Beach Day

I decided to brave the beach with the boys.  It was something that I felt I needed to prove to myself that I could do it!  The boys are really well behaved so it wasn't hard! And we had so much fun!

 

 Holden's new truck

 The boys were putting their feet in the sand and it would make them look like they had big shoes on.  Holden kept saying "Daddy's shoes."

 

 Laura and the boys ended up meeting us there.  Holden took a toy to the face.  It was an accident and he rallied fast.  I made him keep the band aid on and he wasn't happy about that!

 Hudson's crazy hair in the wind

 Model pose

 So grown up

 Sand angels

Library Card

I took the boys to the library for storytime today.  Harper hasn't been in a long time.  It is geared for younger kids, but he still had a good time.  We got books and DVDs for our road trip.  Harper finally got his library card!  He is so proud of it, he wants to take it to Michigan to show everyone!

Night Out

We actually had a night out with our friends and no kids!  We had so much fun.  Too bad it ended up being a going away party for Ron and Melanie.  Good thing they are only moving to Charleston.

Group shot

Girls

 

Boys

Playing Outside

We stayed at home today and got all our outside toys out!  The boys played while I tried to clean out the garage.  Hudson sat in his stroller for a little bit, then went inside to take a nap.

The pool and toys

 Sprinkler

 Bubbles

 Practicing without training wheels

Fishing Party

We had a fishing birthday party today in the rain.  We rode a boat to the Outpost at Hampton Lake.  We got real wet, but the boys had fun!  Harper was the only kid to catch a fish!  I will post the picture when I get it.

 Fishing!

Waiting for the birthday cake

North Carolina Trip

What a fun and busy trip we had to North Carolina.  We got a late start on Wednesday (since Allen was selling some property!), so we had to skip dinner and haircuts at Meredith's.  We headed start to Allen's parents.  The boys got to play outside before dinner.  I will try to post some of those videos later.



Thursday we headed to Tweetsie!  A railroad amusement park.  Everyone had so much fun!  The boys rode all the rides they can and weren't scared!  They weren't so sure about the cowboy/Indian fight on the big train, but won't stop talking about it now.  We even acted it out at home!  Warning-lots of pictures in this post!

First stop the carousel

Holden looked like this all day, even though he said he was having fun!

 Driving the cars

 

 First big ride

 Airplane ride!

 Holden finally had a big smiling and kept saying "This is fun."

 

 The Ferris Wheel-the only one Holden wouldn't ride

 Chair lift

 

 Boat ride-Holden's favorite

 Gem mining

 

 Deer Park petting zoo

 Harper's favorite-the baby goat

 Holden kept saying "I'm done" for this ride

Riding the little train

Family picture in front of the big train

 Posing with a cowboy

 After Tweestsie, we went next door to Mystery Hill.  This room was a vortex and gravity was different.  You stood at a 45 degree angle, balls rolled up and water flowed up in pipes.  It was so weird.  It also made you super dizzy.

Before heading home, we had a picnic lunch and played at Lake Montonia.

Holden was like a fish and kept putting his face in the water.

 Harper was catching tadpoles

 Hudson got to enjoy the water too!

 Harper was brave and jumped in off the dock.  The first time he went straight from the dock to Allen.

Then he found a noodle and went off the diving board

We had a great trip and squeezed as much fun as we could!  And the boys were worn out and slept some of the way home!

 

 Hudson just looks so different now.