Niagara Falls

We were at the falls with my brother Daniel family. Along with my mom and another nephew. We thought we would take in the Maid of the Mist, but the kids thought they were getting wet enough from the mist that was hitting us from the falls.

"Is it my turn to use the camera? "

There was even some time for some hand holding.

Our God is Amazing! His creation is beautiful!

Delay in Return

Yes....This is a picture of a wrecker in front of my parent's motor home. On Saturday morning we left WOL Family Campground in New York to head home. Once we had cleared the 2 hours in the mountains and been on the tollway for about 30 miles we ran into problems.

It had started to rain very hard. We were on the toll way and the motor home started losing speed. The engine was running but we were getting no where quickly. We pulled off and after a couple of attempts realized we were not going anywhere.

God had it all worked out.

*10 miles of construction was a 1/2 mile ahead of us.

*A state police officer and a big wrecker were sitting in the turn around right besides us.

*The wrecker took us to their repair shop.

*Repair shop closed would not be able to look at us until Monday.

*Repair shop had a Best Western within walking distance.

*Found a 7 passenger van after 2 hours. Thought we might have to rent 2 vehicles.

*Spent multiple hours in Niagara Falls which was a bonus.

*Dad brought our van to Niagara Falls Sunday Night.

*The motor home was not serious.

*We came back home on Monday afternoon along with my brother Daniel's Family.

*Dad & Mom returned the rental car and got the motor home.

*Dad & Mom went back to my brothers and Dad got to visit with them.

So....everything worked out great but it was not what we expected at all.

I will post vacation pictures soon.

5 Days of Rain

Does it rain because we bring the big tent? This is the question I have been asking. Last summer the two times we were camping we had our new 10 x 20 tent and it got lots of use. We are currently camping in up state New York and have the tent and it has rained the last 5 days. Today we have not had a shower yet.
Despite the weather we are having a great time as a family. We have 16 of the 32 of us here. The kids are having a great time playing (lots of bike riding) with their cousins.
I'll post pictures when we get home. We were tempted to put life jackets on and stand in the volleyball court that was under water. Thought it would be a great family picture.

Mud Bath Anyone?

Last Friday the girls had two friends over. They enjoyed a picnic lunch under a tree in the front yard until a spider decided to join them so they left the shade and moved to the driveway to finish.

Malia and Mackenzie decided it would be great fun to play in a little mud. They covered themselves in mud and them proceeded to take a bath in the kiddie pool.

Looks like fun but I wasn't about to join in.

Their skin no longer shows signs of aging!

Fishing and Golfing

These were the girls two favorite things they did when we spent a week at grandma's when school got out. The picture does not show but on the end of both girls fishing rod is either a rubber blue fish or a nut because Amber's rubber fish flew off the line. Needless to say we had no fish to clean! :) Mackenzie came running off the dock once screaming because she was sure Amber had a fish on her line. It was a stick! I don't think we will be putting a real hook on anytime soon.

The girls are ready to go to the golf course to hit a few balls. This was their first time. They both really liked golfing.

School's Out!

Last Friday Night Amber graduated from Kindergarten! The grandma's came along with Uncle Daniel, Aunt Dawn and their family. It's hard to believe Amber is now in the First Grade.
Mackenzie's last day of school was on Tuesday. She had an awards assembly on her last day. She enjoyed school this year and did well too.

Okay...so she did not win the egg toss at her school party. Talk about having egg on your face!

All In a Days Work!

I've been wanting to remove the wall paper in the girls room for years! It happened today. Stephanie, Heather and my mother-in-law can over and helped make it happen. We had a great time working together and boy and I excited and so are the girls. The project is no were near complete but I feel like the dirty work was completed today. I hoping to work some more in their room this week. Maybe I will get the carpet out of their room in time for garbage pick up on Thursday AM.