Drive-ins & Brothers

 A couple of times this Summer we have made it to the drive-ins!  How fun is that?  We went Fourth of July weekend and saw Despicable Me 2 but didn't stay for the second movie.  Then a couple of weeks ago, Chris and I took the boys to Turbo and stayed and watched Wolverine!  So much fun!

 The kiddos

 The adults (taken by Logan...always great pictures when they are taken by a 5 year old)

This is random, but the other night after putting the boys to bed, Chris and I went downstairs for a few hours to do some work and watch our shows.  When we came up to go to bed, the boys bedroom light was on, and this is what we found in the top bunk of their bed.  Comfy! 

The next day I asked them about it, and Tracen told me that Logan was scared, so Tracen let him come sleep with him...how nice is that?  These two really are great brothers and great friends.  I would say about 80 - 90% of the time they like each other and play really well.  They make life really fun.

Currently our favorite Sunday night activity is to play Ultimate Frisbee (youngies verse oldies or blondies verse brownies)  Tracen is quite the athlete and Logan just loves to be outside and keeps everything comical and easy going.  It will be fun to see how these fun little personalities evolve as they get older.

Palmyra & The Hill Cumorah Pageant

One of the most awesome things about living in Hershey is its proximity to so many AMAZING things!  On our list was Palmyra & The Hill Cumorah Pageant.  The boys and I recently finished reading the Book of Mormon & started reading D&C, so I thought it would be even more appropriate and fun to go visit the church history sites and see some of our favorite stories from the Book of Mormon acted out.  So we loaded up the car & dad (its kinda a big deal when Chris can have an entire weekend off...no rounding included) and drove the 5ish hours to Palmyra, NY.  

On our way, we stopped at the Martin Harris Farm where some of the translation of the Book of Mormon was done.

  Oh man these silly boys.  Its hard being young and cooped up in the car all day!

 We then headed to Palmyra for some pizza and let the kids run wild in the Hill Cumorah pageant Stadium.  Two hours before the show began, characters from the show came out and walked among the crowd.  We stopped MANY of them and got our pictures taken.  Tracen was a little too busy playing frisbee to join in this fun, but Logan loved it!

 Some Nephite warriors.  Logan was stoked to wear his hat!

 We found Lehi!  How cool is that?

   The opening scene!  Holy smokes!  It was so fun and so amazing.  We want to go again with Grandpa Steve, summer 2015!

Sunday we headed to church, then went and visited the Smith Farm & the Sacred Grove

 Inside the Sacred Grove

While we were in the sacred grove, we found a quiet place and talked to the boys and the First Vision.  Then sweet Logan said a prayer for our family.  It was a sweet moment.

 

 

 Finally we went to the Palmyra Temple.  It is a small temple designed exactly like Reno's!  We were told that its the only temple where inside the Celestial Room you can see out to the Sacred Grove (but you can't see in).  How amazing would that be! 

 It was such an amazing weekend!  And as is usual...Logan conked out!

A Visit from Grandma

In June, Grandma Maree came for a visit! We filled our days with lots of adventures. We went to chocolate world, cocoa castle (a local park), bowling, Hershey Park rides, Hershey Park water park, Summer Solstice Party and swimming lessons. It was so fun to have her here! 

Bowling with the Lucky Dudes!

Hershey Park!

As we were walking by the entrance to the zoo they were doing a little program about Alligators!  The boys loved it!

Grandma & Tracen with Mrs. Kiss

Hershey Park Water Park!

The second day we wore ourselves out at the water park.  (And Chris got to come!)  I always bring the stroller for this reason....Logan always falls asleep by the end of the day!

(at least he kept his head up for this picture....ha!)

This summer, my friend, Ms. Rachel has been giving the boys swimming lessons.  They were learning how to dive here:

 Overall it was a really fun week!  Thanks for visiting Grandma Maree!