Uncle Buck Comes Back to New Jersey

We were so excited to have my brother, Bruce, and his son, Chase come to visit for a day in June.  They were out here for a lacrosse tournament over Father's Day weekend so we got to spend Sunday night and Monday with them.  Chase wanted to check out some Philadelphia sites, so we headed out on Monday to check out the city.

Evan, Meg, Bruce and Chase

Me and my little brother

Evan, Meg and Chase at the Liberty Bell

Bruce, Chase, Meg, Ev, and Steve behind Independence Hall

So, here's a funny story.  We went to get some cheese steaks at Sonny's and who should we run into but Natalie and Cori - two ladies from our ward who had taken Sis. Bennett and Sis. Wood (the sister missionaries serving in our ward) to the city for a p-day adventure.  Well, we get talking, and find out that Bruce actually knows Sis. Bennett's parents really well and in fact, used to double date with her mom in high school.  He called her mom and sent a photo of him having lunch with her daughter.  Small world!!!

Here's Meg and Chase by the Betsy Ross house

Inside Independence Hall with our Ben Franklin look-alike guide

I beautiful day for checking out the sites

Inside Congress Hall

Evan and Chase getting ready to head up the Rocky (Art Museum) Steps

....and on the way back down.  

From there Bruce and Chase had to head to the airport.  

Thanks for coming to see us, guys.  We had a great time!!

Gotta Love Cub Scouts!!!

The end of the school year is a very busy time for Cub Scouts....especially when some of the activities usually done earlier in the year get pushed to May and June.  :)  But, bottom line is, any time cub scouts get together is a good time. Sure love this bunch!!

When Bishop Feuz was released as our bishop, we decided to make him a card and give him a little "Thank You" gift.  Here are the boys working on the card.

Part way through the activity, who should come in the door right by where we were working but Bishop Feuz.  The boys hurried to hide the card and then were able to make amazing small talk with Brother Feuz until he moved on to his scheduled meeting.  Phew!!!  The surprise was successful!!

In early June we held our Pinewood Derby with the Moorestown Ward at their building.  The boys were amazing sports and we had really fun refreshments and creative awards thanks to my sister, Jan.  For me, the best part was that all the winners were different from last year.  Fun night!!!

The boys with their cars

Dylan Tingey for the win!!

Check out the great candy car awards for each boy!! Loved them!!

Second place - Carter Scheimreif

Ayden Malone came in third

I forgot to take a photo of the treats, but they turned out so cute.  Thank you, Pinterest!!

 Here are some of the online photos to give an idea.  We also had some cute water bottles with a fuel logo that I made up.  The left overs water bottles can be seen in our Cub Fun Day photos below.  Fun times!!

Healthy Apple-Grape cars

Milky Way/Teddy Graham/M&M cars

Pretzel Traffic Lights

The day after school got out, we had a Cub Fun Day here at our house.  The stake did not sponsor a cub day camp this year, so we decided to have a full day of fun on our own.  The weather was perfect and I think all the boys had a wonderful time.  Thanks to Jim Jarema, Jason Scheimreif, Nathan, and Megan for all your help.  Even Evan said, "Great job, Mom!" at the end of the day.  :)

The boys learned how to fold a flag, and then Brother Jarema handed out a bunch of cool stuff to the boys.

The boys checking out their loot

I think they like their new stuff!!!

Nathan led the boys in various relays, basketball, and games

They were drenched with sweat when they were done!!!

The boys and Brother Scheimreif built a really cool marble track using a ladder, masking tape and pool noodles cut in half.  It was amazing!!

Teamwork!!

Megan (aka Pocahontas) came to visit and help with our Native American section.  We shared an Indian legend and learned some symbols for writing.  Each boy then made up a story that they shared and made a drum to put the story on.

Carter working on his story

Aidan sharing his

Ayden sharing a smile

Evan, busy at work

What a great group

Putting the drums together

And here's our little tribe

One of the other activities was to make sudsy snakes...very fun!!!

Didn't get a picture of swimming, hot dog and s'more cooking, or our exploding sandwich bags, but suffice it to say it was a way fun day!!!

Dylan was not able to attend our fun day, so a week or so later Evan had Dylan and Ayden over for a swimming play date.  Both Aidan and Dylan have now moved from our area and we will miss them both.  They have been wonderful additions to  our group.

Here is a great photo I took of Evan, Dylan, and Ayden.  

Love these guys!!

The Robertsons Come for a Visit

We were so thrilled to have our kids and grandchildren come for a visit at the end of May.  We had just gotten the pool open for the summer so Alan, James, and Lucy were able to enjoy some time swimming.  Scott came down with Janelle and the kids and then went back on the bus Sunday.  Janelle and the kids stayed until the following Friday and we had so much fun with them.  Along with the pool, we also enjoyed a little trip to the Cape May Zoo.  Evan had one baseball game while they were here so we all went to watch him play and then enjoyed the cool playground by the ball fields and got ice cream afterward.  We also went to Great-Grandma Foulk's house where the kids always like to play Donkey Kong.  We spent time on the swings and, of course, in the toy room in the basement.  Most of all, we just loved being together and having fun with each other.  Here are a few photos from the trip.

Alan on the slide at the playground

And there goes James

Lucy's new thing was to empty whatever container she could find.  

Here she is "sorting through" the DVDs.  :)

Evan at his baseball game

"It's kinda bright out here, Grandma."

Loving the hat

What a cute Lucy smile!!

Coloring some cool Lion King pictures  

These boys love Lion King!!

James - Just chillin' and Alan swimming in the tiger float

In front of the giraffes at Cape May Zoo

We had such a fun time in spite of the little biting bugs. 

This peacock decided to "open up" just as we got to him.

Feeding the goats along with cows and various other animals

The boys thought this striped "stroller" was pretty cool.  It worked well for us!!

"Check out this helicopter, Grandma!!"

James thought he would try out this bed.  What do you think?

Lucy loved getting in to all the toys with the boys.  What a sweetie!!

Here's Lucy demonstrating her amazing "standing next to furniture" skills!

You just have to love that little face.  Thanks so much for coming, everyone!!

Bonus shot......Memorial Day Waffles.