My little sister graduated!

Cassie graduated the first weekend in May!!  We were able to go to Pittsburgh, PA and then back to my parent's house at the lake for the weekend to help celebrate!  It turned out to be a packed weekend :)  We left after my final MOPS meeting of the year on Friday around lunch time and got there around dinner time!  We went out to eat with my family then headed back to the hotel for some swimming!  

 I wasn't sure how the kids would do since it was their first time in a pool in quite some time.  Alex warmed right up, which really surprised me!  Last year it took lots of coaxing and many times in the pool before he really warmed up and was comfortable.  He got right in with his swimmies on and was ALL over the pool having a blast!  I'm excited for him to start swimming lessons in a couple of weeks! 

Nathan loved the pool and had no fear last year... but this time he was TERRIFIED!  He refused to get in the water, then grandpa grabbed him and took him in and he HATED it!  He screamed the whole time and then sat with grandma and Aunt Michelle on the side of the pool.  He LOVED sitting there kicking his feet though ;)  There was no convincing him to get in any further than this! 

He just laughed and laughed though as he kicked his little legs as much as he could! 

The boys were THRILLED to be in the hotel!  They jumped on the bed, explored the room, and kept saying how they wanted to stay longer!  Nathan checked everything out and would say "this is really nice!" about the stuff there.  Alex was jealous that Gary and I took the big bed and he had to sleep on the pull out couch ;)  When packing up the next day Alex kept asking if we could "pleeaase stay just one more night!"   

Saturday Gary stayed back with the kids and went swimming and to the park while the rest of us headed to Cassie's graduation! 

Then we got to see Cassie's adorable new apartment! 

After lunch out, we headed to my parents house a couple of hours away and enjoyed a couple of days at the lake! 

Of course the boys enjoyed throwing rocks in the water and running around in the yard! 

We had a picnic outside and a campfire! 

The boys loved the marshmellows and chocolate, but weren't interested in actual smores ;)

The next day they got to go fishing!  They loved it!! 

Nathan kept tanglingthe line and wasn't super patient ;)

Alex actually caught a fish!

I enjoyed some fun quality time with my sisters :)

The boat isn't in the water for the season yet, but Gary and I took Alex out in the canoe!  He loved it!!

Great grandpa came over for lunch!  Alex was SO cute getting all excited to see him and giving hugs and kisses/talking his ear off!  He thinks of "great" grandpa and being GREAT!  haha, so cute ;)

The boys loved spending time with their two aunts! 

I'm so glad we were able to go celebrate Cassie's graduation!  We had such a wonderful weekend! :)