Family Reunion

ROAD TRIP!!! Gordon's side of the family was having a family reunion in Pennsylvania and we were excited to go! We drove our van and the drive up was about 7 hours. The girls did fabulous -all thanks to Aunt Rachel and Uncle Ryan who carpooled up there with us - I got to sit back and enjoy the long ride while they got to hear "I have to go to the bathroom!" "Claire touched me!" "Aunt Rachel, I want a snack!" "Aunt Rachel, Claire dropped her paci!" ...from the backseat!! HA HA HA! Oh, and me and Gordon totally kicked their butts at the SLUG BUG game! It was a fun road trip and we arrived safely at our destination in Pennsylvania.

Day one of the reunion featured a trip to Hershey Park. This place is where chocolate comes from so I was in heaven! We toured the factory and got free samples of Hershey bars and then we had a great day in the park with all of the roller coaster rides and water rides! At Hershey Park, the rides have height catagories - Claire was a Hershey Miniature and Evelyn was a Hershey Kiss...that's how you knew what ride your kid could go on. It was pretty cute! A good portion of the morning at the park was spent on KIDDIE rides and it was fun looking for the rides for the MINI's and the KISSES!!! We were there from about 10 in the morning until about 7 at night. No naps the entire day! The girls had a blast and were tuckered out by the time we got back to our hotel room! We ate a quick dinner and then we all crashed!!!

The reunion was at a park about 25 minutes away from our hotel. On the short drive over, the girls zzzzonked in the car. They were so exhausted from the day before! HA! We had a great time visiting with cousins, aunts, uncles, and other people that we did not know! :) We had great food and games to play for the kids. There was a firestation up the street that we walked to and in their garage they had an old 1978 MACK Fire Truck. Since Gordon works for Volvo trucks and they manufacture the MACK truck, he was pretty giddy to find a MACK truck, but it was also an old fire truck. They let the kids climb inside and take pictures!

I don't think I captured this on camera, but a highlight of our trip up north was Gordon taking me to a Wegman's. Through work, Gordon has been able to travel to different places and Volvo has a plant in Penn. Up north, they have these grocery stores called Wegman's. I know it sounds silly that I was so excited to finally get my chance to have my own Wegman's experience, but it truly was worth the wait! This place is amazing! It's a glorified Harris Teeter, Costco, Candy store and Fresh Farmers Market all combined into one magnificent store! I wish we had one in North Carolina because I would move right in and live there!!! It was a treat to finally have a Wegman's experience! HA HA!

Enjoy our pictures from our visit to Pennsylvania!! Gordon and Jamie (aka my hottie and me!)
(above) THE GROUP! Paw Paw, Arminda, Natalie, Adam, Lindsay, Rachel, Sam, Jake, Granny, Evelyn, Melanie, Mel's friend (sorry I forgot her name!) Ty, Jamie, Claire, Ryan and of course Gordon is taking the picture! Round and Round it goes! When will it stop? - No body knows!
I love both my girls!
Mack Daddy Fire Truck!