Steeler Training Camp!

Steely McBeam...I think that's his name. He must have been hot out there walking around! The girls had a great time running around the Steeler Experience. The ran in and did the tattoo booth, the race with each other, the field goal kick, the race with David and Ryan, the obstacle course, the dress up area and then the picture spot. Then after all that play and fun we went over to the crowded bleachers to await the Steelers! About 20 minutes later, Kelsey threw up in my lap....and so ends that family adventure. Amazingly, she didn't throw up on anyone but me. Amazing.
Love this funny face. Funny too that Ryan is coming out of the Porta Potty in the background.

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Good times at the Pool!

David and Ryan came to stay with us for a weekend in July! We had great weather and spent the whole day at the pool!

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Summer Activities!

Kaitlyn got to go to Vacation Bible School for a week in July! The theme was Pandamania and they had great music, crafts and games. She got to take her cousins with her on Friday! Kelsey even got to join in each night after soccer. Kelsey also joined in on Thursday and Friday when the weather went up to 100 and the air conditioned church seemed like the best place to be!
Kelsey loved her time at soccer camp. She learned a few new skills and she learned to mule kicks when her team lost the game! She did whatever Coach Shale told her to do! He has a great British accent and it fits in perfectly for soccer practice!

Last Day at Seven Springs!

We all enjoyed our long weekend at Seven Springs! We made trip to Helen's to get some pictures on our last day. Kelsey and Kaitlyn love to pose on this big rock.

Summer Tubing!!! So much FUN! Everyone enjoyed it after the initial ride of fear! This new activity just opened a week before we arrived! Glad we had a chance to try it out.

Kaitlyn was almost completely inside her tube!

Kelsey was very independent and went right back up as soon as she reached the bottom.

I look scared because I am trying to hold onto Kaitlyn with my feet and Kelsey with my elbows. AAAAHHHHH! Fun!

Yes it's going on the blog!

Who had fun in the indoor pool!? Happy 4th of July Brother's in law!
Kaitlyn hung out in the deep end with Bob. She swam in the 10 foot side and did great!

Kelsey and David played basketball on the shallow end. When they couldn't make a basket from the pool, they jumped out and did it from the edge!

Paddle Boats and skimming rocks at Lake Tahoe!

Alpine Slide!

Ryan and Kaitlyn have about 2 years until they get to go alone! Thank Goodness! We will have a paramedic ready at the bottom for Wild Child Kaitlyn!

David is NOT pleased to see Kelsey at the bottom before him!

This was the first year that Kelsey and David could ride the Alpine Slide on their own! Kelsey has been riding the slide since she was 2 years old but never alone! She went down with me and I let her be in charge of the brake for the entire ride! I made sure she knew to go slow but not so slow that she got hit from the person behind her! She did great! Even the guy watching the turn on the slide said she did great for her first time down! She was in a race with David and she won! Don't talk to David about it though because "it wasn't a race!"

Family Fun Activities at Seven Springs!

Bowling. Kelsey and David took the game more seriously than Ryan and Kaitlyn. The fact that they recognized the numbers made it mean more to them!
Kaitlyn used the helper to get her ball rolling! Exciting to watch the ball slowly move down the lane. Slow, slow, very slow...

"Seven" is Seven Springs new character. He must have been hot out there during the day!

David won the sack race twice! Go David! Prizes for all of them afterward!

Seven Springs For the Fourth!

We ARE Penn State!

Poor Ryan! He's only 3 but this group won't let him get away with anything! He's got to play by all the rules too! I think this was at the end of the game and it was really getting down to the wire to see who won! They're just a little competitive!

Favorite Things at the Beach!

Kaitlyn's favorite part of vacation was the hot tub! We had to keep telling her to take breaks from the hot water.
Kelsey's favorite thing was jumping waves and trying to ride waves in! She loved the ocean - by the last day at the beach!

Hot Tub, Pool, and Boardwalk smiles

Wild Child! Jumping in the hot tub! This picture makes me laugh everytime I look at it. It looks like she was in danger but she was going forward into the 3 foot hot tub. Kaitlyn was the hot tub girl all weekend.

Night time dip in the pool! The girls loved swimming after dinner almost everynight! They swam until bed time!

King Neptune!

Happy Times on the Boardwalk!

Family Pirate Picture

We had dinner at Rockefellers, on the bay, and had a chance to walk out to see the pirate adventure boat. We got to see lots of fish and buckets of bait! Glad we waited till after dinner to check that out!

Turtle Picture Time

Beach Time!

Kaitlyn was a little fish! She loved the pool time!

Sand crabs!

Kaitlyn ran from the waves and screamed!

Kelsey helped Kaitlyn jump a few waves.