A new nephew on the way!

A new baby nephew to love, coming around Thanksgiving! We knew Bradley and Ashley were pregnant but they held a gender reveal where we found out baby Lauver was a boy. Can't wait to squish him! 

Lots of summer fun!

We've been having such an awesome summer. Carter's name got pulled at the local orchard for free ice cream (and the next day, Addison's was pulled! Hilarious!) We spend a lot of time at Hersheypark and the Mechanicsburg pool. We also did something fun (and new) for the kids...we went to Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster to see Jesus. It was SO good and the kids loved seeing all the animals in the play! 

For the fourth of July, we went to Gramma and Pa's to swim and then went to the hang glider overlook with cousins. So pretty! 

Of course, lots of Dave & Buster's (their very favorite!) and the backyard pool and slip n' slide, too. Summer of 2019 has been really fun so far and we still have a bunch of time left for more fun, like Roxbury!

Rest of vacation

The rest of our vacation was so fun. We did hit some hiccups here and there on the property since everything and everyone was so new (we did end up getting some money back for our troubles which was nice). Throughout the rest of the week, we did a LOT of boating and stand up paddleboarding (which we all did successfully), candy bar BINGO (which Addison won!), lots of swimming, and fishing. 

One night we "cleaned up" and went to the wood-fired pizza place at the resort. Another we headed to Lake Lure for dinner at a really delicious lakeside restaurant. And, one of the nights, there was a foam party in the GaGa pit, which the kids through was just the coolest.

All in all, we had an awesome time together. The kids enjoyed every second of it and were oblivious to any of the little things that went "wrong" during our stay. We never had a moment we didn't have something we could do and having the place nearly to ourselves was just an added bonus!

More vacation!

Every morning on vacation was very similar...Carter and Seth went out behind our cabin to fish and me and Addison made breakfast and then called them in. It was majorly hot and humid there and Addison and I enjoyed the morning A/C. HA! :) 

After breakfast every day, we headed to the pool complex. Because the resort was so new, it was only at about 10-15% capacity, which was AMAZING! We literally had the place to ourselves (or with maybe 1-2 other families) every day. The kids could canon ball to their heart's content, grab ice cream at the cafe with no line, and run around like little crazies.

Sometimes, when we needed a break from the sun, we would head to the arts and craft building, where we, again, were often the only ones there. The kids did lots of fun crafts through the week. Here they were doing sand art! 

After dinner, we took a golf cart ride up to the top of the resort. WOW...the view was so, so gorgeous! Then, we hit up gem mining, one of the things the kids were just dying to do there since the second we booked it. Both were super excited with all the treasures they found, too!

We decided to go fishing as a family later in the evening when it was cooling down. And look who caught her first fish ever. She was SO excited!