374: Be an Extra in a movie!!

 Today the kids got to be EXTRAS on a movie that was filming here in our area. Talk about exciting!!  I worked all summer to get them on this. It has been a bucket list item since the beginning of the blog. It is good to know that persistence pays off!! 

They were so excited to get chosen and had a blast on the set. Fun, Fun and something we will definitely try to do again!!

373: Medieval Times

Woo Hoo!! We won four tickets to Medieval Times!!

How do you celebrate your 44th? For me it was taking the family to dinner at an amazingly cool place!

 We all loved it!! Horses, knights, jousting, feasting with our hands it was a blast!

At the end our knight won and then he chose our Maddie as

The Queen of Love and Beauty!!

A special night for us all to remember. 

371... Visit to the Ocean

I finally took the kids to the Ocean!! This has been a bucket list item for the last several years. I am so happy to finally have it checked off the list. 

We had a great time.  The kids especially loved the giant waves! 

Future Surf dudes!! They walked the beach alone and came back giggling about the girls.

My pretty girl Makenna. She is excited to start writing about the ocean.

Hanging with mom!!

Bucket list item #2!! I hope this is the first of many beach trips. 

368... NIAGARA FALLS

Niagara Falls was a bucket list item.. You know one of those places that you think about and just think " I want to take the kids some day.". The funny thing is that it had been a bucket list item for just 3 days and we checked it off of our list. How cool is that?? 

I was driving with my mom to WVA on Friday and told my mom that I thought it would be great to take the kids there some time when I visited Ohio. On Sunday my sisters called and said guess what?? We are going to do a day trip to Niagara on Monday!! They swear that they did not talk to my mom. Go ahead play the weird music in your head.. Some times my sisters and I are on the same page. Strange!! 

Here the kids and I are at Niagara State Park. We are about to board the Maid of the Mist. It is the oldest tourist attraction in North America. We LOVED it!! So worth the money! Thanks Aunt Lisa and Aunt Dee Dee for splurging and taking us on this amazingly fun road trip!! We had a blast!

FUN, FUN, FUN!! Such a beautiful place!!

We give Niagara two thumbs way up!! Would love to go again someday!!