The kids riding with Paul on the Hand Car.
The boys riding the car train. 
Afterwards we drove to Kitchen Kettle where they were celebrating their 7 Sweets and Sours festival, while we picnicked and shopped. Paul probably would strangle me for including this story. Parking was really tight and there was a lady that was having trouble backing out. So nicely he went over to help her out and motioned to her to go slowly then showing he the distance. Just as she slammed her foot on the gas and quickly ran into a wooden sign. Thankfully there wasn't any damage. Everyone's mouth flew open and of course Justin so loudly "Oh Oh...that can’t be good!". Be seen and not heard...might have been a good time to exercise that one!Then at the last minute we decided to go to the Village Greens putt putt course to let the kids play their very first game. My parents took me when I was a little girl and the last time we had gone was before we were married. I was so happy to see that it hadn’t changed at all. Justin was really good and kept up with the game. We lost Ryan about half way through when he noticed that the other people playing had golf balls our same color. He would take off after them trying to pick them up thinking they were ours. Thankfully there were a lot of nice people that didn't mind our sudden excursions across their green. Darin just laughed and took it all in as we played the 23 hole course. All the hard work made us hungry as we took off to enjoy an Amish Buffet that even Darin dug into! - Below is a picture taken of all of us under the waterfall hole. I had trouble getting one of Justin putting since he was so quick. Check out Ryan's 18" putter if it was even that long. They really accommodated everyone there.
Our church has a Community Day carnival once a year in the fall. Last year I had to enjoy it from the car, as I was pregnant with Darin. This year even Darin got to enjoy it and take his very first pony ride. Justin loved the pony ride too, however, Ryan was not too trilled. - Below Darin patiently waits for his first ride!
Our Pony Rides!
Justin showing us that the cotton candy was as big as his head.
Darin's first taste of Cotton Candy...the smiles tells us how much he enjoyed it!
Garden Planting - We planted our first garden this year. The boys had a lot of fun helping us to care and pick the veggies that we got. We planted several peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, Pumpkin, and Zucchini. The funniest thing that some of these plants were started with a 20 cent pouch of seeds that took off on us. The boys especially liked watching the corn grown that surpassed them in no time. It's funny how I have one pic of the planting then the next poof we have veggies. 
We celebrated Daddy's 60th birthday with a surprise Luau. We have many pictures, but I wanted to post this one of the cake that I had made for him. We had so much fun and many family and friends to join us. What a blessing for such a wonderful fun filled day.
Then we took a day trip to Boyd's Bear Country in Gettysburg, PA. This was the first time in a while that we had gone. We must have had so much fun, because coming home with their bears are the only pictures that it looks like we took of them. They love those bears so much and that's their night night buddies right now! 
Darin had is visit with Dr. Baker, who was the surgeon that took care of him. He said that Darin is doing well and we are just waiting for teeth to come in. To date he has gotten 3 teeth that are slowly coming in. We are just supposed to follow up with the Craniofacial clinic in November and then back for his one year check from surgery in February. It's amazing what a good job they did and how his scar seems to be fading and looks so good. We are very grateful for Dr. Baker and his team. 
Of course we spent a lot of time swimming in our pool and the kids had their own little one too. I am so proud of how Justin loved the water and attempted to swim...by the end of summer he was doing well with his arm floaties and learning how to swim. He had gotten really confident and I hope that it will continue next year when we start back again. Ryan did well too and by the end of summer he wanted out of his boat and tried to follow in Justin's footsteps. Darin didn't mind the water at all and he even accepted the splashes from his brothers.
Darin is a really good eater and there is nothing so far that we have come across that he doesn't like. We'll he was the first one to have a Happy Meal before his birthday. On August 18th he joined his brothers for kid’s night and enjoyed his first Happy Meal. I was surprised that he really liked the Cheeseburger more then the fries. Darin just pulled up for the first time on his own a couple of weeks ago.
