Monday, May 28, 2012

Pennsylvania | Part two

While in PA, we went to visit Tim's other grandparents (his Dad's mom and dad).  They live a good way out so I was pretty thankful that we got to go in his sister's Suburban.  It was outfitted with a DVD player which kept Oliver and his cousins occupied when they weren't sleeping.  For the record, we probably watched Cars 6+ times just in the car alone during our whole PA trip.

 Having lunch at Donna's...

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Oliver has been loving all the dandelions. He has become a master of blowing the seeds.

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We then made another day trip to go visit Tim's dad. He lives in a super remote area apparently because I had no cell service there, and an hour before and after. :-\ His dad bought a bicycle (actually tricycle) that had a basket in the back. I was freaking out because Tim wanted to ride around with him in the basket. Oliver did fine - just sat and didn't try to jump out. Crisis averted.

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Lastly, we went to go visit one of Tim's cousin's working dairy farm. Oliver went last year also. This year, he was very excited to sit on the tractors and check out the cows.

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We had such a hard time pulling him away from the barn! Our little city guy loves the farm life! We had a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful trip. Tim's mom said it was probably her favorite week off as she got to spend it with her son and daughter and all her grandkids. We are so grateful for their love and cannot wait to go back.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Pennsylvania | Part one

I know it has been a long time since I posted!  We have been extremely busy at work so my downtime between calls has been non-existant. 

Tim, Oliver, and I just returned from Pennsylvania where we visited Tim's family.  I was SO looking forward to some time off.  We were a bit concerned about the flight (Oliver did wonderful) and whether he would warm up to Tim's family quickly (it was pretty immediate).  Oliver had a absolutely wonderful time.  Here are a few highlights.

We had delightful weather for the duration of our trip, with the exception of a day and a half of straight downpour. Oliver was a madman running through the grass.

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We celebrated Oliver's birthday / Mother's Day with Tim's family.

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Oliver had some cake and ice cream, and also got nice cards and gifts from the family. 

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Oliver had a lot of cousins to play with. The one above shows Sarah (back to us) who is his 2nd cousin, and Lexi who is one of his first cousins. Lexi and Sarah are both about 10 months younger than Oliver - but like I mentioned in a previous post, Lexi is big. She is the same height and weighs more than he does. She has bigger clothes and shoes.

I am going to end this here and hopefully will get the rest finished!