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The kids having fun with our prize from Chuck E Cheese

Presque Isle

I don’t know why I am so into blogging right now. I am pretty sure it is a avoidance of all things housework. 

Today we went to a fair on the peninsula. The weather was perfect and the peninsula was gorgeous. It almost makes you forget that Erie is such a dreadful place in the winter.

 

The kids favorite part of the fair was this trampoline thing.

 

Gabe wanted to go really high. I was proud of him for being so brave

 

 

Zoe cried a little bit at first but by the end she didn't want to get out of it.

 

Gabe and his friends.

For those of you not from Erie, if you notice the frog in the water, there are many of those all over Erie  (and a few fish too?) and we always play a game in the car of who can spot the frogs first. We yell “FROG” as loud as we can. My kids are getting familiar enough with Erie that they know where some of them are before we get to them.

Our New Toy

It is Summer clearance at Target people! Run down and get your pools and lawn chairs. We picked this up the other day and our kids love it. They stand at the top and do a huge jump and land at the very bottom of the slide. If you know my kids at all…that is pretty brave for them. If you live in Erie and need something to do with your kids one day, come on over and swim!

 

Cousins

These are all of my parents grandkids. 

Birthday Party

My Dad and my sister Rachel both have July birthdays so we got together at the park to hang out and celebrate. The Hatch’s and Easley’s came too.

Jeff and Mike

Brandon, Rachel and Gabe

zoe

Bryce, Katelyn and Ally

Amy, Matt, Tanner

The Birthday Boy and Girl

my latest cake

4th of July

Dan’s brother John was born on the 4th of July so his wife Amanada threw a big party for him and invited all the Elton Clan as well as her family. It was held at this AMAZING pool in her parents neighborhood. We swam, ate, visited and watched fireworks. It was really fun.

Richard and Candice, Grandma Barbara and Grandpa Vaughn with Noah.

Cousin Matt.

Rupp Family Reunion

My grandparents have 8 kids, seventy something grandkids and eighty something great grandkids. That makes for a really fun family reunion. Since there are so many of us and we are kind of spread out, we have a family reunion every other year. This year we had it at Cascade Lake in Idaho. We camped in tents and boated on the lake. My kids ran wild and couldn’t believe that they were related to every person there!

cousin tanner

my adorable parents

grandpa and grandma rupp

mason and gabe