Vacation Part Deux

After a great week in North Carolina with Beth's family, we decided to break up our trip home with a stopover in Virginia to see Uncle Mike and Aunt Betty Ann and their new house. As Mike said in his blog the boys did some on-the-fly childproofing to help Mike and Betty Ann prepare for their lil' bambino. Kate even helped by testing out the exersaucer and stroller.

In addition to all that fun, the boys got to play on the swingset in the backyard and wander through the "forest" behind Mike's house. As they were playing, there were 3 deer that came wandering through the backyard to check out a salt lick the neighbor put out. The boys got to do some up close and personal nature watching....



We also took the whole gang out to play mini golf at the "Perils of the Lost Jungle", which it turns out is rated one of the top 5 mini golf courses in the nation by Newsweek or something like that. From the price, they obviously thought pretty highly of themselves, but I have to admit, it was a pretty impressive course. Here's both Linegang clans getting ready (all 7 1/2 of us!) to start our 'expedition'.


Kate was along for the ride giving Mike and Betty Ann's stroller a test run.


The course was filled with animatronics, so every hole had monkeys or alligators or other 'perils' waiting around every corner. Our favorite sign though was on the 18th hole. Hard to know whether the bigger danger for "volcanic activity" comes from Owen....


Or Kate, who by this point was a very cranky baby seester...


Anyway, a great end to our vacation. We really enjoyed hanging out at Mike and Betty Ann's. And Mike, from a childproofing perspective, the combination of bubble wrap, packing foam / peanuts, and the grabber toys.....probably not a good long term idea. :-) Cheers!!!

Oh, and as usual, more pictures on my Picasa gallery.