Rain, rain, go away (maybe not)

Rainy days call for some indoor activities even though Brandon and Tyler would rather be outside playing with the new Civil War guns on the new swing set.

Rainy days make moms nervous - what to get the kids to do that doesn't include electricity?

I love this picture.

Trip to Gettysburg, Part 2

Brandon and Tyler enjoyed our trip to Gettysburg even more than I expected. A gun and a hat each (one blue and one gray, of course) has already provided for hours of fun!! I get a big kick out of watching them outside as they fight each other and then join together to fight the enemy.

















They are SOOO serious!!

















Most of the time :)

Trip to Gettysburg

We spent the day on Monday, July 3rd at Andrew's favorite place on earth - Gettysburg National Military Park. We were able to enjoy a beautiful day and the special lectures offered on the anniversay days on the Battle at Gettysburg. The kids (above) are relaxing at Devil's Den waiting for their Dad to read every inscription on every monument. We started the morning learning about the battle at Little Round Top and then went to check in to our hotel only to find out that they couldn't find our reservation. They searched everywhere and unfortunately I have forgotten to bring the confirmation number with me, but I knew they had charged my card so finally we called the Discover Card to verify that me card had indeed been charged. This whole time the staff of the Travelodge was extremely helpful and worked with us to solve the mystery of the missing reservation. They finally figured out that I had made the reservation for June 2 instead of July 3 and that is why my card had been charges - because we had not shown up. The manager graciously gave us rooms that night for what had already been charged to my credit card. If you every go to Gettysburg - give the Travelodge a try - they have great service!

Then while the rest of us took a rest Ron, Andrew and my dad did a three hour walking tour/lecture following the North on the last day during Pickett's Charge. Then we ended the day at a campfire talk about General George Meade - Connor didn't enjoy that one very much!

Connor didn't particularily enjoy the hotel room either, so he and mom (me) ended up going for a ride in the van at 3:00 am and then just sleeping in the back so we could all get a little sleep. The next day Andrew, Joellyn, Brandon and Tyler were supposed to go to State College, PA for the fireworks with my Mom and Dad, but because of the thunderstorms headed that way we they decided not to take the risk and we all headed home. Which got a little scary when we hit the thunderstorms and Mom and Dad's windshield wiper motor was broken. We had to pull over once, but ended up really pushing it to get home before dark. Thankfully we made it!!

Picture Update 2

More pictures of Connor. These have been taken at
various places over the last couple of months. I wish
knew how to arrange them better - but I'm still a
beginner at this. What a cutie!!

Picture update

Connor making goofy faces

Family trip to the Cincinnati Zoo.