Monday, October 20, 2014

Saratoga Summer

This summer we went back up to Saratoga and did so much that looking back on it, it all just seems like one big blur.  We changed campgrounds this year, we found one with much more activities for the kids.  This was our campsite at the lake.  It was so beautiful and quiet, we absolutely loved it.
 
They had a small beach area
A great playground
A splash zone
and swimming pool
They also made a friend named Michael.  Which worked out nicely since his family was also staying for the whole summer
Their truck made them very popular with all the kids
Every few days new kids would come in and Luke and Brodie would become fast friends with them
 
every once in a while one of them would also bring a vehicle and then the camp ground would become a race course
Most mornings the kids would bring out their toys and it would start like this
by noon it would look like this
Except on rainy days when they were confined to the RV
At night the glow sticks would come out
but for most of the camp sites it just looked like this
 
The boys got really good at swimming
 
We attended and participated in the annual Hudson River duck race

 sadly our ducks placed no where

 We also explored the Howe Caverns




Found a drive in to take the boys to and saw Planes
 


 visited the County Fair
 and took our annual ride on the famous Saratoga Carousel

 Brodie helped Joe and his group practice for Jockey Karaoke
 They preformed YMCA
 and WON!!!
 and we made the trip back home just in time for Brodie to start his first day of Kindergarten the next day.  Needless to say the summer had wiped the three of them out for the whole 13 hour drive home.  I actually got to listen to the radio.

Fourth of July

This year we had the best Fourth of July at our home.  We barbecued Burgers and hot dogs and Joe put on our very own private firework show.  Then we got blankets and laid on our hill while watching all of our neighbors fire work shows.  It went on for hours and was definitely my favorite July 4th yet.
The boys helped me make 4th of July cupcakes
The boys were really excited to start arranging fireworks
Before we started any fireworks we sent up two balloon lanterns, we wrote little notes on them and sent one up to Granny and the other to Pop.

Brodie loved the sparklers
Luke was not so sure about them
Just a few of the ones we set off that night



I thought dogs were suppose to be afraid of fireworks, but he loved them.  At first he tried to run out and catch them.  But then we scolded him and made him sit and watch from afar.  Then he just watched the rest of the show with his boys
I feel like this handsome little boy has just grown up overnight.