So Busy

Between dance classes, playdates, visiting friends, and saying goodbye to friends moving away, we have stayed pretty busy over the past few weeks.

We have had a few good friends move this summer, and it has been hard on Lilly. To be honest, it's been hard on me too. One of those friends was Sadie, and Lilly and Sadie loved each other.

I told Lilly to give Sadie a big hug. Instead she picked her up and swung her around.

Another one of those friends was Mei Li. Her mom, Ie Li invited us out to swim at their pool on Thursday. Abby and Sadie met us there as well. It was so fun to hang out with those girls. I have really missed Ie Li, and I will really miss Abby too.

Lilly had such a fun time playing with her friends.

Mei Li, Sadie, and Lilly

On Friday, Lilly finished up her ballet and tap class.

On a different note, Lilly has recently been dragging everything into her bed with her before she falls asleep. Its always fun to check on her after she is asleep and see what she is sleeping with. Well tonight she slept with pretty much everything she owns.

Bubblegum Blowing

Over the past couple of weeks Lilly has practiced and practiced and finally mastered blowing bubbles with her gum. She was very persistent and was so proud of herself when she finally got it. She is now trying to whistle.

Family Outings

On Saturday we went to Burke Lake Park. It is a big lake with a few playgrounds, miniature golfing, a carousal, and a train.

We had a great time taking a ride on the train. Lilly loved it. We got there too late to ride the carousel so we let Lilly play at the playgrounds for a while.

It was a good family outing.

Today we went and hung the two wind chimes that Susan sent us. Lilly has always loved playing with the wind chimes in the tree next to Jax and Rook's grave. So it was very nice of Susan to send us some to put in the tree for our boys.

Miniature Golfing

There is a miniature golf place right next to the rec center where Lilly takes ballet. She tells me everytime we go by it that she has never been miniature golfing before. I thought it might be about time she try it out.

Lilly had a wonderful time swinging her club around and occasionally hitting the ball. She only hit herself in the head with it once. The weather was beautiful. We had a great family night.

Church Songs

I was called to teach in Lilly's Sunbeams class and I love it! I love watching her learn and interact with her little friends. But I especially love watching her learn and sing the songs in Primary. She sits very quietly during singing time and comes home singing many wonderful songs.

Pennsylvania Trip

Saturday morning we left for Pennsylvania. Our first stop was Intercourse, Pennsylvania. It was a beautiful place with lots of corn and Amish people.

We stopped at a Pretzel Factory. We learned how to make pretzels and we ate pretzels. We love pretzels!

Next we stopped at an Amish house that was selling homemade root beer.

They had this booth in their yard and a young girl was selling all these fun things. We decided on the root beer. Well, it was the wrong descision because it tasted like death. It was horrible root beer, but a fun experience.

I liked watching all the buggies go by with little families inside. I told Gus that I would like to live like the Amish. But just for a few day, to see what it was like.

There was a CAL Ranch type store with cars parked out front and horses and buggies parked on the side.

After a few hours up in Intercourse we drove to Lancaster.

We got a bite to eat and then drove to Dutch Wonderland. Lilly was all smiles when we walked through the princess castle gates.

This took us really high and the dropped us little by little. Lilly thought it was great fun, I did not.

This was the kid roller coaster. I thought it was pretty intense. When Lilly got off she said, "Now I want to ride the BIG roller coaster!" 

So we walked over to see if she was tall enough. You had to be at least 42" to ride. Well, Lilly was BARELY 42" and looks like she could be 5. So she rode this one:

She LOVED it. She smiled and laughed during the entire ride while I screamed! My little dare devil rode it another 5 times.

Then she spotted the games. She really wanted that giraffe.

And of course she won it!

This ride took you up and dropped you over and over. There was one mom on it that kept screaming. I guess it was intense. Lilly loved it.

At 8:30 the park closed and we left. As we were walking to car, Lilly turned to us and said, "I had such a fun time with you guys." It was so sweet. Gus and I had a wonderful time as well. The weather was great, the rides were fun, and Lilly didnt cry or whine one time. It was a trip to remember.

That night we drove  about 25 minutes to York where our hotel was. Lilly fell asleep on the way but quickly woke up when we walked into our hotel room. She had to check everything out.

The next morning we drove to Gettysburg. I had never been and wanted to see the sights. It was a pretty hot day so we only stayed a few hours. But we had a fun time.

At the Visitors Center

The Battlefield

The summer is going by fast and we have been doing a lot of this....

And this...