All the kiddos playing in the sandbox
Our walk to Dairy King, where we got ice cream and let ourselves get super messy
We spent all afternoon filling water balloons to have a huge water balloon fight and last minute we decided it was boys (Mike and Joel..and Lincoln but he just wanted to be with his Mama.) against all of us girls and of course we killed them (or they let us win) but we sure did have a blast. It took about 3 minutes to destroy 200 water balloons. So worth it!
On the roof of the Garfield memorial at the Lake View Cemetary
This is Sonia gracefully buckling in all the girls in that back seat, oh the joys!
We went up to Palmyra to do the Sacred Grove, the printing press and the infamous Cumorah Pageant and it was a disgustingly hot day, so hot, we barely survived. None the less we did and here is a fun picture of Vienna and I at the Christus in the Cumorah Hill visitors center. There is such a special feeling there.
The gilrys waiting for the pageant to start and making candy necklaces that Peggy had sent each one of them and it was a perfect use of time. Even though at 8:15pm (the show starts at 9:15) a huge rain storm rolled in and there was tons of lightning and thunder so they cancelled the show. We were so bummed as we were heading Niagara Falls the next day and had come all this way....
Lincoln and his Daddy in their towels at the hotel. Mike looks ginormous compared to Lincs man
Getting ready for Maids of the Mist...love it. Vienna had been talking about going on this Boat since Canada Day. Poor girl she had to wait for a really long time.
Niagara Falls Fun street on the Canada side.
Enjoying ice cream at Niagara falls to make all the walking more enjoyable.
dancing around while we are waiting for eveyone. She was rolling all over the ground too. What a girl
eating outside and eating with disposable dishes was the best thing ever it made clean up super easy so we could spend more time together.
Enjoying his dinner :)
Mike what happened to your face???
2 handsome boys. This is the beginning of our adventure in Chagrin Falls to the ice cream shop, the falls and the park. He sure loves his shoes.
curly haired lady, loving the water.
This is the best park for Lincoln because it had stairs and a little guy friendly slide. it was a broken record over and over and over again, loving each and every minute.
Dorothy swinging down the slide
A nice view of Josephine
This is an epic picture of Joel..love him!
On your marks, get set, go!
So American!
We attempted a sleep over on the last night the girls were here and we gave them 1 hour and 15mins before we broke it up. There were tears a few times, singing, dancing, laughing, changing spots, potty parties, you name it, it happened. We'll have to try again another time.
Our last night Sonia and I realized that we once again didn't have a picture of just us or the whole gang so right before we went to bed, when we were looking super hot (no make-up and Pj's) to take some. At least its something right.
I decided to be a goofball with my hair and face, boy does it show.
We had such a fun time with them. Vienna was in heaven and played really well with Josephine and Dorothy, but the 2 younger girls seemed to get on each others nerves after about a week, but that is to be expected. Josephine was a Mom to all of them and all of them wouldn't leave Lincoln alone EVER! which drives me nuts with Vienna but having 3 do it was quite a challenge. He endured it well, perhaps better than me. Other than that, we LOVED every moment of our time with them and are so glad we got to share our home and the wonderful aspects of this area with our good freinds.
Thanks Simmonds for coming so far to spend your time off with us! We loved it!
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