Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Goodship Lollipop!

After tons of fun on Sunday we decided everyone had the energy for a tour on the Goodship Lollipop!
As you can tell, everyone had fun and was mighty happy!



Balloon animals from a clown!


Sweet looks for a sister...


Daddy gave a big smile in the next pic, but Ella's here won the day!

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Incline

The view from the incline going up...


...and the view from up there....


...and of the fam up top!


Nice views from the top...


More Sunday Fun

So we had to show a picture of the cool Ducky vehicles.



Nana with her grand daughter. Cuteness and snuggles at lunch.


The boys loving the passing trains...


After lunch we got to ride the incline...how cool is this?


Ducky Tour

The boys prepping (and intently checking out the logistics) for the ducky tour.



Cool skyline view of the city from the boat/truck...



...and another cool pic...




Smiles and fun!



The highlight...


Matthew got to steer the Ducky tour vehicle once we were in the water---so cool!!!!

FUN!!

Some quality reading time with Aunt Andrea and Pa!



And then some silliness after...


Too cute to pass up...have to protect our cute faces from the sun!


A pretty shot of the water show and partial skyline.


Anniversary Fun

The boys found a novel use for the frisbees from Aunt Andrea and Daddy's childhood...


Nana and Pa have been married 40 years...man, talk about impressive!



Andrea did an awesome job ordering this oh-so-personalized cake!!!! Dad did a decent job of sneaking out to get it too :-).


The happy couple with the cake (which was mighty yummy)...


Sarris & Pittsburgh!

So, for the non-Pittsburgh native among you, Sarris is a chocolate shoppe and so much more...including an old-fashioned ice cream shoppe. We all had a great time...here is the proof!






Every last drop...


And just to prove that I am a better wife than fan :-)....



Pittsburgh Party Time!


We went to Pittsburgh for a long weekend of fun, family, and touring.

Pa is a great sport and got quite the work-out pushing two boys in swings.


For our warm-up day of activities we went to the trolley museum. Aunt Andrea is a really, really good aunt and is willing to do nearly anything for her very lucky nephews (and niece, though Ella has yet to be really demanding :-)...


...including fitting into a scale model of the trolley....


...and probably the highlight of the visit...a real trolley trip!!!!


Saturday, August 08, 2009

More Firetrucks!

I know some of the last post pictures were not coming through, so let's try these...



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Firetruck!

So we loved the big trucks, but you had to know the firetruck would be special!

Looking to his bro for some help...


Posing with our friendly neighborhood fireman!


Now we have to go down....carefully!


Driving...


...and riding along!



End pose, sort of...




Big truck show!

For perspective...they really do mean big :-)




Getting into the big rig...


In the driver's seat...


Me too!



Friday, August 07, 2009

More Michigan Fun!

Isabella at her messiest...


Nathan at his neatest :-)


How hilarious is this?!?


Quality reading time with grandma....


....and active time with grandpa...