Scenic Train Ride

Once again the family went w/ the Calisch's somewhere. They invited us to go on a scenic train ride from Lenox to Lee which was like a 45min round trip ride. The train wasn't what we expected or should I say as cool as we thought it was going to be, but it was still a good time. We made fun of people and had some good laughs. Afterward we were planning on having a picnic somewhere none of us knew where to go so we ended up laying a blanket down behind our cars and ate lunch there. So here' the train ride pics. Wish I would have taken pictures of the actual train, it was really old looking.

Can't go a day w/ out a goofy face.

The kids actually enjoyed looking out the window and looking at the stuff outside.

Anthony giving Danielle a weird face for something that I was supose to remember but forgot what.

Danielle actually had contacts in and brought sunglasses, which the kids all took turns wearing while we were waiting for the train to leave the stop (the mid-way point)

Don't even ask, but who wouldn't love those lips

Alexa didn't like the conductor talking. Every time he would say something she would plug her ears. But she didn't mind the folky elevator music that played when he wasn't talking.

Dropping Danielle off. She had to ride in our car, since there's only fits 4 comfortably and Adam's brother went also. Charlie had to say goodbye to Addi and this is me getting a pic of them giving love and Danielle in the background making Addi look at the camera.

Our day didn't end there either. After we dropped Danielle off we let all the kids take naps then went back over the their house to play games. I really wish I had video of that night. I think I laughed the hardest I've ever laughed. We played 'Battle of the Sexes" Danielle and I lost, we know nothing about guys.....I guess. anyway. The best part is that the saying, 'That's what she said" was said more than anything else. If you know me well you know I laugh at pretty much anything stupid and everything I do. So everytime someone said that phrase I would die laughing, definitely at Danielle because she wouldn't use it after the right sentence, so to that was even funnier, to me. But now our houses are pretty much out of control w/ the saying. If you know this phrase you now know that we are inappropriate, but we had fun and laughed ALOT. Thank Calisch's once again for a good time....... "that's what she said".

Big E

Last Friday we went w/ our friends the Duff's to the Big E. For those who don't know the Big E is a big fair type of thing here. A lot like the Del Mar Fair in Ca. It's a real big deal around here and everyone seems to go. We went last yr w/ the youth group kids, but this yr. decided to go w/ our friends the Duffs (Jared, Julie, Aiden and Natalie, who's still in the womb.) We had a lot of fun. Mostly we ate a lot of fair food. Jared seemed like he mostly just wanted to walk around and eat so we let the kids eat off all the junk he bought and bought some extra stuff too. anyway. Here was our fun time at the Big E.

Anthony, Charlie and Jared looking at the weird monkeys

Charlie and Aiden enjoying the double stroller

Charlie kept asking for more cream puff, but after every bite this is the face she would make. Doesn't look very appetizing

Julie enjoying coffee

There's a lego section for the kids to play

Aiden wanted to take some legos w/ him.

Trying to run free

600 lbs butter sculpture

Sheep

say, "Baaaaaa!"

Jared and Anthony being dorks.

Happy looking at the sheep

The train ride (or as Aiden would say, "choo choo ride") was the only ride Aiden wasn't scared of. So they went on it like 5 times.

Alexa so brave went on the car ride by herself. Everyone was either too big or too small (or scared) to go on it.

Watching Alexa

There's this really big slide torward the exit which is crazy fun the so the guys took the kids.

Jared and Aiden

Anthony and Alexa.

Alexa went by herself and was laying down at the end of the slide