Six Flags!

We caved and took the boys to Six Flags.  We had some friends that have season passes and have been asking us to go all summer long, but we've always had an excuse.  It's too hot, we'll be at the lake etc.  But, the weather was perfect, we were in town AND they had free tickets for us.  We HAD to cave.  Scott and I haven't been since we were teenagers, and we quickly discovered that we were in for a little treat too.  I was nervous that Dylan was going to be too timid to ride any of the rides, but he completely proved me wrong.  The only ride he was too nervous to ride was the Joker.  He said it went too high.  But, somehow the ROLLER COASTERS weren't too high.  Crazy kid!  Here is all smiles at the beginning of the roller coaster ride...

And here he is at the end!  He said he like it but it did make him a little nervous.  I was so proud of him!

Sigh of relief now that ride is over!

Here's sweet Darby.  She was so good all day, just hanging out in the stroller.  

 Dylan, Grant, Jackson and Jacob.

 Jacob and Dylan were so excited to ride the Scrambler together...until they got tossed around a bit.  They were both rubbing their heads a little bit when they got off.  I think they bonked heads a few times.

 We got to meet Scooby Dooby Doo!

 The very first ride that Scott took Dylan on was the Log Flume.  I thought for sure Dylan would be done with rides after this one...but he wanted to go again!

 Jackson was JUST tall enough to ride some of the rides where you had to be 36 inches tall.  His first ride was the Tazmania Teacups and it was HILARIOUS.  I wish we had thought to take a video.  We warned the older boys before the ride started that they had to stop spinning if Jackson didn't like it.  Here they are waiting for the ride to begin...

Jackson surprised me and really loved it.  He was even helping the boys to spin faster!

 And then, all of a sudden it hit him.  He sat back and put his arms back on the cup.  That's when we yelled at the boys to stop spinning.  

 Even though they were no longer spinning, Jackson's head was going around and around in circles.  

 Grant's checking on his little buddy.  They still call him Baby Jackson.

 I was really worried for awhile there that I was going to be cleaning up a mess.  Look at that face!

 But then the dizziness stopped and he was laughing again!  He loved it!

Happy Birthday Cameron!

We celebrated Cameron's 3rd birthday with her at Chuck E Cheese!  We had so much fun playing games, dancing with Chuck E Cheese, and eating cake!  Happy Birthday Cameron!  Thanks for sharing it with us!

This was Jackson's favorite game by far.  Once he found it, he didn't stop playing it.  He's telling me he got two balls in the frogs mouth.  It's so fun that he finally reached an age where he can participate as well!

Magic House!

We had a fabulous opportunity to go the Magic House on Sunday Evening with Mama's work.  There were maybe 50 people in the whole place.  It was so great to see the kids running around and not have to worry about losing them or anything like that.  The kids had a BLAST and were trying everything out.  Dylan was SO incredibly excited the whole night, and Jackson just followed suit.  It was a big hit.  Thanks for inviting us Mama!

Here's a familiar scene but at a different location.  The Haarmann kids are fishing!

The cray hair pictures!  Evelyn and Olivia were both really good sports about it!

Albert Einstein?  Uncle Gary?  No, it's Papa!

Jackson had his tongue out all night.  He was concentrating on having fun! 

 Olivia and Dylan climbing the beanstalk.  Dylan made it all the way to the top!

 If you every have any car trouble, just call Olivia and Dylan.  Together they can solve any car problems!

That adorable grin was on Dylan's face all night.  He was SO excited about everything.  He kept dragging us from one thing to the other.  It's so fun to watch him learn so much.

 Future checkers?

Jackson helping Evelyn out a little bit.  

 Jackson loved the pipe scarf shooter outer thingy.  He was SO excited to watch his ball go through the pipes and then shoot out.  I think he would have stayed there the whole time if Dylan had let him.

 There's that tongue again!

 Papa's scary face! 

Eckerts!

I had heard the radio commercials talking about how the crop was ready early this year at Eckerts, so we headed out to pick some apples.  We joined the Pfeuffer Family and had a great time.  Here's all the boys walking in between trees a the orchard.  They were all dressed in red.  It was completely unplanned and completed cute!  Red boys picking red apples!

Braden and Layton picking apples!  

 Dylan got some help to get the good ones up high.  Jackson may have been the only one to pick some green golden delicious apples.  

 Jake and Braden on the hayride.

 Finally getting some smiles out of my littlest love bug!