Day out with Thomas

This Columbus Day I was browsing online looking for something fun for the kiddos. I stumbled across A Day out with Thomas at Edaville. I thought Edaville was closed this year, so I was really surprised. I decided to surprise the babies (who both love Thomas) with tickets. Kenny was supposed to work, so I put it out on Facebook where I was going, and my inlaws called right away and said they wanted to come too. Kenny, of course was sad, and decided to take the day off from work and join us.

I dressed both the kids in Thomas and Friends gear and we headed out. Pat was so surprised when we pulled in and he saw Thomas cruise by. Both kids loved the train ride, and all of the other rides at Edaville. We'll definitely be back at Christmas to see the lights.

After our adventure with Thomas we took a quick ride to Plymouth to go out to eat at Mama Mia's, my inlaw's favorite restaurant. It was really yummy, and the kids loved walking by the water and checking out the boats.

Who's that puffing down the track? Oh my goodness. It's Thomas! Surprise!

So excited to ride!

/Cruising with Grammy

Very big train. Very small boy.

Hi Thomas

Boat walk in Plymouth

Giant Pizza!

NH Fun

While in New Hampshire we were able to hit the biggies.... Santa's Village, and StoryLand. We also were able to do some hiking, and Pat got to play mini golf for the 1st time. It was great because this year Renee was able to do some of the rides. She had so much fun! It's going to be great to watch the two of them ride the rides together in the next few years.

Hiking with Daddy

Ahoy

Squash the geyser

Already wet..... Let's ride the flume

Pixie Mix

Racing Papa

zooming up the chimney

New Hampshire

This summer we were fortunate enough to be able to go on 2 vacations. In August we took the kids to Lincoln, NH. Kenny and I both went for years as children, and we're thrilled to be able to continue the tradition with our family. For the first half of the trip we stayed at the KOA in Woodstock. It was so much fun. We were right across from the playground so the kids were able to run right over.

The Kamping Kabins

Pat on the nightly tractor ride

Renee munching her breakfast

For the second half of the trip I would a wicked deal from groupon on a hotel. My parents and sister were also able to join us. It was fun to be able to spend part of the vacation with so much family.
Playing checkers with Grandma

Traveling Around

While out visiting Diana and George we were able to do a little bit of sightseeing. One of the places we went to was Punxsutawney, The Weather Capital of the World. For those of you who don't know what that means.... it's where a groundhog, Phil, is stuffed inside a log and pulled out in front of a crowd of thousands of people every February 2. If he sees his shadow we'll have 6 more weeks of winter. If he doesn't then spring is right around the corner. The entire town is done up in groundhogs. It was really cute, and all of the kids had fun playing at Gobbler's Knob.

A town of groundhogs.

Look Ma... We made it

Where the poor little groundling is kept until the big moment. Reilly was checking to see if he was there today. (He wasn't)

Renee and Mama

Family photo opportunity

PA Part 2

After our brief stop in the Poconos, our next stop on the trip was waaaay out to Brookfield, Pa. We were so excited to go, because we were staying with my cousin Diana and her family. We'd never been out to visit before and I had been wanting to take the trip for a while. We were also excited to meet the newest edition to the Rutherford family, baby Moira. The boys hadn't seen each other in over a year, but they had so much fun playing togther. Kenny and I had a great time too, just relaxing and visiting.

Welcome to western Pennsylvania

Kenny and Odin, the dog he'd like to replace me with.

Crazy cousins!

Beautiful new baby

Three adorable boys

Road Trip! Pt 1

We're back! We just spent an awesome week traveling around Pennsylvania. We ended up traveling over 1600 miles in our Mazda. We stopped at the Poconos. Then went out to western PA, and finished our week at Sesame Place in Langhorne.
The drive out to Western PA is about 9 hours in the car. I was totally not doing that with a 3 year old and a 1 year old, so we stopped after about 5 hours. That put us in the Poconos. We love camping. It gives the kids so much more room to run and play than if we stayed at a hotel. This campground was so busy. It had a giant playground, and a grownup, and a kiddie pool. The night we were there it was also Christmas in July. Santa's elves made a stop by the campground, and brought all of the kids presents. We woke up the next day ready to continue our journey.

Night before the road trip. They're ready!

We get to swim, while Kenny sets up camp.

Ready to hit the pool

Pretty girl swimming

Opening presents

Two tired girls

Happy 4th of July

This 4th of July was jam packed with family time. On Sunday we went to a cook out at Kenny's Mom's house. The kids had a great time. Renee went swimming with Daddy and Pat had fun playing with all of the toys Grammy J bought.

COLD!

Crazy colorer

Ken and Mom

My family


On Monday we headed over to Uncle's for another cookout. Even though it was hot the kids enjoyed themselves. Renee was just starting to walk, so she enjoyed showing off her new skills. Pat woke up from his nap on the wrong side of bed, but eventually came around, and had fun. Later that night Renee went to sleep at Grandma's, while Kenny and I took Pat to his first ever fireworks. He loved it. He kept saying "the fireworks make a crunching sound, or the BOOM." Unfortunately, I only got one picture in before my camera ran out of batteries.

Grillin with Uncle

Happy 4th of July

Boom!