Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day Weekend, we met Paul's sister, Kathleen and her family in PA.  On Saturday, we went to Dutch Wonderland.  It is a little amusement park in the heart of Amish Country, perfect for the 10 and under crowd.  The kids loved it and loved being with their cousins.

On Sunday, we got up and went to the Crayola Factory.  That was a lot more fun than I thought it would be.  Lots of hands on stuff for the kids.  It was fun seeing how they make crayons and markers.

 Everybody getting a red crayon that we just saw get made.

 After the Crayola Factory, it was time for our train ride on the Strasburg Railroad!

 Had to sneak a picture of an Amish buggy!

Kenley Turns 3!

Kenley turned 3 on May 16.  We decided to celebrate it last Saturday.  We had never been to build a bear, and the kids always ask to go there, so we decided for Kenley's birthday, that's what we would do.  They had fun making their little (overpriced) stuffed animals.  Im so sad, I didn't have my camera with me there.  After build a bear, we went to ride the carousel that is at the mall.  The kids loved that, too!  Then we came home and Kenley opened her presents and we had cake.  I cant believe she is 3!  I have never had my youngest child be so old, its strange!  She is our little sassy pants and we are so happy she is all our's!

Hadley's Circus

Hadley's preschool had a little circus last night.  It was adorable!  Hadley was a tight rope walker.  She was so nervous the whole day.  She kept saying she was too embarassed to do it.  She was bribed with ice cream, so she decided she wasn't going to be embarassed anymore.  They did such a good job with it!  

Mason Got His Tiger

Mason has been in tiger scouts this school this year, and got his tiger award last week!  Im not really sure what it means, but we are sure proud of him.  He has loved going to cub scouts each week, and im afraid im in too deep, and he is going to want to continue doing it next year as well!  

               I gotta admit, im a sucker for a little man in uniform, aren't they just adorable?

                                  smooching on my tiger!

Yay Mason!  We are so proud of you and love you so much!

The Day's Visit

Paul's sister and her family had spring break last week, so they came up here to visit us.  We had so much fun (minus the meltdowns we had when it came time to go to school while our cousins got to stay home and play).  We went to the Whitmer Farm in Palmyra, Niagra Falls, which was freezing, and the ward Easter egg hunt! We always have so much fun with them and were sad to see them go!

 This is the only picture I got of Easter morning.

Great Wolf Lodge

Last Friday, Mason was off from school, and Paul was off of work, so we headed down to the Poconos Mountains in PA.  We went to the Great Wold Lodge.  I had never heard of it until I moved out here, its a big hotel with a big water park attached to it.  It was a lot of fun, but super crowded.  With it being so crowded, my anxiety was through the roof with the kids!  We would definitely like to go back, when our kids are a little (or a lot) older.  I couldn't believe Hadley went down all those crazy big slides with Paul!  I think she had the most fun out of everyone!

Having some ridiculously priced ice cream!

                                                                 jumping on the bed

                            2 best buds watching Harry after a long day of playing hard in the water!

Devon's Baptism

The first weekend of February, we went down to Maryland for our oldest cousin Devon's baptism.  It was so fun to see everyone!  Paul's mom, dad, and littlest brother Mark, who just returned home from his mission came out too.  The first day we were there, all of the boys went down to D.C. to the air and space Museum.  They had a ton of fun!  Giant airplanes everywhere=little (and big) boy heaven!

 We played dress up, had Grandpa read us tons of books, and played till we dropped!

Then, it was time for Dev's baptism!

Funny story: when Devon came up out of the water, he said "oh man, that hurt!"  It was so funny!  We sure love our Devon and are so proud of him!!