Maddie went to Youth Conference!
She got to go to Kirtland Ohio and stay at Hiram College for two nights
Me dropping these girls off at the Stake Center bright and early
The fancy bus
Maddie's dorm room
Kirtland temple
Inside
They had their testimony meeting in here
Maddie was at Youth Conference and Kinley was at a sleepover so we took Tanner to Red Robin and let him eat Trevor's birthday ice cream treat
Made Butterbeer at home to try it out
For Trevor's birthday this year he wanted to take the kids on a surprise trip to Virginia Beach!
He made these invitations for them and they opened them on the way to church that morning.
They were so excited!
The beach was so nice
The morning of Trevor's birthday we ran a 5K on the boardwalk and then jumped in the ocean to cool off. It was fun and felt so nice!
Had a Costco muffin for his cake this year.
He blew it out on the balcony so he didn't set off the hotel fire alarm.
The kids loved swimming in the ocean and boogie boarding
Got some good waves
The hotel had 3 fun pools.
This indoor one has a lazy river and some caves
Walking on the boardwalk
Got ice cream halfway to get through the last half
Pretty sunset
Ate fish and chips with a view of the ocean
When we got home we went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse with Trevor's birthday money
(thanks Grandma!)
The kids were invited to a murder mystery dinner at our friend's house.
They had to dress up and act in character the whole time.
Tanner was a knight, Kinley was a sorceress and Maddie was the castle cook
Their fancy dinner
The whole group
Maddie and her friend Skye sold baked goods at the Farmer's Market again.
They did great and lots of people from the ward came to support them.
We went to Hershey Park with the Gillis cousins!
There was an Outdoor World right by our hotel so we went to check it out.
It reminded me a little of the Bean Museum in Provo
Made it to Hershey Park!
They let you go in for two hours the night before for a preview.
That was really fun! We walked on all the rides and there weren't that many people.
Took Kinley to the Hershey Park zoo and this black bear came right up to the window!
Hotel breakfast
Went to the sea lion show
Had a great time catching up with Elena
Trevor got the yummiest acai bowl
Kinley got a delicious pretzel
Rode the train
We mostly hung out and went on little rides here and there while Uncle Ben took the big kids on all of the crazy/scary roller coasters.
We also went to the water park and rode a bunch of rides there but had to leave all of our stuff in a locker so didn't get any pictures.
Went on the Chocolate Tour to end the day
Learned all about how they make the chocolate bars
We had such a fun time!
Finally got to play Werewolf
The cousins had so much fun together.
It was a great trip!
