Penn State Chics Dig Nerds

 Last summer at a Sharp family picnic, we mentioned that it would be fun to go on a big family vacation like we used to do.  The last time we went to the beach together, Amie was a baby.  So, that was a long time ago! While trying to stay within a 5 hour radius, we decided to try Sodus Point, NY, which is along Lake Ontario.  We had looked at a lot of places, but it is really difficult to find a place within 5 hours for 26 people or 2-3 houses right beside each other. On the way to Sodus Point, we explored three easy to access waterfalls near Watkins Glen, NY (we already went to Watkins Glen State Park a few years ago , which was absolutely beautiful) The kids enjoyed playing at the beach park.  However, on the first day we were there, algae started to wash in.  Each day we were there, it got worse in this spot. Then, they were completely enthralled by finding a frog.  Throughout the week, they ended up finding multiple frogs and one toad. A group of u...

 All summer, we tried to select a day that worked for all three of our families to spend the day renting a pontoon boat on Raystown Lake.  Unfortunately the only day that worked was while Brady was at Boy Scout Camp.  I did feel badly that he was missing out on this fun. We spent the day tubing, playing in the water, and jumping.  Our boat had a water slide and the kids had fun jumping off of the top. Will has always been good at helping Amie.  Here, they are heading to a cliff to jump into the water.  (Not "the cliffs" but a smaller version) Lindsay and Amie Natalee and Amie Will and Amie We all took turns tubing. Natalee and Grace This is the funniest video of the day: The kids were jumping off the pontoon boat and having fun all day.  Toward the end of the day, we aren't sure what happened but Natalee must have hit the water oddly (she doesn't think so, but it caused a much bigger splash onto the adults on the deck and it also caused all of us to st...