Saturday, August 18, 2012

Dutch Wonderland



Yesterday, we took Juliana and Colton to Dutch Wonderland, while Blake spend the day in his new daycare.  Dutch Wonderland is an amusement park I used to go to as a kid, with rides good for ages 8 and under (PERFECT!!)

The kids (and Eric and I) had such a fun day.  Juliana and Colton went on all kinds of rides, and even spent time in their watermark going on many watersides.

Here are some pictures from our day...

(or... here's Juliana at our house the day before we left for the park...  golfing with Colton)

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They rode this coaster at least 15 times!  And LOVED sitting in the front and putting their hands in the air.








I rode these swings with them once.  I don't have it in me anymore for  rides that go in a circle  ;)

Dutch Wonderland is located in Amish Country Lancaster, Pennsylvania:

http://www.dutchwonderland.com/

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Summer's Almost Over ;(


Well, a lot has happened since I blogged last.  It takes me about an hour to compose a new post, so I've been a little lazy lately to say the least.

The fam has been busy over the past 4 weeks, having a visit from Grandma and Pop Pop, spending 10 days on the west coast of Florida, and just hanging around and enjoying the summer sun.

Here are some pictures with descriptions of our last few weeks:


The kids and I have gone about 3-5 days a week to our gym.  Mommy gets to work out, and the boys play in the KidsSpace
My FAV machine at my gym!  http://www.expresso.com/



Grandma and Pop Pop came into town, and we went to the Nature Center on a Saturday morning.  The weather was BEAUTIFUL, and we had a great time looking at the animals and the gorgeous flowers.












We spent about 10 days on the West Coast of Florida....

So many sea shells at Sanibel Island!!

Sanibel Island with the superheroes


On Sunday night, we went to King Richard's Amusement Park in Naples.  There were really cute rides for the superheroes!

 And Naples Zoo with the fam...
Boat ride at the zoo




We stayed at the Waldorf, Astoria in Naples and were BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!

We collected sand dollars on a sand bank.  They were EVERYWHERE!!!

Daddy and Colton watching a dolphin on a beach in Naples

There it is!


Brotherly love!!


On August 7, one of my good friends came to stay at our resort with her husband and 6 kids!  It was also her birthday!!!
Sebastian playing with a snail

Isabella and Blake

Floatin' on the beach the Aycocks!  (Juanita's fam)

and playing Duck, Duck, Goose after dinner

Slumber party in our room with 3 of the Aycocks (Ainsley, Colton, Tripp and Isabelle)

Tripp and Colton watching Power Rangers ;)



Schuyler, Tripp, Colton, Isabelle, Blake, Moi, Juanita (Happy Birthday!), Ainsley, Steve and Sebastian (Pheobe and Eric not shown)

After our yummy Strip House dinner...  Steve, Juanita, Me and Eric


If you are planning on going to Naples, Florida, I would highly recommend our hotel, and King Richard's if you have small children.

http://www.waldorfastorianaples.com/


http://kingrichardspark.net/