Brotherly Love

Melissa surprised the kids and me with a day trip to Philly.  It was so much fun, and such a wonderful opportunity to get to see the city.  Melissa used to live in Philadelphia, so she was an amazing tour guide.  She actually got me to walk the streets in downtown.  We ended up eating a lot through out the day.  Like, a lot...  We started out the day with donuts and pretzels that we found in Reading Terminal Market.  We then walked to go see the Liberty Bell.  And, then we went to get a Philly Cheese Steak from Joe's.  Yummy!  My first real cheese steak and it was so wonderful!!!  Walking back to the car, we realized that we were passing one of the best sushi places, Morimoto, so we stopped in for a second lunch.  Oh boy was it yummy.  Carter wouldn't touch it, but Kinley would not stop eating!  I had to cut her off because she was not sharing with everyone else! :)  

We then drove to IKEA for some retail therapy.  And, then to Whole Foods to cap off our day.

Thank you so much for the wonderful, refreshing day Melissa!!!  You have been an amazing friend to our family during this medical journey.  What a blessing!!!

    

Hershey Park

What an awesome summer we have had playing at Hershey Park.  We got season passes, and it was so worth it!  It is so awesome to be able to go to an amusement park whenever we wanted!  We live about a 5 minute drive from the park, so when ever we got an itch to ride some rides, we were off!  I took the kids a few times a week, either to the water park section, or to just ride some rides.  We also would spend a lot of evenings after Tim got off work closing down the park.  I am so thankful we got to live this close to Hershey Park, and that we were able to use it as much as we did.  Most of our favorite memories from this summer are from Hershey Park.  Tim and I have also enjoyed a few date nights just riding the roller coasters all night long.  Thanks Melissa for watching the kids while we lived it up like young kids!

     

Camping with Old Friends

We had a wonderful time this past weekend camping in Pennsylvania with Rick and Shari and their new baby girl.  Being so far away from home, it is nice to catch up with old friends and reminiscence about the good old days!  Carter loves Rick so much, he actually started calling him his "Best Buddy".  Its cute to see him latch onto someone who means so much to Tim.

We had fun hiking and hanging out on the beach.  Kinley is almost impossible to keep track of at the campsite.  She is so busy, and continues to live up to her nick name Tornado.  

Thank you so much for the great weekend Rick and Shari!!  It was a refreshing time from the chaos at home!!! 

   

End of the World State Park

We took a day adventure to End of the World State Park.  Carter had a blast swimming in the river and fishing.  Kenai also had a wonderful time getting out swimming.  At one point, Carter was floating down the river, and started screaming because he thought Tim could not get him.  Kenai was down river from him, and she started whinnying and barking for him.  She started swimming against the current as fast as she could, until she reached him.  It was a sweet moment, and made us so thankful for the amazing puppy she is for our family.

  

Timmy turns 34!

Wow!  I can't believe Timmy turned 34!  We are actually getting kind of old around here...  When people say time flies, they aren't kidding!  We had a simple celebration for Tim at home after he got off work.  I made him his favorite meal, ribs, for dinner.  And, he got a strawberry pie for dessert.  

Happy birthday Tim.  I hope this year brings wonderful adventures for us, and amazing opportunities!  We love you!!!!

Peachy

Kinley LOVES peach season!  I turn my back, and she has a whole peach in her little hands, munching it down.  If you try to take the peach from her, she will scream until you give it back.  Funny little thing!