vacation continued

Saturday morning we went to the kids science museum . McGwire went to a merit badge class for his oceanography merit badge so this was an all day affair!!

Lilah and daddy are ready to go!

When we first got there, Tim took McG to the sports part of the museum. He obviously had no trouble finding the hockey area.

But he also was able to climb a rock wall...

and play a little basketball.

He even ran a race...

...and even though it looks like he emerged victoious, Tim assured me that McGwire was not the winner of this race. haha

Having fun!

Me and Bev took Lilah to the kiddie portion of the museum where she pretty much terrorized everything and everybody that got in her way. She was so snotty and stingy~ it was a little embarrassing! They had a large water area and she splashed in that thing for hours and got soaking wet! Tim had our camera with McG so Bev took pictures of Lilah playing in the water.

Well have to get those from her.

Here's McGwire eating lunch before the scout class.

And here he is after a long day of learning about the ocean.

Later that night after putting Lilah down for bed and while McGwire watch yet another hockey game, Tim and I went up to a lookout area to take in the beauty that is downtown Pittsburgh. It really is pretty at night. There were people walking around everwhere and we even saw a couple get engaged. Tim took this picture without the flash so you could see how pretty the city lights were.

The next morning we left bright and early. Our first stop was at the rest stop in West Virginia at the New River Gorge.

I think it's the longest arch bridge in the US but I could be wrong. It sure is pretty, though.

McGwire opted to descend the gazillion steps down to the observatory. The rest of us opted to NOT!!!

He said that going down the stairs wasn't too bad but climbing back up was a bugger!!

Well that was our trip in a nutshell. We had a really good time and appreciate the warm hospitality that Bev and Rex provided.

Pittsburgh 2010

We spent the about 3 days in Pittsburgh over spring break. It was close to a 5 day trip but spent 2 days traveling. The kids did really great driving that far...a lot better than their parents did! haha

McG has always been a good traveler and it looks like his little sister is following in his footsteps. It helps that we had a few Sp0ngebob dvd's to go along for the ride!!

We left at about 2pm on Wed and I thought we were going to drive straight through but poor Tim couldn't take it after a long days work and a ton of traffic to boot so we stopped to spend the night in Wythville,Va. Lucky for us-they had a pool. Lucky for the other guests- I didn't bring my swimsuit! haha

The next morning we woke up early, enjoyed our free breakfast and were back on the road around 7am. Everything started out well but then we hit traffic a few times again and it turned out to be a longer drive than we expected.

McGwire got a little bored...

...and Lilah got a little cranky.

Tim had a ginormous bag of sunflower seeds to keep him happy...

...and I was just along for the ride!!!

We arrived at Grandma and Grandpap Rex' house around 2pm and mainly hung out there for the rest of the evening. They watched a hockey game and I chased Lilah away from the breakables!!

The next day we all went shopping for hockey stuff in the morning and Grandma spent way too much money on the kids. We were going to go to the kids science museum but decided to wait until the next day. The guys went shopping for a few hours instead...for more hockey stuff!!

It was a relaxing day where we mostly played with Molly,

and spent some quality time with Grandma,

and Grandpap Rex.


Tim tried on McG's new goalie mask, which can I say...he did not need a new goalie mask or the 2 new hockey sticks that were purchased as well!?!

Here's poor McG after he found out we were not going to the museum until the next day!!

Don't worry...he perked up when the next hockey game came on TV!!!

The next morning Lilah tried on the new pillowcase dress that Grandma made her...

...ate a little breakfast...

...and then terrorized Molly a little while before we left for the museum.

Also, Grandma's friend came over that morning to meet us and shower the kids with more gifts and she was able to take a picture of us all.

To be continued.....

Happy Easter!!!

We had a very low key Easter today. I had to work the night shift this weekend so that pretty much ruined the weekend. I did manage to whip up a couple of baskets for the kids. I couldn't find Lilah's basket anywhere so I had to improvise with a green bucket I had. It did the trick but this means I will just HAVE to get her a new basket for next year and it will just HAVE to be monogrammed.

McGwire was up at about 5am. I think I woke him up discussing diarrhea and ringworm with idiot parents calling their physicians at 5am...but I digress. He mostly got candy in his basket but also got a movie, a couple of toys and his yearly PJ's.

Here's a close up of his "morning hair". It was sticking up like a rooster!!

Here he is modeling his new pj's. It was hard trying to find men's pajamas that didn't have budwieser logo's or other crazy themes. Too bad he's not in kid sizes anymore. Luckily I was able to find pj short bottoms. Polo, of course!! haha

Last night I started getting Lilah excited about the easter bunny visiting and she was all for it. She wanted to know where her candy was first thing this AM.

She mostly got toys with a few lollipops, m&m's and gum.

She has crazy morning hair as well!!

Here she is sporting her new "shades" and sucking on what appears to be a cigarette!?!

And here's Lilah's new pj's too!!

We didn't get Sunday pictures today since this weekend is General Conference. Trust me when I say we all look raggity and don't need it documented on film!!
I hope everyone had a great Easter and was able to focus on the miraculous ressurection of our Saviour.♥

Game shots

Here's a few pictures of McGwire's first game of the season. I'm not sure if they won or not but isn't it not all about whether you win or lose but how you play the game??? If so, I assure you he played fabulously!!

Let's go Rangers!!

Tim got tickets to the Thrasher/Rangers game (big shocker, right??) and invited Grampy and McG's friend John to go along for the ride!

Apparently, McGwire got shown on the jumbotron again while widly waving his Thrashers flag.

Notice he was cheering for both teams!?!


I guess he was wearing the Rangers jersey under the Thrashers hoodie!?!

First merit badges

McGwire participated in his very first Court of Honor this past Tuesday and recieved his first 2 merit badges. I had to work so was unable to attend. Darnit!

But Lilah was there to terrorize everyone!

Picky and Grampy stayed late that day in order to see him get his merit badges but by the time they got to the church, they had missed his part of the presentation!!

At least we got a nice picture out of it.

Here's McG explaining to picky everything she missed.

Here's the scout and his proud papa.

Sorry we've been missing from the blog lately. We only have one camera now and it happens to be Tims' work camera. Unfortunately for us, Tims' work has needed their camera so we haven't had any way to document our lives lately.

We'll do better now that the camera is back home!