Visiting Cousins............

The kids and I were able to fly out to Philadelphia to visit my brother and his family for a few days in August. It was so nice, and relaxing. I absolutely love the east coast, and it brought great memories of when we lived there for a short time. We didn't do a lot of sight seeing this trip, it was just fun for the kids to play with their cousins.

The cousins. They had a great time playing, swimming, and making some great memories.
From left to right: Eryn, Isaac, Emily, Kaitlyn, Bryce, Devon, Garrett

Many of you may not know this about me....but my dream is to live on a large lot, with lots of trees. Especailly trees that you can climb. This is the front of Mike's house, and this tree looked so tempting. I loved climbing trees when I was younger and this tree would have been great! Do you think we climbed any while we were there- of course not!

Here is Bryce, Garrett, Kailtyn (hiding behind Bryce's arm), and Devon riding a little coaster at Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster. It was a great little amusment park, perfect for younger kids. There was one roller coaster that was so much fun, I would actually catch air on all the dips. I think I had more fun on that one then the kids. :)

This is my brothers side yard at his house- huge! Every morning and evening you could count on seeing deer coming out from the forest behind his house, and the kids loved just sitting and watching them. Anyways, this time since there was just 3 younger deer, the kids decided to see how close they could get before the deer would run away. They started out tip toeing, and ended up with the army crawl creeping along this massive yard. They didn't get too close, but they sure had fun thinking they were being pretty sneaky. I loved this picture with Kaitlyn looking back like "What in the heck am I suppose to do here?" Too cute.

The kids spent a lot of time swimming. I really don't know why they are wearing floaties, but they did have fun seeing how many they could put on and still swim around the pool. I think the winner was Kaitlyn with three floaties around her waist, and two sets on her arms.