Adventuring to PA to visit Aunt Sarah & Uncle Josh's

Yes, from the beach I drove with all three kids by myself to visit my Sis. It wasn't so bad and the view was absolutly breathtaking! What a great place to raise boys!! It is almost like heaven. My boys had a blast catching frogs with Will (since we don't have frogs where we live), skipping rocks and playing in the creek, and their highlight was fishing with Uncle Josh (the fish Pro), and they both had to get their hands on beautiful little Abby! Lauren had many first's at Aunt Sarah's too, her first real mini-ice cream cone, picking blueberries (all of our first's), tubing with Mom on the lake, and swinging on a big kid swing by herself. We had so much fun that even though the boys and I were missing Dad lots, Josh said "I wish we could live here"! Thanks Josh and Sarah for putting up with us. We had a great visit and I'm sorry for all the damage I caused (inside joke)! Of course it was hard to leave my awesome Sister, Sweet Sarah!! Love you and miss you too much!!

Vacationing & Visiting Up North

On our trip to the beach, we stopped by Opa & Oma's in NY for a quick visit. The grounds were beautiful! The boys had a blast riding their bike's around and using CB's to always alert us where they were. Lauren had her first horse ride and loved it. She woke up the next morning asking to ride horses again. It always brings back sweet childhood memories every time I visit NY! We really can do without the traffic though.


Next we headed to Ocean City, NJ to spend several days with Shaun's entire family. We would spend our mornings riding bikes on the boardwalk then going to play in the sand and ocean. In the afternoon is was nap time for the little ones while the adults and my boys went mini-golfing (yes, everyday)! At night we would go back up to the boardwalk to ride the rides (thanks to Mom & Dad Brown) and sometimes get a treat to eat! It was a fun week! We ate way too much!! Thanks Mom & Dad Brown for blessing us with this amazing vacation for our family!!

A "boring" day

Remember when you were a kid and you had those days where you were "bored"? This is what Caleb does on those days... he builds these HUGE roller coasters and it takes 1-2 days. They are pretty cool! While Caleb was building this massive coaster, Lauren was keeping busy in her kitchen.

Caleb's Sleepover

I told you all Caleb has many celebrations... This is the last though. The biggest thing at this age is a "sleepover" Birthday party. We had 6 boys sleepover plus Caleb & Josh making it 8 boys all together. We went bowling first and Shaun lost the first game to Aaron. It was the kids against Shaun, but he came back to win the second game. What a great group of boys, it was a lot of fun!! They finally fell asleep around Midnight. Lauren loved all the attention.