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Thanksgiving vacation (Part 1 – Pennsylvania)

We took a trip to Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. over Thanksgiving with Zachary, Corey and Danielle.  We had a beautiful time and saw a LOT.

We left at night so Zach slept all night long – he’s a great traveler…….

Our first stop was Hershey, Pennsylvania.  We loved the Hershey tour.  Zach was so intrigued by the whole thing.  This was just a painting but he loved even this…….

These are on the actual cars on the tour – wide-eyed wonderment……..

Here is Mark’s dream – if only there were one of these in our house – he’d be in heaven……….

From there, we went to Echo Caverns.  Corey convinced us girls to do this with the guys, even though I had my fill of caves when I was a girl.  I have never liked them.  I did this for Corey.  I *think* I’m glad I did (????).  Ok sure, I’m glad I did it – Corey was happy.

That night, we went to see Hershey Lights – wow!  The most beautiful lights – winding through a beautiful forest – just beautiful.

Back at the motel, check out this absolutely cuteness!!!  Zachary was waiting for Mommy to get out of the restroom – he was yelling/talking to her through the door – totally adorable child…………

Here is Zachary helping Daddy clean out the cooler…….

There was a family carved out of wood at one of the stores we stopped at.  Here is Zach with that family and kissing the little girl……….

Here are Zach and his family in a wagon………..

At one of the restaurants, while nobody was looking, Zach took a handful of mashed potatoes – this is Daddy scooping it out of his hand……..

Wake up Daddy!!!!  Time to go to D.C.!!!

Boca Love :-)

Mark made dinner last night – how beautiful is my Boca Burger?

Is time-out supposed to be fun?

Touche’

(Thanks Bonnie for sharing this with me)

Dinnertime!

Best little dinner bell ringer I’ve ever seen……….

Grandpa love

Grandpa love at its finest………..

Are you sure, Grandpa?

Grandpa, are you sure that’s how we’re supposed to drink?  I don’t think Grandma would approve…….

(You’re right Zachary.  Grandma does not approve).

Peek-a-boo……I see you!!

Peek-a-boo…..I see you!!!!

Double pride

Double pride – that’s what I feel about my kids – my sons – my boys.  I’m always proud of them.  I’ll start with Corey.  Since he was born second, I’ll let him go first in my pride post………..

Corey is building a cnc router.  He has researched the hell out of it and is a genius to build something like this.  It is being put together in his basement with the fabricating being done at his workplace.  Here he is in his basement beaming with pride (it runs in the family)…..

I’m equally proud of Keith.  He ran his second half-marathon (he says it’s his last – he wants to focus on improving on his 5k’s).  He completed the Chicago Half Marathon on September 11, 2011.  It was a glorious beautiful day (especially since I was NOT running the half marathon – 13.1 miles).  He crossed the finish line smiling and waving……….

Is this funny????

Is this funny?  Keith seemed to think so (so did I).  He was fixing my laptop and for shock value, he said “look Mom!”……..