An Evening at my sisters house

Was bittersweet....

If all goes as planned, this will be the last time that we hang out at this house.....Ali and Mike are selling it and moving into town.
Thanks Ali for all the wonderful food and ICE CREAM!

Visit with PapPap Snyder

At Mimi's

Let the fun time begin!

Yellow Creek

One of the fun things about visiting my family, is taking the boys to places I went as a kid.  Yellow Creek was a place where my family spent many hot summer days. Usually, we would pack a picnic lunch and go after church with my aunt, uncle and cousins. We always had so much fun. The place has not changed at ALL in the last 20 years..except for the goose control fence on the beach.

A night out in Pittsburgh!

 Our first stop was Quaker Steak & Lube

for all you can eat WINGS!

Our second stop was Kings

 (not our first choice - but we wanted dessert and it was the only place open on our way home)

These brownie cracked me up...they called them "Frownies". They had several desserts made up of these brownies..."The Angry Mob", "Double Trouble Frownie Sundae" (a dozen of them were called a) "Frownie Pity Party" They even had t-shirts you could buy with Frownie faces.  We tried the "Double Trouble Frownie Sundaes...it had some deep fried "Frownies" with ice cream and fudge, a couple Reese's peanut butter fudge sundaes and a famous pecan ball! Yummy.  After all of that...we walked out with two free "frownie pity parties"...no one in our group was frowning...we were all SMILES as we enjoyed a wonderful evening with family!

On the road AGAIN!

Matt got back from Charlotte early this morning.  He got a few hours of slept before we hit the road....North bound to PA  This time for a longer visit!

I wasn't sure how the boys would do after being in the van as much as we have the last week. 

Recap 

Last Friday/Saturday for a funeral.....SC to PA and back = 1126 miles

This past Friday/Saturday..for a graduation..... Greenville to Summerville and back = 392 miles

Today for vacation/wedding........SC to PA = 563 miles

2081 miles later and this little guy was still smiling!  

Coca Cola 600

Matt spent Sunday up in North Carolina with some friends at the Coca Cola 600 NASCAR Race!

BUGS

The craft at Chick-fil-a this week was a "My Bug Jar" Ian could not wait to get home and start digging for bugs!

He didn't find any but they were excited to look at the lightning bug Daddy put in it!

Going to visit the BIG BOYS!

at Matt's Uncle Buck and Aunt Eth house!

Here is Jared - the youngest of the six BOYS!  The boys love him!

This is Jeff - He graduated high school last night and was the reason for our visit this weekend

Levi playing in bubble land

One thing you can ALWAYS count on at their house is multiple games of basketball!

Ian practicing - he even scored a couple of times!

Having fun and making silly faces

what did I tell you..more basketball

then for a more relaxing game of cornhole

Back in the

water to

cool off again!

We always enjoy our visits to their house! Ian and Levi are already asking when we can go back! 

Things that make me smile

In no particular order...

1. Mason Jars

Some people start their day off with a cup of coffee... I like to start mine off with a nice strawberry & carrot juice smoothie in a jar...I also like to store cooking supplies in them...

2. Looking at my handsome MAN and boys

3. Holding my kids

4. My newest nephew

5. Being held in his arms

6. Baking

My new favorite...Sweet Potato Cupcakes with a creamy Cream Cheese frosting!

Yummy!

 

7. The CRAZY things that my kids say

Just to list a few!