Memorial Day Boating Adventures!

Memorial Day we went to the cottage in Chautauqua to enjoy the fam and some sun! Here is Shaney with his wonderful mommy!


We also got to see the new 22' aqua patio pontoon boat! Very fun!


Brian & Bibi kayaked for their very first time.


As we headed out on the boat to Chautauqua Lake through the canal, you could really see how much the water levels were raised!


Aly was soooo excited! This girl has no fear! She wanted to go tubing by herself and swim by herself (don't worry - we didn't let her)!


Brian & Aly heading out!


Bria's first boat ride was a little exhausting for her!


After 20 minutes of twisting Shane's arm, he finally agreed (I pushed him out of the boat) to go on the tube with me! We had fun!


No swimming for Shane or I, the water was FREEZING, but Brian, Bibi, & Aly were brave souls!


As were Bria and Majr! Bria was soooo excited after her swim. She got on the boat and was running back and forth and jumping up and down and wanted to go back out there!

Until next time . . .

Chautauqua Lake - 4th of July!

We spent part of our 4th of July weekend in Chautauqua! Shane's mom and step-dad have an awesome lake house there. We drove up Friday night after work, and headed to Watermark for dinner on the lake. Then we took the boat back to the cottage.


Here is Bryce all bundled up. It was cold on the boat at night!


These were so fun! Jamaica Me Happy was my favorite.


Saturday we got up to go to the big parade they have. Here is Bryce & Aly waiting for more candy to be thrown.


When we were in Disney, they had these awesome bubble blowers that I wanted to get, but they were like $15 bucks and I didn't know how I'd get them on the plane with all the liquid laws.
But then when I was at Walgreens to get some cards, I found a bubble blower for $3! It was quite the hit!


Bryce decked out in her red, white, and blue for the parade!


After OD'ing on candy and getting way too much (and sweating profusely in the 90 degree sunny weather), we decided to head back to the cottage so we could get ready to go out on the lake.


We drove around for a bit on the big boat, then had a relaxing cruise in these boats.


Then we went for a little swim (it was still FREEZING in the water)! So we didn't stay in very long. It was a great weekend and we had so much fun! Next year we will have to stay for the fireworks on the lake!

It Was a Baby Rock 4th!

Shane and I's last weekend of chaos for a while . . . (thank goodness . . . not that we don't LOOOOVE seeing everyone, but we haven't been in our house on the weekend in over 4 weeks!)

got to go back home to Erie, PA where we met up with both of our families and some friends! the main reason we were home was for the shower of sommer & my niece! :-) it went rather well!! the food was delicious! i made a fun diaper cake w/my mommy! (see above pic)! great to see the fam! and sommer, bry, and baby rock got lots of fun prezzies! sommer looks amazing as always and had the cutest maternity clothes! the eating cake was fun & so cute! (found the saying online but don't remember where . . . sorry)

















we also got to go out on the boat (don & rita's) on lake erie! sooo beautiful out there! got to go swimming a little bit and see a HUGE snapping turtle! (luckily it wasn't when i was swimming.)

we celebrated marissa's birthday toO!! happy b-day sissy-in-law! :-)

i'll just say that it was so great to see all of our families! and the little time i got to spend with some of my friends was awesome!

sorry this post sucks . . i'm super exhausted from the past month and have TONS to say, but know you wouldn't read it if it were super long . . . so you can see my pics below for more deets (details!).

p.s. - mase never brought us the cuppies that she promised she would bring us . . . thanks mase. :-P


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