Letter to Grammie (Day 2 of our RV trip)

Yes, they are known as the "roller coaster capital of the world". They have more roller coasters than any other park and some of the coolest ones in the world. I only rode 2 and they kicked my butt.

Yes, that's Lake Erie. We're driving around the whole thing! We're in Grand Island next to Niagara Falls right now. This campground is awesome too. The kids are playing in the pool that had 2 slides and Missy and I are sitting in the shade relaxing. It's pure sun and 70 degrees - absolutely perfect! I think we're going to hang out at the campground today and head to NF tomorrow morning. Camping like this on a road trip really is the perfect way to do it. There's always something to do and you never get bored. Jack already met a new friend named Cameron who just invited him to play "Ghosts and Graveyards" tonight at 9:30. Jack said, "I think I have to go to bed at 9:30". :) We drive right next to Niagara River on the way here and you could see the water flowing very quickly. There were tons of boats in the river, but it seems like it would be spooky to me. If your engine ever died, it seems like you'd only have a few minutes before you'd go over the falls! We saw a boat trying to go against the current and it was kicking up tons of waves, but barely moving! Crazy.

Well, I'll write more tonight or tomorrow. Love you!
Jeff

Letter to Grammie (Day 1 of our RV trip)

Here's an email I just sent to my Mom about our first day on our RV trip:

Hi Mom. Well, our first full day is done and we're having a blast! We got here much later than we wanted last night, so we didn't get to do much other than setup and eat dinner, but we got up early this morning and headed to Cedar Point about 10:00am. That place was awesome! Jack rode his very first and second roller coasters today. It was a gorgeous day too. Party sunny and about 70 degrees all day. We only saw about half of the park so we really could spend another whole day here, but we're heading to Niagara Falls in the morning. This RV is much slower than we thought it would be so we're going to get an early start so we can get there in time to do some stuff tomorrow. We planned on a 4-5 hour drive, but I bet it take a couple more than that. The kids were wonderful today. They are the perfect age for this stuff. Poor Abby wants to ride everything but still isn't tall enough (48 inches) and even though Ally is over 48", she doesn't want to ride anything so it works out pretty good. Jack is still pretty timid. He finally agreed to ride what he thought was the smallest roller coaster in the park, but after it was done, we realized it wasn't the one he thought it was so he was pretty proud of himself. That gave him the courage to ride an even bigger one (the Iron Dragon). He liked that one so much we rode it twice! I must be getting too old b/c I'm a little dizzy and nauseous when I get off one of those, but I'm able to recover in 20 min. or so. This campsite we're at is awesome too. We've been riding bikes, playing pool, playing shuffleboard, and they have this big thing called a bouncy pillow. It looks like a big pillow, but it's filled with air and the kids can jump on it. I've never seen anything like it. I'd send some pictures, but things are very cramped in this RV and the kids have been using my laptop to watch movies so I haven't had a chance to get the pictures off of my camera yet. But I took a ton today and think I got some good ones. Well I better get to bed. I'll try to write more tomorrow and send some pictures too.

Love you!
Jeff

He deserves it!!

Just got a call from Jason Christie!! Jack made the 'A' 8 year old All Star Team!!!!!!!!!!!! He called to see if we "accepted" and of course I said YES! They are going to be fitted for uniforms on Monday at 6:30. Jack's going to be so excited!!!

Where does the time go?

I took the girls to eat lunch today (the last day of school) with Jack. They wanted to go through the lunch line to prepare for next year! I just can't believe Jack's going to be in 3rd grade and the girls will be in Kindergarten. I did find out while I was there that "subject to change" the girls are going to be together in Mrs. Faulkenberg's class. They are going to LOVE it!! Can't wait to see who Jack has!!!

Poor Jack

Jack has gotten so into baseball this year! He wants to play it all the time and can't wait for All Stars. While hanging out at the field with the Tretter's and Coleman's playing around, he caught a bad bounce to the right eye! Ouch!! The thing is...they called to let me know he got hurt but then he went to Nick Coleman's and jumped on the trampoline and played basketball. How bad could it be, right??? I was a little shocked when he got home!!


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4/27/11 - Abby is so funny!

While at school last week, Ms. Virden was talking to the kids about their full names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. She asked Ally what her address was and she said "Tippecanoe". She then got to Abby and asked her. Abby said "I don't know...I live with Ally!" That girl is a character!!!

4/23/11 - Ally finally decides to run away!

It's a rainy Saturday morning and everyone is stuck inside. As I was getting out of the shower, I heard noises in Abby and Ally's room. When I went in there, Ally had her rolling Barbie case and was filling it with clothes. I asked her what she was doing. She said Jack and Abby were being mean to her and she was leaving. She had packed every dress she owned so I told her to wait until I got ready and then I'd help her pack. I explained to her that she'd be sleeping on the streets so she couldn't take dresses and would need warm, old clothes. I told her to make sure her blanket stayed off the ground, etc. After we packed her clothes, she got a ziploc bag of leftover waffles out of the fridge and was ready to head out. Jeff asked her to stay and I told her we'd miss her. As I headed to the door to open it for her, out of nowhere, Jack starts going hysterical...crying and begging me not to let her leave. He was so upset! She goes on out and turns around and waves. She gets to Mike's house next door and Jack's screaming and chasing her and begging her not to go. After much negotiation, he talked her into living on the driveway and just coming inside to color Easter Eggs and make the Bunny Cake. She came back in and it started storming. She decided she would live in the garage but that soon went out the window. It definitely didn't go ask expected. I never thought Jack would even care! He was so sweet to her that day!!! BTW, later I emptied her Barbie case. She had a stuffed cat, pencil, paper, bubble gum, diapers and a poster of Troy and Gabriella from her room!!!