Camping

We went camping the last weekend in September to a place about an hour from here. It was a state park and it was gorgeous. They had showers and bathrooms too...which is always a bonus if you're going to be there very long. It was really nice, and everyone had fun. We went with about ten other dental families, so there were a lot of friends around to keep everyone busy. Below is Kaleb with his friend Michael after breakfast in the morning. And the girls as they were finishing up. Food...isn't that what camping is all about?



Here are the girls playing on the playground at the campground. Mayson always like to "help" her sister!

Mayson Gets Her Ears Pierced

Mayson was so excited to get her ears pierced. I was planning on waiting significantly longer before I let her, but the earrings were the final things that pushed us forward on the thumb issue, so hey – it's worth it. She was a little nervous at first, but they shot both ears through at the same time so it was okay. She didn't cry or make a peep, she just had kind of a shocked look on her face when they went through. Either way, she looked really cute with them and she was sure to show every person that she saw that she got her ears pierced. She was very proud! Rhyan had fun at the ear piercing...she was loving the sucker they gave her!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Here we are at the Indians game with Lacey. The Indians won, so that always makes it better. It was the last game of the season, and they had great fireworks after the game. Everyone had a ot of fun!

As you can see...Kaleb really gets excited about going to the games. His dad got him an Indians hat, so then he was really thinking he was special. You'll notice though, that Rhyan takes this stuff pretty serious too!

The Tea Party

Part of the deal with Mayson breaking her thumb sucking habit is that we would have a girly day and got to the tea room for a tea party before we went to Toys-R-Us for her toy and to get her ears pierced. The Tea Room is about the girliest place ever. She was so excited! She got to have her veryown teapot full of hot cocoa.
As you can see, she was excited to have her baby sister there as well. Mayson loves to be the big sister!

Mayson Stops Sucking Her Thumb!!

Mayson finally quit sucking her thumb!! I can't tell you how excited I am. All it took was some bribery.....dinner at Chuck-e-Cheese, pick out a toy at Toys-R-Us, she got to get her ears pierced. Hey, whatever it took it was worth it!

Niagara with Lacey

Lacey wanted to go see Niagara Falls, so for the third time in a month we went to see the falls. It's a cool place though, and I think she was impressed.





Here is Lacey in her pretty blue poncho from the maids of the mist ride. It was fun and we all got a little wet.









I'm not sure if the blue or the yellow poncho is more attractive?? This one we definitely got more wet. This is the journey behind the falls, and we were grateful for the ponchos.

Eileen Visits from Scotland

Here is Eileen with the family. We had fun with her here but were really busy the whole time. She taught us some great new words, and we got to do some neat stuff with her.

Eileen got to come along to Becky's baby shower at the tea room. It was decided that since she was on her fourth boy we had to do something really girly with her. I'm not sure the tea party here measures up to what they have in where she's from, but I think she had fun.
This was the best part of this trip to Niagra Falls. The picture doesn't do it justice of how high it was or how far he went. The rope stretched for about two blocks, and was as high as the needle/tower restaurant building. I wouldn't be up there!