Memorial Day Weekend

We took a long weekend and spent 5 days in central NY with Ang's parents' at their new house on the Finger Lakes. Ang's brother came up with a friend too. The house and area were gorgeous and it was great to hang out with family! The kids did as well as could be expected in the car for 6 hours each way... Charlotte slept almost the entire time, and Lucas never shut up :) We had conversations about everything he saw on the road, and he did his fair share of demanding snacks, lollipops, and to get out of the car. But for a 2 yr old, he did as well as one could expect! We kept Mommom and Pop busy while we were there... From Lucas getting up at 6 each day (or before!), his never-ending chatter and demands of "you play with me"... But we had lots of fun!

Hiking the gorge at Watkins Glen State Park:
A much deserved treat after hiking (& being carried) over 1.5 miles up a mountain!
Hitting up a few parks - Charlotte mostly slept while Lucas ran around:

Riding the new tricycle that Mommom and Pop surprised him with (he scooted it - no pedals for him!). Notice he even has PJs on - it was the 1st thing he wanted to do in the mornings...

We went to the Glenn Curtis museum where Lucas got to check out old motorcycles, boats, and airplanes... He wanted to touch, climb, sit and ride on them all. Luckily, there was ONE he was allowed to get on:

Pop has a cool bass boat that he and Tony went fishing in a few times. Lucas even got a ride. He kept yelling "super fast" and couldn't get enough. Ha, and we thought he might be afraid!

The greatest thing about the house is the 50-something foot long covered porch that goes across the entire front and side of the house. It was like a long playpen for Lucas. We could relax and he just played, played, played. He wore out the knees of his pants from so much scooting around on there!
Soooo worn out!Dancing to Uncle Matt and Brandon's jam session!She laid like this for quite a while... laughing and sticking her tongue out at Pop! It was too funny.Some lake views:
And since the Finger Lakes are wine country, the post wouldn't be complete without this! There was plenty to go around since right before we got there, Mommom and Pop volunteered at a wine competition and were paid with all varieties of wines!After a great weekend, it was still good to get home. Look how excited Lottie looks:
And poor Lucas was BEAT from 4 days of constant activity... This is him right before he took a nap on the car ride home. A nap that lasted all of 20 minutes. Grrrr...
Thanks for inviting us up Mommom and Pop!!!