Bittersweet

Very spur of the moment...we took a trip this weekend with our close friends The Castana's and boy are we glad that we did. Thank you to Kristen & Lee for sharing this fabulous weekend with us. I was a little nervous to take a care trip with Leah and for her to miss her routine, but I am so happy that we did. Both Seth and Leah were amazing in the truck on the drive to Rochester. They were awesome as the museum and in the hotel overnight. Now, Roland and I can't wait to plan our next mini get-a-way with the kids! Here are a bunch of the best pictures from the weekend! Thank you also to Aunt Sheryl and Jess for meeting up with us for a bit. I can't believe that I didn't get you girls in any of the pictures!

Look at that bow, it is just adorable as is Lindsey!
This was the best we could get with 4 kids. Of course Miss Leah had to be the uncooperative one!

Rock climbing with a little help!

Let me try!

The whole day was so interactive. Seth was in heaven!

It felt like we were back at Sesame Place as the boys sat on the steps of Sesame Street.

Miss Kristen wanted to see what it was like for Roland and I in high school and college working at a grocery store.

Seth may possibly follow in Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Justin's footsteps.

Even the big kids had fun!

Leah was in awe as she watched herself in the monitor with Elmo.

Who wants to see the show??

" I want to drive, no I want to drive!!"

Roland swears he could not fit on this train so I had to go. That's alright, I loved every minute of it!

Lego Land

Mid afternoon cat nap after all of the excitement.

We watched some gymnasts and a ballet dancer so the boys were dancing around during the show.

Pretty Girls!

After a long day at the pool the boys were very excited to head to the hotel and go swimming.

It is amazing what great swimmers they both are.

Leah checked out the pool too!

I'm tired Mommy!

Heading home after a fabulous weekend with the best friends we could ask for!

Since we stayed in West Rochester we took Route 104 home and stopped in one of our favorite places...Oswego! We showed Kristen and Lee Ontario Orchards, SUNY Oswego campus and a few of our favorite Oswego places.

This weekend was extremely bittersweet. We had the most amazing time with our children and friends, but we also know that Lee will be leaving this Thursday for a year to Afghanistan and we really don't want to see him go. We made so many wonderful memories with him this past year and a half that we don't want them to stop. We also know that when he returns we will lose all four of them from our daily lives. So any way you look at it, it is extremely bittersweet.