Trip Pictures

We took a lot of pictures on our adventures back east in beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was so much fun to see family, eat good food, and take in the scenery. The first picture is the view from my mom's front porch. She is in farm country, so much so that one night a cow from the neighboring farm got lose and broke up our marshmallow roasting awfully fast. The kids thought it was very exciting and scary.

My dad and Arlene, my wonderful step-mom, took us to Dutch Wonderland. It's an amusement park just for kids. Our children all had a blast. Rollercoasters, a log flume, and all sorts of rides just for kids. And there was a water park. Jimmy was fascinated by the water squirting out of the ground. It was cute to watch him figure it out.

Here is a shot of the girls flying an airplane and getting bad guys at the park. The kids also got to drive their own gas powered cars and ride on all sorts of fun things.

A big highlight at my mom's house was being able to catch fire flies. She lives out in farm country and so it was easy to catch the glowing critters. Here is Rachel sporting her catch. I think we caught fire flies every night we were there.

My mom works as a driver for Amish people. One girl near my mom offered to give the kids rides with her pony and cart. The kids all thought that was awesome. She took them out on some roads. While they waited their turns the other kids got to see the horses, pet kittens, and check out their dairy. It was neat.

We had so much fun back east. We also had the chance to play at some fun parks, visit the delicious local Wilbur Chocolate Factory, and get ice cream at Oregon Dairy. Now it's back to reality and back to school!