Penn State Chics Dig Nerds

While the kids were at my parents house for the night/day, Jesse and I went on an adventure.  We decided on going to Somerset County and hiking Mt Davis- the tallest mountain in Pennsylvania at a whopping 3,213 feet. Here it is, the tallest point in Pennsylvania: Notice all of the laurel in the background.  There was laurel EVERYWHERE.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised since it is part of the Laurel Highlands!  I would love to see them all in bloom. We made it to the top! I must say that even though this was a high elevation for Pennsylvania, this was one of the easiest hikes I've ever done! And, we even made our hike longer that it had to be. Mt. Davis is actually one point on Negro Mountain.  Negro Mountain is a 30 mile long ridge line. Then, we walked up the observation tower in the shown in the previous picture. The view from the top of the observation tower looking down at the rock that marks the highest point in Pennsylvania.  Y...

My aunts held an Easter egg hunt for the kids at my grandma's house. Lined up, ready to go: Thanks to my sister-in-law, Kate, for the pictur es. And, they are off! Amie has been waiting for this egg hunt for at least a month! Brady doesn't have time for pictures anymore. Five of the great-grandkids Even though the aunts "cut back", they still recieved plenty of loot.  I think they've enjoyed the post it notes a lot!  We've found some funny notes sticking around. In addition to the bumble bee riding toy mentioned in a previous post, I found this one humorous:

Here's a video from Natalee's Indoor Soccer game:

Here are our naturally colored Easter eggs.  We've had this dye for 3 years now.  It was stored in the freezer.  I would have saved it for another year, but it spilled :/ The crayons worked nicely, too!  For some reason the kids have been riding this bee toy a lot lately.  We've had it for at least 2 years without much use. Do they sense that I want to sell it? Here's what I found on the back of the bee riding toy:  Here's Natalee's school work: After I read it she added, "I need to change it.  I forgot to say that I would go home and EAT it!"

This is the indoor soccer version of picking daisies in the outfield- goalie style. I have a video of him really playing, but I'm having trouble uploading it. Hanging on the bar. Messing with the net. Hanging on the bar backwards.  I didn't get a picture of his split.  Luckily no balls came his way!  He did great in the other parts of the game, though.  He has no idea that he spaces out for chunks of time. He's not always in space land. One thing that we noticed (again) during indoor soccer is that everyone is Brady's friend. Brady sees a friend in everyone. He definitely has a friend making gift!  Even kids that he doesn't really know end up joking around with him when he is on the sideline. Here he is goofing with one of his classmates- right after she gave him a hug! Last night he was in the right place at the right time and NEARLY scored a goal!  I was holding my breath as he kicked and hoped it would go in!!!  That w...