 😁 Our final meal at SeaWorld would have cost us over $130 alone, but thankfully, we at the dining pass and paid $170 for the whole day. And Quick Queue too! It felt a bit uncomfortable passing so many people in line, but we saved ourself so much time not having to wait in lines which allowed us to ride multiple times in a row without waiting - sometimes, not even having to get up from our seats at all.

And with the PhotoKey, we collected the photos taken during most of the rides.

SeaWorld is a must do! Aquatic was fun too, although there are plenty of other water parks comparable to this one, and in closer proximity. We probably won’t return, but still had a good time while we were there.

Starting the day.

Ending the day.

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