Our Visit with Nana & Grandpa

Nana and Grandpa made a trip out to the East Coast for my Cousin Kristen's wedding in New Jersey, so they spent the week with us for some fun. We started out with a day in Boston. We took a tour of Fenway Park which was really fun. It was really intersting to find out all those fun little facts they give you and they were very nice, even though we brought in some Yankees fans! Then after a nice lunch we went to Boston Common, which is a huge park (the oldest park in the United States, in fact) right in the middle of Boston. The girls had fun at the playground and getting some ice cream. It was a beautiful day!

Avery & Sierra in Fenway Park

After me and Nana and Grandpa got back from New Jersey, we took the girls to Davis' Farmland. We had gone there with them in June and Avery saw a sign for their Fall Corn Maze which was going to have a Pirate theme this year so we went to check it out. Now this corn maze is like nothing you have ever seen before, it is huge. It was fun for about the first hour because they had a zip line, a little 4-hole putt-putt course, and a sling shot, which the girls loved. After the first hour I was getting very anxious to get out of corn. And after 2 hours, I said just get me out of here. So we cheated a little to get out, but the girls got their silver coin for a treasure when we got to the end. And it made for another fun visit with Nana and Grandpa!

Avery in the stockade

Heading out into the corn

Sierra getting her sling shot ready

We finally made it to the treasure chest!

Our Trip to Maine

We had a great weekend up in Maine with Uncle Joey, Aunt Jenna, Alex, Stacy, and Aunt Jenna's parents, Don and Sue. We had so much fun last year when we went up there, that we pretty much did the same things as last year. We swam and played in the lake. We all went tubing off of the back of the boat and had a blast! We did some fishing again this year, except that this year was much more successful than last year. All of the kids caught at least two good size fish! Avery and Cory went kayaking, Avery even paddled by herself a little this time. We had a traditional Maine Lobster Bake complete with Smores on the open fire for dessert. It was such a great time, we are already looking forward to doing it all again next year!

Sierra on the crocodile float in the lake

Stacy and Avery getting ready to go for a ride

Sierra cruising along with Mommy behind her

Alex, Avery, Stacy, & Sierra hanging out at the house

Sierra showing off her prize winning fish

Avery showing off her big catch

Uncle Joey tried to get Stacy to kiss her fish. Ewwwww! (She wouldn't do it, by the way)

Daddy & Avery getting ready to take a ride

Daddy & Sierra out on the open water

Avery & Sierra even went out, just the two of them

Daddy & Avery coming in from a nice kayak trip

Fourth of July in Pennsylvania

We had a great vacation for Fourth of July at Gramma and Grampa's in Pennsylvania. We spent most of the time swimming at the pool, the weather was perfect all week! We also celebrated Sierra's Birthday with a pirate cake.

Ahoy, Mateys!

Here we are with Aunt Jacey and Uncle Paul

And with Gramma and Grampa

Having some fun with sparklers

Catching lightning bugs

Avery & Sierra mesmerized by the fireworks

Here we are at Build a Bear Workshop

Avery jumping off the diving board at the neighbor's pool

Sierra's Turn


We also had a really fun day in Pittsburgh! It started with a tour of Heinz Field. We got to see every inch of the stadium, including the locker room, press box, and suites. After the tour, we needed a little down time, so we went and saw Cars 2 to get a little rest. Then, we went to the Pirates game at night. It was the girls first baseball game. They especially loved the mascot, pierogie races and, of course, the cotton candy. We had a great time!

Heinz Field

The Steelers Locker Room

Testing out the lockers (Avery is sitting in Hines Ward's Chair)

Down on the field...well, next to the field. We were told to stay off of the grass.

Here we are at The Pirates Game

Back at the Pool, swimming with Grampa

A Day at the Beach

During Nana and Grandpa's visit, we spent a day at the beach in Rhode Island. Across the street from the beach was a small water slide park. We spent the morning there before heading to the beach. The girls had a blast on the water slides. Sierra was only able to ride one of the slides but she was in her glory. After every time, she'd say, "I wanna do that again!" Avery was able to ride all of the slides by herself. And she didn't miss one, not even the super big one that went really fast! I went on it once with her and I seriously thought my ear drums were going to pop because I was going so fast. And I was really nervous that I no longer had a bathing suit on after I plunged into the pool. She is crazy!

After a nice lunch we hit the beach. Nana and Grandpa bought Avery a boogie board, so she was "surfing" all day. And Sierra loved playing in the sand with Nana. It was a great beach day! There were even a few rides the girls got to go on before we went out for a nice dinner.

The Big Water Slide (Avery is on the left)

Avery coming down the slide on the left

Cory and Sierra sliding down

Avery & Nana relaxing beachside

Avery having fun surfing

Sierra in the sand with Nana

Davis Farmland

We had a fun day at Davis' Farmland with Nana and Grandpa. We had a great time checking out all of the farm animals. And we were able to feed them and brush and pet some of them. The girls also had fun playing in all of the playground areas and the bounce house. And finally, we ended the day in the Spray and Splash area. The girls especially loved the bubble bath and the big slip and slide!

Sierra petting a baby cow

Avery getting some love from a baby goat

Avery in the Big Bubble Bath

Sierra and Avery getting a pony ride

Sierra's cheesy smile for her first pony ride

The girls got to paint their own faces

Posing with Nana and Grandpa

Father's Day

Here are some pictures from Father's Day. It was the day after Sierra's Birthday Party, so she was not feeling well. But, we had a nice, relaxing day with Nana and Grandpa. And we had our Second Annual Father's Day Lobster Bake, that was delicious!

Cory with his girls

Avery playing with the lobsters

Sierra's Third Birthday

Better late than never! Here are some pictures from Sierra's third birthday party. Since we did a Dora party last year, we decided to go with The Little Mermaid theme because she also loves mermaids. But when we went to pick out her cake, there was a fancy Dora and Diego cake in the display case that she just couldn't pass up. It was a beautiful day out for the party and Sierra had a great time playing with all of her friends. In fact, she had so much fun that she, literally, could not get off of the couch the next day. She was so exhausted from partying!

Sierra and Avery with The Dora Cake

Pinata Time

Nana with her girls

Sierra opening her presents

Sierra trying out her new roller skates

And her new big girl bike