Happy Birthday Abby!

Our zoo is FANTASTIC! For Abby's 8th birthday we visited there. There was an adorable baby elephant that was so fun to see. Then home to orange chicken, California rolls, lemon cake, and gifts. Happy Birthday Abby!

She will be baptized on Saturday, September 5th. She is very excited.

Dawes

Grandma took the kids to the Arboretum. It is a beautiful park and nature area. Too bad the kids decided to stay inside the visitor's center instead of looking around at the park. But who can blame them with all of this fun stuff?

2.5 Miles Down the Erie Canal

Grandma Smith is here for a visit to celebrate Abby's 8th birthday. Over the weekend we went to Roscoe Village. It is a great little village with old shops. At the visitors center the children made dipped tapper candles. Then on a two horse (or mule) powered boat ride down the Erie canal.

Eli had his first sleep over this weekend. I heard some noise at one in the morning, long after I had gone to bed. I assumed that one of them was upset and I would be having to make a late night drive to get Caleb home. Nope...instead I find them terrorizing the kitten. So several bags of popcorn and a package of oreo cookies later they finally fell asleep.

Since our last shed got blown away in a bad wind storm early last year we have been needing a new one. Chuck has been working on it this last week, with some help from his dad visiting us from California. Eli and Abby have been a lot of help. I will post more pictures when it is done.

Bad planning on my part. After coming home from Girl's Camp I thought it would be fun to go to Clear Creek Metro Park. I didn't take into consideration that a huge rain storm had hit the day before. The clear creek was a muddy river! Oh well, all the better to make mud pies in.

Dinner and a Movie

There is a great retro drive in not too far from us in Lancaster. The kids had a fun time watching Up. It has been a long time since I have been to a drive in. It was a great family home evening activity. But warning... the movies start really late, like 10:30 pm. By the time you get through the second showing it is hard to drive home.

http://www.skyviewdrivein.com/