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THE WHITE'S 2008 HOLIDAY NEWS LETTER

More updates soon to come. please check out our 2008 HOLIDAY NEWS LETTER using the link tab "Our favorite People, Places and Things" along the side bar or click on the following link: http://boandshaewhite.blogspot.com/.BLESSINGS!

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Brief explanation on VB/Norfolk Vacation July 2007

We had a wonderful time. We went to visit Jim and Maureen in VB. They were so great with Brinson...he loved it there. They fed us big healthy meals and introduced us to some very fine cooking! It was truly memorable. They took us to the boardwalk the first night...we walked from about 21st to 49th or something like that...Bo and Maureen strolled back and I ran back to 19th and turned around and caught them strolling around 27th street...it was a long but beautiful jog! We went to a private military beach to keep the crowds to a minimum on this fabulous holiday weekend. We had a grand time until Brinson and I got knocked down by a very strong rip current...it was sort of scary but I'm glad it happened to me rather than Brinson being held by someone else...I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my tummy just thinking about it. Anywho...it took Brinson a bit to want to even get near the water after that episode. Bo got bit 4-5 times by a ground wasp...he dropped his shorts so he wouldn't smash it into his leg...it was very funny at the time. He was bent over with his shorts at his ankles and apologizing to everyone as if he were bowing to each person...it was hysterical. However, we quickly stopped laughing and put a wet sand compress on his bites for 20 minutes and then made him get in the water to soak for about the same...He had difficulty walking at first for where the bites were and how swollen and welped his upper thigh had become. We picked our own crabs! That was very messy and harder than one might think. I had some good pickin and came out as the best new comer to the trade after several tries of course and some great coaching by David and Leah...Jim and Maureen's adult children, slightly younger than us. We watched the fireworks on the outside deck...Brinson was asleep and woke to the booms...so after he calmed I brought him outside to see them too...He would say "bomb" instead of "boom" but it was cute! We went sightseeing in Norfolk. We went on the inactive USS Wisconsin battleship and toured the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial Museum. Both were very neat to see. We appreciated the hospitality of Jim and Maureen and hope to visit them sometime soon!

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