Gone Fishin'

Grandpa Dave and Grandma Ione drove from Arizona to Virginia to visit us. The fun has been non-stop since they got here with a birthday party, dinner at Topeka's and fishing. This was the first time any of the children have been fishing. While we didn't catch anything, they still had a great time. Sneaky fish were able to eat the worms without being caught!

Pocahontas State Park

After being stuck in the house for what seems like an eternity, Jim and I decided to pack up the kids and go "hiking" at Pocahontas State Park. Hiking with a toddler, a couple of preschoolers and a 6 year old is not the same experience we used to have when we would go hiking in college. The weather man forecasted cooler temps and lower humidity. While it wasn't quite as hot as we had been experiencing it was still in the 90's and the weather man was dead wrong about the humidity. It was worse than it had been. We were only out there for a couple of hours but we were all a sweaty mess by the time we packed up and left! Still, the kids had fun, got to burn off some energy and I got a few pictures with an older camera I have.

After the reunion, we took a day trip to New York City. It was the kids' first time on a train. We took a bus tour of Manhattan so the kids wouldn't have to walk all over the place and I wouldn't have to worry about loosing someone. We saw so much in our one day in New York, even famous people!

Waiting for the train.


This sure beats walking!




"Tiles For America"


The Statue of Liberty


"Wadur"


The kids had the most fun with the vent. The waves would come in forcing the air up the vent and the kids had the best time playing above it.








Stopped for something cold to help cool us down. Julia shares!


Andrew fell asleep on the bus!


So did Julia!