Backyard Campout!!!

This past Saturday night, we had our first family, backyard campout of 2013!! It was SOOO fun! We watched Napoloen Dynamite until it got dark out (our families favorite movie right now!) and then we went out to do the glow-in-the-dark sand they got for Christmas!!

 

Ain't it cool!?!? The pictures are a little blurry but cool nonetheless!!

The orange and blue were Aaron's colors!

The green and blue were Mike's colors!

 

Then just a pic inside the tent with Dad!!

 

And one with me! Oh Aaron is always being silly!

 

If you couldn't tell, I can't wait for the fun of summer to be in full swing! The warm nights, lightning bugs, cook outs, swimming at the lake, long days and days off school! Oh summer should come more than once a year!!

Dear Summer,

You came and went!!!!!! What happened!!!

Yesterday was a wonderfully hot day here in Pennsylvania so we decided to take a swim! Hold on to summer just a little longer!!

 Above is little Aaron, a water baby from the start!! A little too fearless for this mama, but he had a blast no matter what

Aaron and Mike, splishin' and splashin'!!!

The last one is of Mike, hanging out, lovin' one of our last days of warm weather!! Today is is RAINING! And raining and raining!!!! And today's high is only going to be 68 degrees!!!!!!!!!! So we are trying to soak up as much of summer that is left!!!!!!!!

Idlewild Park!

First off, let me apologize for the poor quality of the pictures!! I forgot my camera at home and had to buy a disposable. I was so bummed!! I just didn't want to miss any moments, bad pictures and all!!

For our anniversary, we decided to finally use the tickets we had for a super fun family park called Idlewild. It's a WONDERFUL family park. It was voted #1 Kids Park in the world!! (I think!! Either that or #1 family park!!) Any-who!! It is a great place!

The first pic is taken in a place called Storybook Forest. It has every nursey rhyme you can imagine as a walk through adventure. I don't remember the story behind the pumpkin but it was the boys favorite little house, so we had to take a picture!!

Here is little A trying to pull the sword from the stone!! He tried for a VERY long time and was extremely determined to pull the sword out!! He became a bit frustrated and then turned to M and said, "Your turn!!" I guess he wanted to see if M could do it!

 And here is M trying with all of his might to pull the sword out!! Little A is watching carefully, hoping his big bro can do it!! But M didn't have as much determination as Little A!! He quit in like two seconds and said, "I'm EXHAUSTED!" It was amusing!!

 Here is a pic of my wonderful hubby and the kiddos in front of the teapot house! My hubby is such a good sport!!

 And here I am with the boys throwing money in the well and making wishes!! M told me all of his wishes! I told him that your wishes are like secrets and you keep them to yourself. He then looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and asked, "What did you wish for Mom?" I guess he doesn't mind sharing his wishes!! He's a sweet guy! Little A didn't care about wishes! He just like throwing money in the hole!! Super funny!!

After Storybook Forest we went to the new wave pool they just put in this year. It was a blast!! I would have posted more pics, but it would take forever to scan them in!!

If you ever get the opportunity to visit PA and want a great place to go, check out http://www.idlewild.com/. There is so many wondeful things there! Besides all the rides there is miniature golf, a place called Racoon Lagoon for little kids to ride rides, a huge pool with a bunch of water slides, a place called Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, a circus, an old western looking town where you can sovenior shop and eat good grub and much much more!! It's a blast and I'm glad we got to go!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Ho hum hot day!

Well, I did something Saturday that I haven't done in a while! I went swimming at a PUBLIC pool and got a killer sunburn!!! I'm still feeling it today!!! Everytime I go outside, the sun feels like it's burning a hole through my shirt! My poor boys looked at me like I was CRAZY!! Anyways, I'm getting wicked excited for my days of teaching at home with my kiddos! I know it's not for everyone and that's OK! I'm just getting myself to the point where I am confident in our decision and that's that!!!

I got a new calling working with the kiddos in Primary!! I was scared silly at first, but I think that it will help prepare me for my at home teaching duties! It's a blessing in disguise!!

Thank you to anyone who may stumble upon this and read! I tend to ramble and say nonsense things but that's me!!! Have a beautiful day!!!