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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Bed Time Dance Party

The kids LOVE to have a dance party before they go to bed. This night they decided that they needed to wear our tennis shoes to dance-hilarious!!
The stood in the the doorway of our bedroom and announced each other's arrival..
 Strike a pose!
It was hard to get good pictures with my phone because they wouldn't stop moving and dancing around!
A dance party makes their day!!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Zoo with Friends

We went to the zoo last week with the Darters and Tuckers. We had so much fun!!
Picture on the lions!
Flamingos!
The bears were out and about!
Gracyn was SO excited to see the new two-headed turtle at the zoo, Thelma and Louise!
The komodo dragon was making friends with Hudson! High five!!
Hudson was LOVING the snake house! Good thing this guy was behind the glass!
Checking out the crocodile.
Gracyn asked me to take her picture by the "big cat."
We've never played in the water at the zoo before...and I'm not sure we'll do it again. It's really so messy--and I'm just not a fan of all the sand. But, the kids loved having a picnic lunch and playing in the water....so I guess it was worth it! :)

Monday, August 26, 2013

Deep Creek Lake Summer 2013 Part 3

Gracyn went to spend the night with Aunt Laurie one night while we were there. I was surprised at how easily she gathered her things and walked out the door. My baby is growing up way too fast!!
She sat on Dylan's lap riding back to their house in the neighborhood.
She had so much fun over there--and how could she not when she is the star of the show and the center of attention! I think Aunt Laurie is her #1 fan! Of course MinnieBlankey went with her.
They had a dance party and danced the night away!
Dylan was the judge and deemed Gracyn the "Dancing Queen!"

These pictures should have been first, since they are from the beginning of our trip....oh well--at least I got them on here! :)
Here we are at the airport getting ready to get on our plane!
We always get the kids new little toys to play with before we go on a trip and they always do so well traveling because they love having something new to play with. This time we got Hudson some new cars that he'd been wanting. He was SO excited to get them!! As you can see, the kids make themselves right at home at the airport.
We got Gracyn Peppa Pig and her family figurines to play with since it's her new favorite show these days. She was SO surprised!
Even though we got a direct (3 1/2 hour) flight to Baltimore, we still had a 3 hour drive to the lake. It was a long day of travel but these two did GREAT! We couldn't have asked for two better little travelers!!
We had such a wonderful week! Thank you Grandmom and Grandad for such a great vacation! We can't wait to come back next year!!

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Family Fun at the Lake!

One night after dinner, we decided to race go-carts. We.had.a.blast!! It was Uncle Ryan's birthday, and what a better way to celebrate! I hadn't laughed that hard in ages!! We were all like little kids again.Grandad was really excited to go for a spin! He was Mr. Serious!
 Uncle Ryan and Gracyn
Daddy and Hudson
The guys that were running it offered to let me go for free, so I hopped in one and took off! Drew had no idea that I was on the track and kept getting annoyed by that "lady" that wouldn't let him pass. Then Hudson yelled out, "There's Mommy!" and he finally realized it was me! Ha!
Poor Ryan and Gracyn got a dud for a car--he said that it wouldn't pick up any speed and they just putted around the track while everyone passed them!
Gracyn enjoyed swinging...
 
...while we watched the sunset.
Then we decided to ride the bumper boats. They were fun--but WET! They didn't steer at all and we kept going into circles. 
 
I got into the fountain and couldn't get out--we were soaked!!
We had a lot of laughs!


Here are some family pictures.

And some pictures with Uncle Ry-Ry


Lake Beach Fun!!

There is a state park at the lake that has a beach area and a discovery center. The kids had an absolute blast!! We went a couple times to play. One day we went to see some animals at the discovery center. Gracyn got to touch a BIG bull frog...
...and she touched a snake! I couldn't believe how brave she was on this trip--she tried all kinds of new things!
 We had a picnic lunch at the park and then played.
Grandmom bought the kids some sand toys and they were in heaven. We stayed at the beach for hours! I'm not a fan of the sand, but they sure are!
Even though the water was chilly, they didn't seem to mind one bit!
They liked to dig really big holes. I caught Hudson throwing his shoes in it!!
Hudson buried his legs...
Then Daddy decided to do it too!
Grandad got a really big kick of being taller than Drew!
Hudson found some plastic construction trucks in Grandmom's playroom and was over the moon to have them to play with in the sand!
We had a GREAT time at the beach!!