Our Summer Trip to Pennsylvania

Last Monday the girls and I left Virginia Beach at 1pm and arrived in Mars around 8:40. The girls were really excited to see Nana and Poppy and stayed up late the first night. On Tuesday some of my mom's family came to visit and have lunch with us.

It's always a really fun time when we get together, but that day was especially fun because of all the "races" my mom, her two sisters, the girls and four of their second cousins. I was the volunteer camerawoman and Lilly the cheerleader. 

Then we all played a mean game of kickball. Sophia scored twice and was really proud. 

Here's my aunt and Sophia.

 

Here's a few pictures of the girls with their second cousins.

From left to right: 
Kale (4), Cole (9), Sophia (7), Rylee (6), Morgan (6), Lilly (5) and Micah (1)

 

We spent Wednesday at Idlewild Amusement Park. Nana and Poppy have taken us there for the last two years and the girls had fun so we figured we would take them again. Th

is time Sophia was so brave. She went on some twisty waters slides all by herself, she tackled the wave pool, she enjoyed the roller coaster so much she asked to do it again. It was a great day. She and I go to spend some alone time while Nana and Poppy were in Kiddie Land with Lilly.

Her face was priceless when we went down the water log that we just had to buy a keychain of the photo. You could tell she was terrified and thrilled both at the same time.

On Thursday we went to swim at my Aunt Carole's house. The girls basically had the community pool all to themselves and they loved it. Both of them are really strong swimmers and could spend hours in the pool. We were forced out by the threat of rain. So, we decided to find something fun indoors. We went to an indoor family fun center. We all had fun playing the games and earning 945 tickets that the girls redeemed for junk and a piece of candy, but a fun time was had by all.

Friday was a quiet day. Nana went into her attic and found a few boxes of at least 20 barbie dolls that used to be mine. She saved the dolls and all the clothes that she made for them (and it was a lot!). The girls brought the entire collection home. They've been playing Barbies and TV karaoke (thanks to Nana and Poppy), coloring a wooden peace sign that Lilly is going to hang in her room (thanks to Aunt Carole), watching Teen Beach Movie (thank you, Aunt Carole) -- all the things they acquired while on the trip. Their regular toys have been pushed to the side.

We left early Saturday morning for our 8.5 hour drive which went by really quickly. The girls watched movies and dozed off for a while. We even stopped and rested for a bit too. Will and Sadie were equally excited to see us. 

We had a super time in PA and the weather was awesome except I noticed that it was more humid there than in Va Beach. Will think it's all the trees in PA.  He thinks they keep in the moisture. I think he's nuts, but who knows?

Here are two super cute pictures I got of Lilly while we were there.