Vacay Day 3- Once Upon a Time

A summer trip to New Hampshire

simply isn't a vacation unless

we make a trip to Storyland.

Just ask the girls!

Wim and the talking tree.

Josie talking to the tree face.

Wim outside the Pumpkin House.

Clara Rose and Josie inside the pumpkin house.

Ye Ye and Clara Rose playing little Miss Muffet.

The girls are getting older and opted to by-pass most of the play areas this year--

Josie exclaiming where are the tea cups?!!!

Lets go on the rides!!!

Clara Rose and Josie on the tea cups.

Clara Rose rowing on the Pirate Ship.

Ye Ye and the girls exploring the Mine.

Daddy in Jail!

One of the star attractions!

Driving their own cars!

The satisfied smiles says it all!

The roller coaster-- we went on this at least four times!

Clara Rose leading Ye Ye onto a flying fish.

Me and Josie in a flying fish.

Me and all the girls on the Twirling Turtles.

We went on this one a few times as well.

The flying whales.

We hit a few other rides not shown, the log flume was another big hit with multiple rides.

It was a super fun and exhausting day.

For Daddy's just as much as little girls.

Vacation Day 2: Zipping Along

With rain forecasted later in the week, Ye Ye and I headed out solo

for some big kid kind of fun--something we wanted to do last year

but didn't quite get around to.

ZIP LINING!

Going UP!

Even more UP!

Getting fitted.

Never Fear-- the staff swapped out the frayed harness

for a newer one.

Going DOWN!!!!

Oh Yeah!

What a blast!

Going up for round TWO!

After Zipping--

Ye Ye and I went on a hike

to see a waterfall.

It was a dry winter and fairly dry summer

which makes for a not very impressive

waterfall.

It was a nice day

filled with much beauty

and

fond memories.

Vacay- Day 1: A Hiking We Will Go

Vacations are so sweet!

So Sweet and they fly by so fast-- to fast for me to take time blogging last week.

I am going to try and do a flurry of posts this from all the fun we had.

Day 1: Ye Ye, the girls and I made it up to the Barn late Friday evening.

The next day we headed out for an adventure hiking West Rattlesnake Mountain.

The little cousins were thrilled to share the van together, watching movies

and playing video games along the way.

There were a couple boo-boos along the way,

but we made it to the summit-- which was about a mile hiking and just under 500 ft. elevation.

It may not sound like much, but the younger crowd it was HUGE!

Cousin Nate, Gabriell, Josie, and Xavier

checking out the view.

Clara Rose taking a little rest.

Cousins Nate, Emily and their Daddy, Bob.

The infamous Ye Ye!

He sure does look up here-- much better than he looks in Ill.

The views were quite amazing and breathtaking--

especially for such a short hike.

Silly Ye Ye acting like he is falling!

A series of pictures . . .

Back at the Barn, Bob got the fire blazing.

We had a gourmet dinner of roasting hot dogs on a stick.

Clara Rose was beside herself with two

of her favorite men together.

Ye Ye, always the charmer with the little ladies.

Hot dogs were followed by tasty smores!

The girls had lots of sugar energy to burn off--

bouncing around in their room with cousin Emily.

A perfect end to a wonderful day--

bedtime stories uniquely crafted by Ye Ye.

 

Family Gatherings, Photo Shoots, Birthdays, and Fun!

Family Gatherings, Photo Shoots, Birthdays, and Fun!

Just another way of saying here is a re-cap of events.

The Sherman Family Gathering-- our family, Nie-Nie, Wim's brother and his kids.

A random day at home-- Josie directed me to get the camera for a photo shoot. 

After I took a couple pictures-- Josie took over the camera.

She directed me where and how to sit. 

Clara Rose took this one of Wim cooking. 

Another great shot by Josie. 

We celebrated Cousin Nate's 7th Birthday with a

big fun bash! 

Everyone beat the heat Poolside at the party--

Josie and Emily. 

Clara Rose 

Abbie 

Josie-- a spin jump 

Nate- Karate kick jump! 

Wim relaxing with his new hat. 

Abbie looking super cute in some new threads. 

Emiy and Josie chilling with their party hats in the shade near the end of the party. 

So, we're busy having lots of fun-- it is summer after all . . .

AND . . . . .

The fun is just beginning!

YE YE is coming today!!!! We can't wait to spend time with him!!!