Justin's Birthday in PA!

May 26th- Monday, Memorial Day, and Justin's birthday we spent in PA.

After a fun breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts we picked up Sister Bonnie Beamer in Williamsport, PA. (We also got to visit with Sister Beamer the night before, Sunday night, at her home. It was great spending time with her and she was so sweet with the kids and even gave Aisley a beautiful baby doll that she made! I'll have to take a picture of it to post later- maybe along with my baby doll from Sister Beamer from years and years ago when Justin and I visited PA with his parents shortly after he got home from his mission...) and drove out to her and Brother Wayne Beamer's old house (from before Brother Beamer passed away 4 years ago) as a chance to remember all together how wonderful Brother Beamer was and to remember the great time Justin had teaching the Beamer's the gospel while on his mission. It's an amazing home by the lake and it was a beautiful drive up there and back and we all had a good time catching up with Sister Beamer.

The kids during our drive to the lake...

After saying goodbye to Bonnie we headed to Danville, PA. where we had lunch at a pizza joint called OIP (a favorite of Justin's while he was on his mission) and after we celebrated Justin's birthday together by going to Knoebels- an amusement park.

Happy 28th birthday Daddy! 

Knoebels has free admission and you just buy tickets and use them for the rides you would like to go on. We spent about $25 dollars and Keaton was able to ride about 10 rides total- (he was in heaven!) and a couple of those rides we all got to ride together- like the Ferris Wheel. It ended up being such a fun way to celebrate Justin's birthday together as a family. Happy Birthday Justin!

The Shiner's!

May 24th- Saturday morning we drove to Scranton, PA (another bucket list to-do) to visit Gary and Lenore Shiner! (A amazing couple that Justin taught and baptized while on his mission.) We had such a great time with them. They treated us like royalty (to say the least)- we were fed fabulous food, given their room to sleep in the night we were there, and they had everything and anything us and the kids could have possibly needed while we were there.

The wonderful brunch Lenore served us as soon as we walked in the door mid-morning on Saturday.

All of us (including the Shiner's youngest daughter, Carla and her little boy). It was so much fun to catch up, relax, and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Saturday night we went to dinner at an amazing Italian restaurant that Pat, Carla's husband manages. It was so delicious!

Gary and Aisley. :)

Both of our kids warmed up to Gary and Lenore right away and just loved being held and spoiled by them!

And this is Eleanor- a friend and neighbor of the Shiner's who joined us for dinner and then came over to visit with us at the Shiner's house after. What a sweet lady Eleanor is! And I feel so blessed that I was able to meet her and get to know her a little bit. She loved the kids, especially Aisley, and held her the whole time she was at the Shiner's house and just kept saying over and over, "What a good baby she is! I could just hold her all night! I could just keep her! What a good girl! So happy, so sweet!" It was the cutest thing!

Gary and his cute little grandson.

May 25th-

My new church shoes- that turned out to be too small! (But aren't they sooo cute?!) I was in pain all throughout church with the Shiner's on Sunday and ended up exchanging them for a bigger size the first chance I got once back in Maryland.

My naked babies. :)

 We LOVE you Gary and Lenore Shiner! Thank you soooo much for a great visit! Until next time! 

Last minute road trip to PA!

March 1st- On Saturday, I talked Justin into driving me the hour or so distance from here to the nearest Hobby Lobby that had the supplies I needed for a little visiting teaching idea (Another one from pinterest... http://marcicoombs.blogspot.com/2014/02/march-visiting-teaching-handout.html... more to come on the blog later!) Well, that Hobby Lobby happened to be located in an area where Justin served part of his mission, so we made a day road trip out of it and it was such a fun day! We drove around Justin's area that he served in and visited a couple of Amish cities like Bird in Hand and Intercourse, PA. (Justin wanted to stop and take a picture by the sign...) Then once it got dark we went to dinner at Red Robin on our way home. We didn't get home till late, but the kids were troopers the entire trip. I love days like this with my little family of 4.

Keaton with his road trip essentials- "big Woody" and his ipod. This boy listened to the Frozen soundtrack at least a dozen times. (He knows all the words to all the songs by heart!)

This isn't the best picture, but Keaton fell while running to his room before bed and hit the entire side of his face on the corner of the door. His cheek was immediately swollen and bruised. He is one brave boy and only cried for a few minutes. He hit really hard and I'm sure it really hurt! Poor boy. :(

Aisley is getting accustomed to our long car rides now and has been just as much a pro as Keaton on our family road trips. This girl is just just a happy thing!

(Thanks Grandma Adams for the super cute new outfit! Aisley truly is our "little snuggle bunny!")

Free aquarium passes from BD!

February 22nd- What a fun day! We finally were able to go to the Baltimore Aquarium and it was sooo much fun! What a neat aquarium- they had everything from fish, to sharks, to dolphins! And what made our trip even better was spending the day with one of Justin's mission companions, Glen Ellsworth, and his wife Nicole, and their little boy, Leo.

Hershey World and a visit to Bonnie Beamer.

January 18th-

The Barnhart Family!

On our way home from New York we drove through another part of Justin's mission- Williamsport, PA. And while taking a little drive around we ended up super close to where the amazing Barnhart family lives and we just had to stop and say a quick hello!

Quite a few family members were missing, but it was such a fun visit and we can't wait to get together with this wonderful family soon to spend more time with them!