Sesame Place '17

The next two days we spent in Langhorne, Pennsylvania at one of our favorite places....Sesame Place!! We have visited Sesame Place at least once a year since Landon was 18 months old, and all of us still love it!  Since we went in the summer this year, we were able to do the water rides as well as the amusement park rides.  We also saw characters, watched some shows, and watched the Night Parade.  

I took the boys by myself on Friday morning, and then Matt joined us Friday afternoon after his conference.  We stayed at the park all day and made it back to our hotel around 10 that night.  The next morning, all 4 of us went pack to the park and had fun all over again!  Since we had already seen the night parade on Friday, we left the park on Saturday before dinner.  We went back to the hotel and showered and Matt picked up dinner for us.  We ate, went right to bed, and got up at 4:30 the next morning for our flight home.  This time, both flights were on time and we were home by noon. 

As always, we took a ton of pictures...enjoy!

Day 1:  Right outside the park, posing by bushes of the characters

 

We saw Count as soon as we walked in and the boys were so excited!  Count has always been their favorite.

 Ernie and Bert

 By the Sesame Street sign

 Cookie Monster

 Super Grover

 Honker

 Having fun with Count

 Big Bird

 Elmo

On Elmo's Blast Off

 Elmo's Flying Fish

 The Honker Dinger Derby

 Love this pic!

 Getting ready for Big bird's Balloons

 On the Carousel

 Keegan going down the big slide

 Climbing on the Ropes Play Area

Keegan (left) and Landon (middle left) on the water slides

 Landon ate a spaghetti dinner one night and Chef Grover was the cook

 All of us on the roller coaster

 The 3 boys on the roller coaster

 With Abby and Elmo

 Sitting on the steps, waiting for the Art Show

 Sitting on the Sesame Street steps

 Selfie at the Night Parade

Day 2:  Super Grover

 Family pic with Super Grover

 Family pic with Count

 All of us on the Sesame steps

 The boys with Oscar

 On Elmo's Blast Off

Daddy and the boys on the Swings (Elmo's Cloud Chaser)

 Keegan and Daddy on Oscar's Trash Cans

It was a little chilly at the park on Saturday so we didn't spend a ton of time on the water rides.  Here are the boys wrapped up in one towel because they were freezing.

 Family selfie with Zoe

 Family selfie with Honker

 Another selfie in front of the Sesame Place sign

 Leaving the park...another trip in the books.  The boys had so much fun that they didn't want to leave.  They can't wait until next year.

 This is Keegan looking out the plane window on one of our flights home.  

Until next year, Sesame Place!  So many fun memories! Thanks for a great time again! 

Philadelphia

We drove back to Ohio on Monday, July 31st, after our adventures in Illinois and Missouri.  We were home on Tuesday and then left again on Wednesday for five days.  Matt had a conference to go to for work in Philadelphia, so the boys and I went with him.  

Our flight was at 10 Wednesday morning and we were supposed to get into Philly at 3pm, after a quick layover in Atlanta.  Apparently there were bad storms on the east coast that day.  So, we sat on the plane for an hour and a half, then they let us go back to the gate and get off, then we found out our flight was cancelled.  We rebooked for 10:30 pm that night, sat on the runway again, and ended up getting to our hotel in Philadelphia at 3 am (12 hours late).  It was 9 hours in the Atlanta airport, and definitely a long day, but we survived.  Here is a pic of us getting ready to board our 10:30 pm flight, beyond exhausted.

And here is a normal one

When the boys woke up at 11am on Thursday, we Matt made for lunch and then the boys and I had some fun in Philadelphia.  We did a few of our favorite things....ate a Philly Cheesesteak, saw the Liberty Bell, stopped in front of Independence Hall and ran the Rocky Steps at the Art Museum.

Selfie in front of the Liberty Bell

The boys with the Liberty Bell

Keegan and Landon in front of Independence Hall

The boys at a fountain at the top of the Art Museum steps

At the top of the steps with Philadelphia in the background.

Posing like Rocky after they ran the steps

Love this picture

A couple with the Rocky statue

Kinsley's Dedication

On July 30th, our sweet niece, Kinsley, got dedicated in church.  We were lucky to be in the area, so we came back from the lake Saturday night so we could be at church on Sunday.  We are so glad that we were able to be a part of her special day, and can't wait to watch her grow up. She is such a sweet, good baby and we love her to pieces! Landon and Keegan LOVE their new cousin and can't get enough of her. Two babies were dedicated at church that morning.  Nathaniel did the first dedication and Jeff (an elder) dedicated Kinsley.  Kinsley slept through most of it, but woke up at the end and was very good!

Cara, Nathaniel and Kinsley in church

 Jeff dedicating Kinsley

 Cute pic of Nathaniel and Kinsley 

After church, both immediate families came back to Rod and Dixie's for a lunch.  The kids swam in the pool and everyone else got to hang out. I got to hold Kinsley for most of the day which I LOVED! We also got some good family pictures, even though Kinsley hates the sun!

Nathaniel's side of the family....The Kern's

 The McQuality's

 Cara, Kinsley and Nathaniel

 After lunch, we took a few more pictures.

Another family picture

The kids and grandkids

 A couple cute pics of Keegan and Landon

Since Matt and I were married on July 30th, and Cara and Nathaniel were married on August 1st, the four of us decided to go out to dinner for our anniversaries.  We went to Obed and Isaac's, ate some delicious food, and had a fun night hanging out.  Thanks for babysitting all the kids, Grandma and Grandpa!  We appreciated it!

Here is a selfie of the 4 of us after dinner