Happy 4th of July!

Ohhhhh, What A Face

This is the kid that loves to ride EVERY roller coaster that she can find.....

well, Shalene prefers all the "spinny" rides...you know the ones

that twirl you till you can't twirl no more!!

Well, we rode these and Shalene happened to get

this lovely photo of Alyssa...I'm so glad she didn't snap one of me.

Hershey Park

This past Friday we were able to go to Hershey Park....this was a "field trip"

with the kids school....which means we were able to get tickets pretty much

half price....it was a loooong day--but tons of fun.

I really love the sights, colors, sounds and

smells of an amuesment park.

Shalene doesn't care for the rides that are high so she was

a very patient person when she sat and waited for John and

Alyssa (me some of the time) But she was drooling of these

HUGEMONGOUS stuffed animals....I said I'd buy her rings for one round

--so she tossed several, I tossed, Lyssa tossed and John tossed...John was able to

ring one and Shalene got this huge monekey for $2.

Alyssa had John attend with us and they rode just about all of the

rollar coasters -- I fell for it and rode some of them as well...however,

I skipped this water drop!!!! (As you can see for yourself with the sign below..and the splash above) You did not come off of this ride dry at all.

Okay, to me -- you have got to have a funnel cake

when you go to an amusement park!

Steve chasing after Clayton!

The old time cars and these race cars seemed

to be one of Claytons Favorites!

We tried on many hats while there....

this was worth a lot of laughs.

Clayton ended up being a "twizzler" -- this is how they measure who can

ride which rides

Bumper cars - A Family FAVORITE!!

UGGG

I had visions of catching up and sharing pictures with you this week....however, our house was hit by lightening (I'm at the library at the moment)...the top of the chimney was blown off and piece lay in our front yard...needless to say our phones and computers have problems....I'll be back.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!

I just wanted to take this time to tell my Mom how special she is.

I realize now, not when I was at home, how much my mother sacrificed for us.

We were not well off by any means, but mom made life fun and enjoyable. She also

did without so that my brother

and I could have things that we probably really didn't even need....just thought

that we did.

While living at home -- my mom was the foundation. Keeping us all

in organized and arriving on time.

She was my mom.

As I was married, and life went on, I have realized that

we can't do anything about getting older and time

passing us by. Nothing but enjoy the moments that we have.

To treasure the memories and love as if it were our last day.

My mom has taught me about unconditional love......my mom has become my best friend.

Thanks mom, for being there for me always.

For being you!

Visiting Hershey

The kids went on a field trip to Hershey, Pa on Thursday. They had a tour of the

police academy -- was able to see the shooting range and horses.....for some reason,

I know I took pictures but I can not find them.

After the Police Acadmy we found a scrapbook store!!!! OHHHHHH, it was BIG.

I than took the kids on a quick trip to Hershey World -- we have

been there before but Clayton doesn't remember the trip.

I'll have to take him again, when we have more time.

Picture above is som thing that is "my kind of food!"

Okay, so I didn't buy one of these, but I'm thinking maybe

I should have!
We did get our photo taken together and had it put on

a hershey wrapper.

You know me and pink -- well add chocolate and you can't

get any better.

Shalene discover the chocolate baked goods!

Our next field trip is this Friday to New York-- Corning Factory.

We get to make a glass and blow eggs....

should be pretty fun.

Fun With Food

My mom shared this pics with me and thought I'd pass them along..............can you make something like this??? I'd love to see the pics.

Alyssa and a Topsy Turvey Cake

At the very end I helped Alyssa with adding the balls and staking

the cake. Other than that she pretty much did this on her own...

This is the first cake that Alyssa has made for someone else.....took her several

days to make all of the detailed flowers and such.

But it was so cute.

The flowers are from gum paste. But the balls are from

homemade fondant (she uses marshmellows) Many of the woman

at the party were commenting on how good the balls were.

Guess those were the ones who like marshmellows.


The kitchen was a bit of a mess there but the cake turned out.

Here is the birthday girl, Sue, with her cake....she seemed

to really like it!

And it is.....................

An adorable ruffle purse,

keychain,

and 2 small to toss inside.

I LOVE this!!!!!

(I got the purse idea and pattern from Tumbling Blocks

thanks Dorie)