A Gorgeous Weekend

We had beautiful weather last weekend.  The kids had their last soccer game...against the parents!  On Sunday we all went for a walk in Frick.  The leaves were so pretty with the sun shining on them.  None of us was dressed for pictures, but we just couldn't pass up the opportunity!  Carson is holding his pet slug.

Soergel's Fall Festival

The kids and I headed out to the pumpkin patch with some friends.  Soergel's is one of our favorites out here. 



The hay tunnel is the kids' favorite part of Soergel's.  They crawl through the tunnel built inside a shed with
flashlight in hand! 



The King of the World!

Apple Pickin'

We had a beautiful weekend here in the 'burgh.  Camryn, Carson and I did our best to find things to pass the time until Daddy gets home from Denver.  Saturday they each had soccer games, we made a fort and slept in it that night, and Sunday we joined some friends at Simmon's Farm for apple picking and lots of fall fun!

Pirate's Game

Sunday was our last Pirate's baseball game.  It was kids day, and all of the kids are allowed to run the bases after the game.  (Ok, I have been trying to upload a video of them running the bases for 3 days now.  Time to move on without it!) The line was long, but I think Camryn and Carson both thought it was totally worth it!  They also got a pair of Pirate's slippers (ie, dog hair collectors!)

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Monday, the 5th, was Jerrod's birthday.  It was a rainy, gloomy Labor Day here so we headed to one of the museum's we have been wanting to check out:  The John Heinz History Museum.  We had a good time exploring all of the things that started or happened here in Pittsburgh:  Big Macs, Heinz products, transplant surgery, Mr. Rogers, the list goes on!

Camryn really wanted to go on to the next room!

Camping

Summer slipped away so quickly, we never got a chance to take the kids camping.  Jerrod had to round this weekend, but we decided to go anyway.  We headed out to Raccoon Creek State Park and set up camp.  To our surprise, the campground was empty!  We found a great spot and claimed it.  We then took a hike to the fishing and swimming spot.

Camryn was the only one who caught a couple Sunfish.  She was totally creeped out by them!  So much so that she wanted Jerrod or me to hold on to her so the fish wouldn't pull her in if she caught one!  HAHA!!  Look how tiny it is!  At one point she confessed that she thought there were alligators in the water. 

The boys getting the fire started.

Our little bookworm!

                                                            

S'mores

We had a perfect spot, great weather and a lot of fun just being together until...

After we all laid down around 10, the kids fell asleep and our neighbors moved in at 11.  The whole campground was basically empty, yet these 4 people chose to set up right next to us, start a fire and proceed to talk and keep Jerrod and me awake the entire night!  They finally pulled out at 6:50am!  Seriously, where was their mother?  How rude!  Besides sleep, nothing else was missing from our trip.  We had a lot of fun!

Moving Day

The last weekend in July we had a practice run moving day.  We helped move Dick and Diane from Britt to Preston, MN.  The kids were able to spend 2 days with Grandma Dottie on Aunt Jenny's farm while we packed the U-Haul.  We picked them up the next evening and headed to the new house.  After unloading and unloading and unloading, we came home to Pittsburgh and I started "unloading" things from our house in preparation for our move in 10 months.  (Destination still unknown!)  The DAV is getting to know our address by heart.

All packed up and ready to go.  Good-bye Iowa.

Uncle Tyson and the kids "helping" with the move!

Whew!  That was hard work!



Pittsburgh Internation Children's Festival

Camryn with one of her best "boy" friends, Jack!  At one point they were holding hands while riding!  So cute!

Earth Day Celebration

 Singing the "Habitat Song"

 Planting a Dogwood tree

 Building with the Home Depot crew

Dancing in the rain with his "girl"

The Frick Environmental Center had their Earth Day celebration this morning.  Camryn's class has been taking field trips there throughout the year, so she and the other 1st graders were supposed to sing the "Habitat Song" for the opening ceremony.  Camryn and her friend Jack were the only kids there from her class due to the torrential downpours!   Despite being soaking wet and cold, it was a fun time!

Fun with Cousins

Last weekend, Tyson, Mandy and Harper came for a quick visit.  We had fun visiting some of our favoirte Pittsburgh spots.