Mass-o-nutten

Earlier this month, we had a WHOLE family vacation in Massanutten, VA. And I mean whole family. My boys, my husband and his kids, of course - my husband, his sister and her kids (her husband was in Fl for a business trip), and then my husband's parents. Seven kids and five adults packed in to a two story condo. It wasn't that bad, actually, spacial thinking...we all fit comfortably. The photo above is after a sudden and scary thunderstorm that rolled through the valley. After the storm had done it's damage the sun came out and fog began to lift from the mountain sides. The air was crisp yet damp as we entered into the evening. We had a few of those wonderfully strong afternoon thunderstorms while there for nearly a week.

The highlight of the Massanutten timeshare area is this amazing part in-door and part out-door water park. We had to take a second mortgage out on our home just to afford to enjoy this expensive playground, but it was worth it. To feel like a kid again running around and being silly with your own kids - priceless.

This side ROCKED! I thought for sure Brittany (my 18 yo step daughter) and I would loose part of our swim suit. But alas, we speedily raced to the end of the slide with our tops and bottoms intact! (Thank God for that - the world is not ready for such a scene!) Oh - yes, in the picture you have my son, Evan on the left, Devyn - my nephew next to Ev, David - my hubby then Christian - my step son. You can see who the winner was! Yay Christian!!!

Another cool attraction was the "Free Flow" - a crazy water ride that mimics the feeling of body surfing on a board. Brittany and I did NOT do this ride...for obvious reason....the guys shorts were being torn off exposing the defined line between tan and whitie-heinie. Yeah, I wasn't up for trying this thing! Here is my hubby testing out his abilities. He didn't do too bad either - but he looks pretty cute, if you ask me.

I love this photo of my son, Tyler. He's got a GREAT smile! He did really good on this thing and half way though the day, all the boys (including the one in his forties shown above Ty), were addicted to this thing. The girls, well, we rode the other water tubes = they have this one that is totally pitch black and you sit on a blow up tube - you have NO idea where you are going and it's outta this world!

It really was a nice trip and we had a lot of family bonding time. I'm sure we'll go back to Mass-o-nutten again...

deAnn