Rich has been planning to remodel our kitchen since the day we moved in.  And the day to do it finally arrived.

Here are some before pictures:

The dishwasher had already been replaced last fall when our old one needed to go.

Day one of the tear down- May 1st 2012:

Hailey helped to take the wallpaper down.

Happy Mother’s Day- the first cabinet is down!

All the hanging cabinets are gone (May 26th)

All the lower cabinets are gone… except the sink. (June 2nd)

We recently took a little day trip to Knoebels.  It was the perfect day to go!  Rich took a day off during the week so we could go on a Tuesday.  The crowds were nice and low and the weather was perfect.  It was kind of overcast, so it didn’t get too horribly hot.  It didn’t rain until we were almost home- and then it poured!  But the weather was perfect all day while we were there.

Hailey and Hunter when we first arrived.  Hunter’s first time at an amusement park!  Surely not his last though, since he’s in a family that loves Disney World

Hailey and me waiting for the first ride of the day.  Since I was pregnant last summer I didn’t get to go on many rides… so Hailey was pretty excited to take me on this one.

Just me and Hailey- I love how she is looking at me laughing.  Probably pleased to see how soaking wet I was!

Rich’s turn to get drenched.

Hunter did great!  He watched all the people and loved watching Hailey go on the rides.  He was soooo good.

She sure does love the rides.

Hunter’s first ride.  He seemed to like it and enjoyed playing with the steering wheel.

Hailey got to go on some of the bigger rides by herself.  Last year she did the kiddie rides without an adult, but this year we let her do some of the bigger rides alone.  My little miss is growing up too fast!!

We were eating ice cream cones and Hunter kept watching and wanting to eat some too.  So I let him try some chocolate ice cream.  He absolutely loved it!  After every bite he would open his mouth right back up for more.

This was my favorite ride.

Hailey on the log ride all by herself.

Hunter taking a little nap… he was a tired little boy!

Hailey is quite the little driver.  She won the race!

It was such a fun and relaxing day!  We always have a great time at Knoebels and can’t wait to go back.

A couple of weeks ago, Rich’s oldest brother got married.  Rich, Hailey and I were in the wedding, and of course we took some pictures.

All ready to go to the wedding.

Hunter didn’t go to the wedding (my parents watched him) but we had to get a family picture with him wearing his tuxedo bib.

I love this picture of Rich and Hailey!!

And I actually kind of like this one, even though I’m in it.

Beautiful flower girl!

Hailey and Nana

Me and Rich

Isn’t she the prettiest flower girl ever??  I think so too!

Norb (the groom) and Rich

All the guys

All the girls

Karen and Hailey

Rich and Hailey dancing at the reception.

My previous post told all about our first day and a half at the Great Wolf Lodge.  Here is the rest of our trip:

Day 2 we spent the morning and early afternoon at the lodge.  We decided to leave the lodge for lunch/dinner.  We ate a big meal in the late afternoon at the Rainforest Cafe.

Hailey and the Rainforest Cafe

Rich, Hunter and Hailey

Hailey and Rich

We stopped at Guinness World Book of Records after we ate.

Of course we had to stop and see the falls.  The rainbow was so pretty!!

We were all happy to get back to the Great Wolf Lodge!  Hailey sat in the big chair out front and posed for a picture.

Hunter was so excited he was banging on his stroller.

Posing for a picture near the entrance.

Then it was time for more water park fun:

Rich and Hailey

Hailey had originally told us she wanted to skip story time so she could stay in the water until the park closed.  Well she changed her mind, so we rushed back to our room, gave the kids their baths and got them in their pajamas.  We made it just in time for story time, which was a lot of fun again.

Howling by the fireplace after story time.

The next morning we decided to eat at the buffet again for breakfast.  We got there a little bit earlier and saved $2 per person for the adult meals because we got there early.  Once again there weren’t any characters, as there were supposed to be.  We asked and apparently Wiley was just getting ready to leave.  I guess he doesn’t stay for the whole breakfast time.

Hailey was still able to see Wiley on his way out of the restaurant.

Hunter wasn’t too sure what to think of Wiley.

Hailey loved making the tree light up using her wand.  I loved the tree house and thought it looked like it would be so fun to play in!

After breakfast (we had great, fast service this time!) Hailey went on a Wolf Walk out in the lobby.  It was a lot of fun and the guy who did it (I didn’t get his name) was funny.

Hailey with her origami wolf that she made during the Wolf Walk.

After the Wolf Walk we did another quest and then went back to our room to get ready to go swimming some more.  Check out time was 11am, so we got our suitcases all packed up and loaded into the car.  They let you use the water park until closing time on your check-out day.  We weren’t able to stay that long, but we did play for several more hours.

So much fun!

She did not want to leave when it was time to get out and kept asking to do just one more slide.

After we got all changed we did one more quest before we had to leave.

Hailey loved doing the quests!

Then we went to see the falls:

Our family

Checking out the falls

The end of the rainbow.  But no pot of gold.

It’s hard to tell in the pictures just how bright the rainbow was, but it was so beautiful!

Then it was time to make the trip back home.  Thankfully Hunter was tired and slept most of the way home.  Hailey fell asleep on the way home too.  They were both tired out from all the fun.  We had an amazing time at the Great Wolf Lodge.  We wished we had stayed one more day.  We can’t wait to go back!!