another day at KD

Kings Dominion has become our fun get-away place this summer. Thanks to the season passes we got for Christmas from the Suess family, and the fact that it's only 10 minutes away from our house, we have been able to enjoy going for just an hour or two at a time! On this particular day, Ethan wanted to try lots of new things. We went up in the Eiffel tower to check out a bird's eye view of the park.

Ethan decided that he wanted to ride a water ride for the first time. See that big hill in the distance? I was worried that he would be scared, but after we did it, he shouted, "again, again!"

He also wanted to try the big carosel for the first time. Loved that too!

Ethan won a monkey stuffed animal, and we stopped here to have his caracature drawn.

Showing off his muscles with Scooby Doo

What a fun day! He crashed hard when we got to the car though!

Beating the heat

Ethan loves the water so much, and if it were up to him, we'd just live at the pool!

Ethan is really taking off with swimming this year. Just the other day, he swam for the first time without us helping him! Of course the floaty vest helps alot!

A trip to Aunt Jen's

In June, we went to visit Aunt Jen, Grandma Pomeroy, and Ethan's cousins, Joey and Jaclyn. Ethan was a little handful, and even though we had a great time and did some fun things, I seemed to be struggling with one temper tantrum after the next. I think I miss Binky more than Ethan does!

We went to Hershey, PA to Hershey's Chocolate world, where you can learn everything you wanted to know about chocolate....and then some! Such a cool place....they even pumped the scent of chocolate into the facilities. YUM!

Ethan ready to view his first 3-D movie

Ethan begged us to let him hold Jaclyn. He was so gentle with her, and loved being close to her. Such a precious moment!

Ethan and Joey never run out of fun things to do....I still have no idea how they crammed themselves into this tiny dog crate!

A sweet moment with Sam and Sierra at home.....Sam's getting so gray!

BYE-BYE BINKY!!!

Here is the last picture with Ethan with his Binky! He officially gave it up on June 3!!!!! YEAH, ETHAN!! The Binky-Fairy came and took all the binkies that we put in an envelope in the mailbox, and left him a horse stuffed animal. He has only asked about it a couple times, but has done pretty well without it. He has regressed a little though, as some of the literature out there discusses. I think that he is just having to learn how to comfort himself all over again without his "crutch"!

Mommy got a new bike and a seat for Ethan. It's been really hot here the past couple weeks, so we haven't been able to go out like we would like to, but we're very excited to have a means to getting to the pool and playground other than having to drive in the car to only go a mile down the street. We tried the seat that attaches to the back of the bike, but prefer this seat which places Ethan right between my arms in the front. He is much more interactive, talking the entire time we're riding around, and it feels so much more stable having him in the front! Beware though, if you think of trying this seat...they can easily reach the gears. It only took a couple times of Ethan changing gears mid-ride for him to realize, "hey, maybe that's not a smart thing for me to do!"


We had the Suess family over for a cookout, and a dip in the pool on June 7. It was 101 degrees outside!!!! We had a great time despite the heat!

Ethan was so worn out by the end of the day (neither he nor Sean had a nap!), that he fell asleep in his high chair mid-dinner at 7:15....and slept through the night!!!!

A ride in the Camaro

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. These were pictures from several weeks ago...before the nasty hot weather came along, we had a couple BEAUTIFUL weekends, and we took advantage by going in a ride in Roy's Camaro. Ethan really enjoyed the convertible top!

A visit from Grandpa

Ethan was so excited to have his Grandpa come visit last week. We had beautiful weather, and went to the park to work off some energy and have a Chick-fil-a picnic lunch. We can't wait til he comes to visit again.

You can't catch me!

Who's that handsome devil?

Roy and Rachel's 8th anniversary

Roy whisked me away for our anniversary weekend to an undisclosed location. He knows how much I love surprises, so I didn't know where we were going until we were there. It made packing a little difficult, but it was well worth it!! Here is our little stowaway, telling us that he wanted to go on the secret getaway as well!

Our destination was the beautiful Greenbrier Resort in White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia. What a gorgeous place! Roy and I had a wonderful time walking around the grounds, and playing tennis and swimming.

-my handsome hubby-

Since where we were going was a secret, I decided to keep the new dress that I bought for the formal dinner a secret from Roy. It was so much fun dressing up, since my usual stay-at-home mom wardrobe consists of capris and tees. I felt like I was going to the prom again!!

Sunday was overcast and rainy off and on, but it didn't deter us from shooting sporting clays at the beautiful shooting range at the Greenbrier. We got rained out, and weren't able to see all of the course, so....we will have to go back!