Roomie Reunion at the Sassaman Farm

In late May, we had our annual roommate reunion at the Sassaman Farm. It is a day that we plan out months in advance and look forward to all year! I love hanging out with these three ladies, their hubbies and their offspring!

It is a day of eating, drinking and lots of fun!

It ended up raining on and off, but that didn't stop anyone from having a blast! All of the kids got along so nicely together. 

I'm not sure who had more fun...the kids or the adults!

In all the years I've known Dani, I had NO idea she was such a great hula hooper!

 Nevin was a saint filling up water balloon after water balloon for the kids as they patiently waited in line.

Avery with her game face on....

Yes, there was even an impromptu slip n slide done by Adam with Katie on his back, although I am not going to post the picture of this! 

We even busted out a box of candy BEFORE dinner and let the kids (and adults!) go nuts! 

Why not? It was a special occasion and a day with no rules!

Katie may have been the most excited about this!

 So far, our group has 9 kids (8 boys and 1 girl - Avery). I'm still hoping that another girl will join our group someday (ahem....Jamie, I am counting on you for that!)

Here are a few more shots...I tried to get at least one of each kid, but there were just so many and they were all so active, a few were able to escape my camera!

Seth vs. Nolan?

 Grant and Avery 

 Sean and Grayson

 The twins, Seth and Nolan

 Grant? 

 Connor

 Group shot!

 Love this girl and *love* this group!

Whenever we leave this get together, I am smiling for days afterwards!

Superhero Spring Concert

Avery had her first concert at school! It was just the kindergarteners (so it was super cute!) and the theme was Superheroes. She claims she "hated" singing in front of everyone, but she seemed to enjoy it just fine while she was up there on stage. 

 

Can you spot her? 

Afterwards, there was a small reception. We were able to meet her 4th grade buddy, Ana, who we hear so much about!

 And of course, cousin Madi was there too!

 We were able to show Grayson what Avery's kindergarten room looked like. He made himself right at home by playing in the toy kitchen. 

 Here is Avery with her awesome teacher, Mr. Ivanitch...

probably the kindest and most patient man I've ever met!

 

Hotels and firetrucks!

So, earlier in the spring the kids were in a commercial for Hotel Bethlehem. Well, now they needed a whole family for a photo shoot, so we were there to help Aunt Brynnie out again. It just so happened the night that we did the photo shoot, there was also the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association Convention at the hotel too. So this lovely, yellow firetruck was parked out front. 

As an incentive for the kids to smile for the camera, Brynn arranged for one of the firemen to let the kids not just sit in the front seat...but to drive them around town for a few minutes in the front seat!  What an experience for them!

 (in case you were wondering, the kids had to wear t-shirts to support other local colleges for the shoot: Moravian and Desalles)

 Mommy and Daddy had to wait at the hotel...but we took video of them coming back around to Main Street. You can pretty much skip ahead to 1:30 and then you can hear Grayson sound the horn!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHjnp4eURKc&feature=youtu.be

Here is just a sneak peak of how some of the pictures turned out.

Here we are in the newspaper ad Memorial Day weekend...

Here is just one digital shot that Brynn shared with us (but didn't make the cut!)...

 We are on brochures and table tents throughout the hotel. 

Adam and I actually had the pleasure of staying overnight there a few weeks ago and I took a picture of the one in our room...so weird!

What's better than supporting our city's most historic hotel and showing off our Penn State pride at the same time!

Hadley was in town!

Back in May, Aunt Jenny and Hadley were up for north for a short visit. We got to see them one night for just a short time, so I just figured I'd take as many pictures as I could with all the kids together since it doesn't happen that often!!

 Hadley enjoyed walking around the yard with Avery. 

 We got the kids lined up to snap some photos and Grayson instantly leaned over and kissed Hadley and....I amazingly caught it on camera!

 Then, you can see the progression of how things went...

 Big kids trying to keep Hadley sitting...

 and then trying to make her laugh...

 Hadley trying to break free...

 But then, she was like "forget it...I'm outta here!"

 She is just too cute!

 We thought laying on the ground would be more fun for them, but this was the only semi-decent shot I got from that idea!

Wish we could see this blue-eyed beauty (and her parents) more often!