Memorial Day Fun In The Sun!

 To celebrate Memorial Day this year we all went to Arlington National Cemetery to honor those soliders who gave their all for our country and to highlight those members of our families who are buried there.  It was so cool for Wyatt to visit his Great Grandfather's grave to honor his memory as well as to honor his service to our country.  We visited with Wyatt's Great Granddaddy and Great GrandMommy, his great Aunt and Uncle, and visit one of Aunt Maggie's Uncles who is buried there as well.  So many people who have served for our country and no better way to remember those who are currently serving as well.

Afterward, Uncle John, Aunt Maggie, and William had a big surprise for everyone and William did a great job keeping the secret the whole way to Arlington and back.

A WATERSLIDE!!!!!!!!! What a great way to cool off from all that heat!

 Afterwards, Poppi, Auntie Millie, and Miss Aida treated us to a yummy BBQ!  



UK Elite Soccer

 This year we decided to try some Spring sports again with Wyatt.  What a neat difference from last year although he wasn't into it all the time he def. has gotten better at paying attention and participating.  This year was also very special because he had his friend, Ian, do the soccer with him.  Wyatt liked it a whole lot more because he had a friend with him.  He loved getting out there with his dad too!!

Here are some highlights from this season:

Mother's Day!

To celebrate Mother's Day, Mommy, Daddy, and Wyatt picked up Grandma and Pappy and headed to Haars Drive-in in PA.   Mommy used to go to Haars as a kid and Daddy and Mommy even went to Haars while they were dating.  It was a great place to celebrate Mother's Day and fun thing to do with Wyatt.

 Mommy and Wyatt just as the movie started:

The gang all hanging out in the car:

Yummy popcorn!

Grandma and Wyatt

Pappy and Wyatt after the movie was over:

The next morning Wyatt had a nice surprise waiting for Mommy downstairs!

Gotta love "You Can Fly" in Peter Pan:

Wyatt's gift to Mommy on the fridge.  Looks so nice!

Wyatt giving Mommy his best Peter Pan impression

Knoebels

We have wanted to visit Knoebels theme park for a long time.  Last year on Father's Day we had plans to go up there but the plans fell through when everyone got sick.  It seemed like a perfect weekend to go up to Knoebels to enjoy the rides and the sunshine.

We looked all around the grounds to see what things were where and then decided to begin our day with The Haunted House because it is an original dark ride and has a ton of neat stuff in it.  The ride was amazing!  It was a little scarey but Wyatt just pretended to shoot all of the skeletons and Mommy just closed her eyes so we made it out of there ok.

Afterward Daddy and Wyatt got on this cool umbrella ride:

Wyatt was really shocked when it went way up and then dropped him down.  He looked so surprised but recovered quickly.

We got on the log flume and Mommy was worried that Wyatt was going to fall out so she held onto him really tight.

Mommy and Wyatt celebrating our success on the log flume- We're Big & Strong!

They also had lots of games to play which Wyatt really got into.  He did a great job playing the games and won a couple of prizes too.

Wyatt playing a little while on an old steam engine:

Daddy and Wyatt outside of the Black Diamond- an indoor rollercoaster style dark ride- where you go deep into a coal mine that was blasted before everyone could make their way out of the ride.   Lots of skeletons and scarey miners.

They also had a museum with some of the old rides/entertainment they used to have at the park over the years.  Here is Wyatt and Daddy with one of the old Bears from the Bear Show:

A tiny VW bus perfect for tiny hippies:

Wyatt and Daddy got on the flyer and whipped all around in the air.  Wyatt was quite the brave little man!

Daddy and Wyatt on the mini roller coaster:

An entertainment center area where Wyatt played while Daddy got on some of the rides that Wyatt was too little for.  It was kind of sad that there was no entertainment here as it would have been a great venue for some Mother Goose tales of a neat fantasy tales.

Mommy and Wyatt outside of the adoreable fudge/candy shop:

The giant slide.  Wyatt had a blast going down the slide:

Mommy and Wyatt on the carousel:

That's Entertainment:

It was an awesome day full of running from ride to ride and having a blast!!!! Wyatt was really good but got very tuckered out on the way home. We stopped off in Harrisburg, PA in observance of Cinco De Mayo at Fiesta Mexico.

The next day we drove back up to Knoebels so we could enjoy the park with Uncle John, Aunt Maggie, and William.  Wyatt was super happy to have his favorite partner to get on the rides with. Everybody got on the Haunted House first.

Mommy and Wyatt got on the classic cars while everyone else got on the rollercoasters.

Then when everybody was done we went back for another round.

Wyatt and William driving:

And on the airplanes:

William, Uncle John, Wyatt and Daddy on the log flume:

To end the night a giant barge ready to get everyone wet with a giant tidal wave:

The splash:

Everyone got really really wet!

Wyatt kept saying "I wet, I wet"

Good thing there was spare clothes in the car!

What a great way to spend the weekend!