A Bryn Athyn Fourth!

It was  festive day in Bryn Athyn! We are lucky to spend another 4th here, it's really a wonderful place to celebrate all day long! So, first up were the Sons of Art, singing barbershop quartet style:

Then the parade, which of course our kids love especially for the candy!

 

Thanks for taking the family pic India!

Then we got to cool off with the fire truck spray:

Next were the races, H did hers, Q did his, and they enjoyed watching their pals!

Our friend P even won his race!

We all did the egg toss too!

 After such fun, we headed home for awhile to cool off and cook for the picnic. 

I helped Gigi make some salads, and my festive tart:

 Then we went on down to Luke and India's for a visit with the whole gang + some cold tub action! It's so fun to hang out with this wonderful group of friends!

The Castle, Caches, and New Hope Day

 We had a little adventure day taking Papa to the castle playground and exploring this big park too by  catching minnows, bird watching, and geocaching!

Later we headed to New Hope and treated ourselves to some fro yo!

Hazel Rockin' this Year

H on the Rhodes' rocking horse 2012:

 refer to prior trips back east to see how cute and little she was the first time she tried it out! ;)

Enjoying the Heat

With the big change in temp for us we took advantage of the warm morn and looked around for bugs and birds first thing, then got out the squirt guns and octopus sprinkler! 

H is letting me put her hair up to keep it off her neck. 

Later we picked up a pool for the kids to play with in the afternoon. 

We also got much needed soccer ball for Q, and he and Papa ran around the park playing soccer, gotta keep up the skills for fall!

It's not too humid here yet so it's easy enough to enjoy the "cozy" weather and relax inside in the air-conditioning. We even got Todd to BBQ for dinner (well after wiping out some wasp nests in a fiery blaze that is). 

Fun in the sun Zackey style!

Heading Back East!

The Zackeys are on our big adventure for the summer, a 3 week trip back east! We flew out to Philly on Saturday, but not without a little wackiness...On Friday night I went to check in and got through the most of the family (Gigi had used frequent flyers for Todd and Quin so those tix were separate) and when I got to my own ticket, BAM, I ran into trouble! It turns out the guy who I had to make the reservations through (it was a voucher so I had to call it in) made a typo and had made my flight for June 20th. So, I was a no show for that flight, and had no tickets for the 30th, you know the one with the 3 year old sitting by herself. It was pretty obvious it was their error, but the guy I talked to didn't seem to understand and was going to charge us nearly $500 to get the new ticket. I was pretty irked and though I remained fairly calm on the phone it seemed like there was nothing I was going to be able to do, so I called in the US Air expert, Gigi. She explained all the logic to them and worked it out, so I got on, no charge, all was well by travel day with the exception of needing to switch seats to be next to a kiddo...

SO, by the time we got to the plane, we were ready for an uneventful flight, which is pretty much what we had! When we got on the plane as we waited for the line to move down the aisle we said hi to the pilots and they let us on into the cockpit, Q was a little shy, 

and H was excited! 

The kids did really well on the flight, they well behaved and well entertained by all the special items I'd prepared for them. 

I got to sit by Q, which was fun treat for me, and Todd said H did well by him. The flight even arrived in early.

After getting to Gigi's we enjoyed the warm evening, had tasty hoagies as per tradition, and loved playing with lightening bugs 

and time on the playground. We were all tired out and so we hit the hay earlyish to help adjust to the time change. We're happy to be here!

Last Day of K for Q!

Well Mr. Q graduated from Kindergarten today! Wow, I can't believe he is now a first grader!

In honor of this last day of K we celebrated at the beach and at the beach cafe, just like the first day of school!

Yay Nurse Rebecca!

My good friend Rebecca graduated from nursing school this month and her hubby surprised her with a fabulous dinner party! We all dressed up and met downtown at Vito's (a cool retro style bar) in the cougar room. It was a lot of fun, wonderful food, live entertainment, and fabulous company!