over the bridge and through a blizzard to Ocean City we go!

Yeah, you read that right we drove through a blizzard to get to Ocean City for our traditional after Christmas Trip. We have been going the day after Christmas to Ocean City for the last few years. We really look forward to it and have a great time each year.

We got home from church and changed out clothes and age before we loaded the car to get on the road. Well, by the time we got to the Wilson Bridge, it was snowing. Before we left I asked Darin if we should really go, and we decided to go forward to our plans. We don't always trust the weather man, so we thought we would be ok.

Nope. It snowed, and a lot. There were some pretty scary times on our drive. They don't really plow very well in Delaware and Maryland. Plus the GPS was wanting us to turn on small roads which were not plowed. We finally found a "main" road that was being plowed so we got a map out and figured out that we could stay on that road and keep SAFE!

And about 45 minutes before we were to arrive at our hotel, Spencer barfed. He ended up having to sit in his puke for the ride since it was snowing so hard we couldn't stop to clean it up for fear we would get stuck. He ended up falling asleep until we got there.

When we arrived, the hotel parking lot had not been plowed. It was crazy. Darin went in first to check in and then we had to carry each kid in individually and then all our stuff.

And yes, I left all our boots at home. Not such a wise decision on my part.

We had to bring in all the throw up stuff so I spent the better part of the evening washing everything that had throw up in it, since the hotel did not have a washer and dryer for the guests to use. I had to use the bars of soap in the bathroom. Not too fun. I survived and we finally got 3 hyper children to bed.

On Monday we drove up to the outlets,but they were closed. All but 1 shoe store. We did find some cute pink "ugg" type boots for Jordan. She was thrilled. We did some swimming in the hotel as well which the kids loved.

So we tried the outlets again on Tuesday and they were open so we did some shopping. That night we also went to a lights display which we love to go to each year we go. It was pretty cold, but since it was so snowy, there weren't may people there. We walked right in and almost immediately got on the little tram that drove around the lights. It was great-very cold, but still fun. We took our snuggies out of the car to cover with on the ride.


Here are the kids favorite thing about the hotel. We took it up the first night and for some reason Darin didn't think we should take it back down. So of course it was a jumble gym.





When I realized how much snow there was, I know we had to find boots for Spencer as soon as we could. He needed some anyhow since the ones at home were small. At least we don't have to get Landon any-he gets Spencer's old ones. We found a pair at Wal-Mart, so he wore them the rest of the trip. And here are the boots Jordan got.

The day we left was a beautiful day and the roads were cleared. We hit the road for Assateague Island to find some ponies and visit the beach.

We went to the beach we like and played for a while. The kids were funny-they played with the snow and sand and said they were making cinnamon.

Making "cinnamon" balls.


some views of the snow on the island.

And here are some fo the famous residents on the island.


More fun playing in the sand and snow.


I was just so happy we had our beach time! Our family loves the beach so we ended our lackluster trip on a very high note!! And there was no barf on the way home!!