CHERRY HILL

Rick and I were able to take the grandkids to Cherry Hill this week.  The first night we had the younger kids who came and slept in the trailer with us.  We went out to dinner at Cracker Barrel and the kids had fun choosing yummy food from the menu.  When we got back to the trailer we got ready for bed and put in a fun movie to fall asleep to.

The next day we met up with the Kendra, Skylar and Sarah, as well as the older kids minus Haivyn.

We enjoyed the water park for lots of hours!  This is a fun tradition that we do every year.  The kids love going down slides and playing in the pools.

 That evening the parents took the younger kids home while the older ones stayed to party with us!  After getting back to the trailer and changing into our clothes we headed over to have some dinner at.

After that we went back to the trailer and watched a movie.  Big surprise there;)  We watched Pure Luck and Rick and I laughed at all the funny parts.   I'm not sure if the kids understood the humor but we all had a good time!  The next morning we packed up and headed home.  What a fun tradition!

Lake Lavinia

Rick, Skylar, Henry and Charles took a backpacking trip up to Lake Lavinia recently.  The hike was a few miles and the boys were expected to carry their own packs.  Charles struggled a little bit but his dad helped out.  They had a great time fishing and being in the outdoors for a couple of days.

 

Tracy Aviary TWICE

Both Sarah and Kendra have birthdays in July so that means Rick and I watched their kids for them while they went out and had a good time with their other halves.

First we had the Phelpses over for a couple of nights.  For one of the days I took the kids to the Tracy Aviary for some bird watching.  Charle got the opportunity to go into a bird enclosure to feed the storks.  He fed them mill worms and something else.  I think he got a little nervous while he was in there because those birds were BIG!  We all enjoyed being in the outdoors and ESPECIALLY loved eating at Zupas afterward.😀

 Then, the very next week I took the Boman kids.  We got to see these beautiful toucans, my favorite bird, so I call it a successful day!

The kiddos were so cute!   After being there for a couple of hours we did get pretty hot and hungry so we headed to Olive Garden where we met Rick and had a delicious lunch.  

It was a fun day out with the kids!

Alaska

On July 12th Rick left me at home for a whole week.

He took his annual Alaska trip to go fishing.

He was with his brother, Brad, Ben Allen, Sunnie Titmus, and Jeff Winderlin.

They had a great time with wonderful weather and some nice catches.

I wish I could upload the video of Rick pulling up a big one.

Anyway,  they all had a great time and made it back home safe.

That's what matters most to me!