yeah, Life is Good !

Today he's 9 !

Happy Birthday Jackson ! My firstborn ! I can remember the day so well, when he was born. I labored all day... 16 hours of contractions & dilating before he arrived ! Isn't that the most precious thing in the world, to have your newborn placed in your arms. Now, he's nine! He'll be starting school Wed going into 4th grade! He's a good boy and I am very proud of him ! We love you Jackson ! All of you ! Even when you're driving us all nuts, we love you !

Jackson's B'day cake...

Jackson asked for a skateboard cake for his B'day this year. He wil turn 9 on August 31. We had his cake this past weekend. He went to see X games the movie in 3D with 2 of his friends. Grant is already putting his cake request in for his birthday. This cake decorating / designing is not such an easy thing for me... then to have it just cut into, eaten or demolished... such as last year's volcano cake...click herethen scroll down a bit to see volcano cake, that was "demolished" ! I'm just thrilled to "impress" my 9 year old critic ! He's happy, I'm happy ! Still have 7 more days till school starts!

So Girly !

Madelyn and Grant had friends over last week for a playdate. I took this picture in Maddy's room of the girls playing... sooo girly ! I just need to paint the bedroom walls pink and then it will really be a girly bedroom ! : )

Grant went to preschool with Amanda's brother Jason. Took this picture of the boys playing LEGOS ! They all played great together !

Our " Stay~cation" in PA

So, this year our " vacation " was a trip " home " to Alabama over the Summer. Not what I would call a vacation... it's always a very rushed visit with as much friends and family you can arrange to see, not to mention the long drive ( 18hours+ over the course of 2 days). Exhausting, but nice to see everyone we miss so much and the kids have a blast doing all that they get to do there! So, last weekend my brother in law
and S I L and nephew, Justin made there way up here for a visit. She has family in Jersey, and they skipped on over to see us before driving back to Alabama. We went to Valley Forge, Knoebels amusement park, and showed them our Perkiomen Creek & trails. It was a nice visit. Comical, because we always go to Valley Forge, it has been a favorite place of ours since we have lived here...always amazed by the deer that inhabit the park. When we think of VF, we think of all the deer, then George Washington, the Memorial Arch, the battles and... oh yeah, sledding in the Winter ! So, I think it is funny, the photo of my family in front of the cabins... we've seen a million times ! I posted slideshows below of the " Stay~cation" Enjoy ! We still have a little over a week before school starts back !

Valley Forge

Ride to Elysburg ( Knoebels)...

It maybe took an hour & a half to drive to the amusement park. It was very pretty scenery on the way there. These PA mountains are the most beautiful , I've decided, when they are GREEN !