We went to visit with my sisters in Lancaster, PA last week! Gary was out of town on business, so the kids and I went Wed-Fri to visit Michelle! Cassie headed over too, so we had all the sisters together :) We had a GREAT trip!
Tuesday we went to Chocolate World and went on the free tour of the factory! It's a ride where they take you through the process of making Hershey's candy :) The boys LOVED the ride! We ended up riding twice ;)
Everyone picked out a special treat! YUM!
After Chocolate World and a picnic at the park for dinner, we headed to Michelle's friend's farm! They raise baby chicks from about 3 days old until 18 weeks (when they start laying eggs). They have over 64,000 baby chicks! We were able to hear all about the process and hold them. Not a huge surprise, but neither of my boys would hold the chicks... we did convince them to pet them though!
We climbed up in a big tractor! Alex was a bit timid of this as well, the tractor was HUGE! But once he got up there, he loved it :)
They also have 200 cows and we were able to learn all about dairy farming. It was all very interesting!
The kids barely touched the cows, but did pet one or two of them with some coaxing ;)
Alex's favorite was probably the garden. He got to pick this green pepper and was SO excited!
Thursday we went to Strassburg Railroad. This was right up the kids' alley! We went to the museum first and it was awesome!
There were LOTS of hands on displays for the kids!
And we got to see lots of real trains close up in the train yard, and ever get on a few!
They enjoyed "shoveling coal" for a while ;)
Then we took a real train ride through the country! The kids were THRILLED!
So excited!
We stopped about halfway for a picnic lunch and to play on the playground, then caught the next train back about an hour later. Alex took this picture of me and my sisters, so fun hanging out with them!
Alex begged me to ride these crazy cars! He was so happy ;)
We took a couple of trips to a nearby park on our visit as well. Alex loved this huge slide! And Nathan even climbed up and went down once by himself (much to my surprise)!
When you ask "how big are you?" Nathan puts his arms straight up to show you how big he is, so cute!
He still goes down the slides on his belly :)
We had a great few days with Aunt Cassie and Aunt Michelle!!
I don't have pictures, but after picking Gary up from the airport on our way home Friday, we spent the weekend celebrating Father's Day and helping at church with lots of VBS prep work! We took Gary out to dinner and got him a few little presents ;) VBS is this week and we've been busy with that each day 8:30-12:30. The boys absolutely love it (especially Alex). It's so fun to watch them sing, dance, get excited about their projects, tell me about their games/stories, etc. I'm busy with the bigger kids, but they sure do keep the little ones busy too! We are all exhausted! Speaking of, I think it's nap time now!! YAY! :)
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