My days just seem to turn into "just preparing for tomorrow." I can't seem to look past the next day, I feel so busy. I thought May was a crazy busy month but somehow June has become so as well. I know the summer is going to fly by. Hayden doesn't have school but he has about 10 different places he can go each day for fun. He's got park program at our park this year, Fun Kids at the Y, summer reading program, tennis lessons, the outdoor Y pool, and the free movies at the mall. What great programs we have to keep kids busy during the summer! And that's not including all our family activites.
We started off vacation at Knoebels with my parents yesterday. Then for Pap's birthday which was today, we camped near the park and went fishing this morning. We had beautiful weather and some great times. We had a lot of laughs and a lot of good pics.
I have to start off by showing Serena's new sandals-I absolutely LOVE them!
We usually start off the day by playing mini golf (before the craziness of rides sets in). Believe it or not, Connor got a hole-in-one on THIS hole! The ball is supposed to roll up the hill (where Connor is standing) and then if it is in the center, it will roll out the bottom right by the hole. Well, Connor thought it was better to just nail the ball so it sails up over the ramp and lands right in the hole! One in a million!
This ride whips them around the corners and they had a blast. Most of the rides Hayden got on with Connor just because Connor didn't want to ride by himself. He was being a very good sport. We actually felt bad for Hayden because he is kind of at an in-between age where he doesn't like the kiddie rides anymore, but he doesn't feel comfortable with the roller coasters and other adult rides yet. But he still had a fun day.
This video is just part of what I recorded of the "Future Bad Drivers of America." I want to send in the entire video to America's Funniest Videos.
Whatever rides Serena could get on, she did-she LOVES them! She keeps a very serious face during the ride (I think she is concentrating on hanging on!), but she never wanted to get off, and fusssed to get back on.
These kids are having so much fun! Mike and I realized that we have kind of switched roles at amusement parks. Although we still love to ride roller coasters, we love watching our kids have fun more. Just looking at this picture you can see and hear the joy.
After a long day at the park, we drove to our campsite and set up camp at 11pm. This is right before bed at midnight. My parents were good sports about the late night!
The next morning, Pap's birthday.
The kids love playing in the tent.
I don't know why, but the boys we doing this on their own. They had to know I would take a picture of them!
After a yummy camp breakfast that included S'mores that we didn't get to eat the night before, we went to the nearby creek that feeds into the Susqahanna river to fish and play in the water. Pap loves to fish with his grandsons, so we thought he would enjoy it on his birthday.
I love this candid shot.
I really like this picture of Hayden.
I'm not sure, but I think Serena likes the water!
We drove down to York so that I could go to work. The rest of the family stayed and played at Gram and Pap's house and had birthday cake. I hated going to work tonight!
They finished the evening by catching fireflies. Sometimes it's great to be a kid, or their parents!
After that we strolled around and had a picnic lunch. Thank goodness it wasn't raining...again! It's been raining almost every day the past two weeks, maybe longer, I can't remember.
We drove back up to York to have dinner at Sam and Tony's in town, then I surprised Mike (or at least I thought I did!) with tickets to the Diana Krall concert at the Strand. She is his favorite jazz singer and pianist, and I really like her too. It was a wonderful evening, the concert was fabulous, we just wished she would have played longer. She was really funny, down to earth, talked about her kids and singing "Wheels on the Bus" all day long, and is a real family person. I wished we could have met her. She isn't in this neck of the woods very often. She had just gotten back from England and Spain, then to York, PA! Shouldn't that be the other way around!
