Pictures

Alexis as the fill in at the parade with friends.  She was such a natural!

Oh, Matt being so cool!

Summer

Not too sure where this summer has gone.  This is the busiest I can remember us being.  We got back from the beach and had about 4 days to unpack and unwind and then it was 4th of July!  In what seems to be a new (and funny) tradition, we pulled our camper to my sister's house and camped in her driveway for the second year.  They have a great 4th party with tons of family and friends.   Then last week the kids and I babysat my 3 month old nephew, Connor. He was such a great baby for us!  A friend and I took our combined 5 kids that week down to children's day at the arts festival last Wednesday.  After that we thought we had a free Saturday with the kids staying over for their usual Friday night sleepover at Nana and Pop's house.  A quick phone call and that all changed...we all got to be part of a parade with some good friends who are involved with a baton group.  Matt got to throw candy and Alexis held the banner for the group, complete with the cute little outfit (she was invited to be a twirler but was upset that she didn't know the routine).  The parade was then followed by a fun filled birthday party.   And now this week we've been to vacation bible school all week (it ends on Thursday) and then Friday we leave on a somewhat last minute trip to Tennessee.  We're looking forward to some warm weather-it's been very mild here this summer so far.  Combine this with my class and all the other 'normal' activities and I'm ready for some relaxing.  I can't complain though, we've had a great time and are loving life!!  I have tons of pictures and as soon as I find my camera cable I'll be sure to post them!!  Love to all-Megan

Vacation to the Outer Banks

Hello

We just got back last night from a trip to the Outer Banks of NC.  We had a great time with Mike's parent's, sister Betsy, nephew Stephen and his roommate from college.  It was a very relaxing vacation-good thing since we came home to a house full of dust from getting our hardwood floors refinished and I came home with some sort of stomach flu!!  The kids had a blast and we were happy to be able to go.  Here are a few pics from the trip...

The airplane pictures are from the plane ride we took up and down the coast.  It was awesome.  I have some other pictures to post but they're still on my camera-I'll get them on soon!  Enjoy!

Fun Times

We had a great weekend, hope you all did also.  Saturday we took the kids, along with some friends, to the Bellefonte Children's fair.  It's a nice little fair with kids games, animals, face painting, etc. just for the kiddo's.  Alexis held a ball python at the urging of her Uncle Fred and I was about to get sick just watching-I HATE snakes, with a passion.  

 The first picture is to brighten your day.  We went to Lake Raystown with friends on Sunday.  The kids had a blast.  This is the picture of Matt in all his glory.  Everytime I see this picture it just makes me crack up laughing.  What a card he is!  Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Oh how I love these kids...

Slacker

Hi all

I've really been slacking with this blog...sorry!  We've been so busy and I just haven't taken any pictures.  Good news is that we're going to the beach next weekend so I'll take my camera (of course) and I'll update while I'm there.  We're really excited about going.  We're going with Mike's mom and dad and the kids can't wait.  Alexis has 4 days of school left and then she's off to kindergarten in the fall!  We've already been camping twice, driving to Hershey on Monday to tour chocolate world while we're down there for a dr appt and then it's off to the beach.  I have one new picture to show.  It's of my new car!  I've been eyeing these cars up for a very long time and while there was no REAL reason I needed a new car, at 117,000 miles and 6 years of ownership I was starting to get the itch.  It was one of those moments that when I pulled out of the lot in my new car I asked myself why I just did that:)  Anyway, we all love it and it'll be around a long time!  

Hopefully this finds you all well.  I'll post more in the coming weeks, I promise :)

Megan

Easter

Happy Easter-a few days late!  These are a few pictures from our church Easter egg hunt and the kids all dressed up for church.  They loved it.  Alexis liked visiting the Easter bunny but Matthew had to keep his distance and not get too close.  We had everyone to our house for dinner on Sunday including my new nephew, Connor, who was celebrating his 1st Easter!  We had a great time.  The weather held up enough that the kids could have an egg hunt outside and be able to play a while out there.

I hope to be posting more pictures as the summer activities start up.  We go on Monday to sign Alexis up for kindergarten!!  Time is just flying by us...

Newest member of family

Hi all-

My sister, Katie (Natalie), had her baby this morning.  Connor Thomas was born at 10:54 am weighing 7lbs 7oz and was 22 inches long.  We went to the hospital last night at 11:30pm and waited patiently all night for him to come.  It has been a VERY long time since I've pulled an all nighter (with a psychology test at 8:30 this morning to boot) but it was so worth it!  Fred, Kate and Connor are doing great!