Catching Up

The last 3 weeks have been full of fun and activities. I could have written a lot about each thing but there simply hasn't been time. Sooo, here are some pictures to highlight what's been going on with us.

First off, Noelle had her ballet/tap dance recital at the beginning of June. It's hard to resist a handful of 5-6 year-olds in tutus.

Here she is after the performance with her teacher, Ms. Leah

Then the girls and I flew to VA to spend some time traveling around to visit friends and family. Our first stop was to meet my new niece - Maysyn Sauder.

Then we spent the day with a college buddy and her 2 girls (and soon-to-arrive boy). There was a local dairy farm that was having a special event, so we spent the afternoon there. The girls held a baby chick, crawled through a straw tunnel, took a wagon ride, sampled chocolate milk, played on the playground, saw lots of farm animals and...
...got to milk a "cow".
After our farm experience, we headed back to my hometown, Winchester, VA, for some sophisticated fun. Brad joined us and we got to celebrate "Great Judy's" (Brad's aunt)70th birthday at a fabulous restaurant along with other family and friends. Here she is with her grandson, Zach. She doesn't look 70, does she?

Then our family traveled to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for the annual Sauder Week at the Beach. Since my younger brother and wife just had a baby, it was just by older brother with his wife and 3 kids, my parents and us. We had fabulous weather and were able to get in the ocean everyday, at least once. We had a great time riding bikes, taking walks, building/digging in the sand, splashing in the waves, watching HGTV, riding rides, visiting with one another and eating lots of fattening food.

One of the sand creations with Brad, brother Dustin, Noelle, Kalysta and Payton

Here's all of us (who were at the beach)

the 4 girl cousins watching a movie before bed. The 3 older girls slept together 1 night.

Everyone had SUCH a good time. Soon after we got home Noelle made her feelings be known with a sign in her window.

(I wish I were with my cousins)