Apple Hill Family: early summer FUN!

"Summer" Scout Hikes

(their mid-May hike was cancelled
due to a blizzard with furious gusting winds,
then this was their June hike)

crazy weather this year

Bowling

"say cheese!"

Kids' Day at the Fair

the hands-on science center

(Nathan ran into a friend and next thing I knew he was on his phone)

watching the blacksmith and playing in the Pretend Farm

water balloon toss

The Amazing Harmonatras and their "Band of Bobs"

(notice that this year, Michael and Nathan are no longer ON the stage - where does the time go? kids grow up so fast!)

This year they had Lego Sculptures as Art Exhibit entries!

(I should enter next year)

Six Flags

This year, M and V sent their husbands (my brothers) R and J to a Six Flags amusement park for an early Father's Day gift to ride the BIG ROLLER COASTERS and they took Dad and Michael and Nathan too. How awesome for them to hang out together, the car trip there, all day at the park going on one FAST whipping-you-all-over coaster after another, a "slumber party" in the hotel, and the car ride back. Thank you so much for including my big boys.

all these "engineering minds" decided they would get the BIGGEST splash by ALL squeezing into one log on the Log Ride

and apparently it worked

J had the drenched and ruined cell phone to prove it

looks like they had a great time!

... back at the fair

Jess, Jacob and I and M and kids saw an animal show, went to the Home Depot kids' station, and the science station, drank LOTS of lemonade, played in the hay bale maze,

joined the band (the fast-talking joke-telling leader of the band specifically gave Kate the job of looking cute and getting money from the audience for their transportation home)

visited with Smokey,

Jess, Jacob, and I rode the Gravitron,

Jacob and Jack rode the "Superman one,"

and Jess and I rode the coaster,

and Jess, Kate, Jack, and Jacob rode the "nice one"

oh, and we rode the shuttle from the parking lot - very exciting for little guys!

Thank you M for coming - it was such a nice visit with you!

more Six Flags

Jess gets to spend some time with female cousins, Sarah and Bekah, and they're off to Six Flags too! (thank you J & V!)

Gpa's Orchard/Forest Tractor Rides