Sky High!

Sky High, another reason why we are not so fond of North Carolina...there just isn't much to do here, especially in the winter time!  But in California there is always something to do!!!  Rain or shine, cold or hot, there is always something fun to go and DO.  We are not a family that is fond of sitting and watching!  Here in NC it is the movies or stay at home on a rainy or super cold day.  We can only hike sooo many trails, canoe and kyaak the waters, and wander Civil War trails so many times before the kids are a bit irked at the redundancy of our activities!  We have seen the Battleship NC a few times, done the Red Neck Wedding, toured the different plantations, been to Tryon Palace during different seasons, as well as the newly opened hands on mueseum down the road from the Palace, visited the birthplace of Pepsi, done the Ghost Walks, the Pirate Invasion, the Cape Fear Serpentarium, Zip Quest Park, bought our sandals at the Cottin Gin, ate the famous dinner at Mikes Farm, bought our pumpkins on the hay ride, screamed our heads off (well, i did) on the haunted hay ride, saw the Christmas lights on the other hay ride, Medieval Times (twice), the Ripleys Aquarium, the NC Aquarium, Okracoke and Hatteras Lighthouses ( we will see the rest this year), been to Blackbeards house, Shackleford Banks to find the wild Mustangs, which we did as well as go shelling, successfully, gone horseback riding on the Outter Banks and have even ventured up to Virginia and Maryland.....you name it, we have been there, done it....but most of these places you only go to once, where places like Sky High you can go to on any rainy day!!!  Yes, we miss the fun things our other Marine Corps duty stations had to offer, so for now we will branch out and i guess visit places that require us to stay the night somewhere as i think we have exhausted everything there is to do between Myrtle Beach and Raleigh....

But, anyways, enough of my grumbles....here was a fun day at Sky High with all our California cousins, Grams, and Aunts and Uncles.  It is a huge work out but sooo much fun as even the walls are trampolines and you can jump off of those!  I am soo bummed i have no pixs or vids from the foam pit!  There is a place where you can run and jump or run and jump off the walls into this huge foam pit!  Wish i had a picture of Ed trying to get out!!!  He got swallowed up in the foam!  Ryan is the one that does the flips off the walls into the foam pit and i just close my eyes!  Dodge Ball is our favorite and thank goodness there are refs to call you out!  Sooo wish they had one of these near our house!

Oh, and i HATE to jump in the same square as Ed!            He sends me flying! 

Grams can still do her cheerleading jumps!



Vicki in the air and everyone else is related to me!




Ed is in the air and again, everyone else is related to me!



My brothers having fun jumping and yes, everyone in video is family....

Trampoline Dodge Ball is the best!  Most of both teams i am related to....

...and this is why Ryan is usually the last one standing...he just jumps and jumps and the ball never seems to hit him!  he usually gets out by someone on the other team catching a ball he threw.