June was an exciting month, and a busy one! We took frequent trips to downs park to play, and sometimes cook out too! We also visited family in Pennsylvania and took a week-long trip to Ocean City with a LOT of family! Oh and of course, our first family camping trip to Cunningham Falls in Western, Maryland.
We absolutely LOVE downs park! It is in Pasadena, MD and is right on the water. There is a very nice playground and plenty of area to explore. The kids loved watching people fish off the pier, chase after lizards, and throw rocks in the water from the beach... and of course, just run around! We took a couple of trips there alone, and some with friends and family to cook out.
Our trip to Pennsylvania was quite impromptu, but a lot of fun! We started off the adventure with a stop at Valley Forge Park to learn some history and explore. Then we went to visit cousins and lots of family! We saw most of my family on my mom's side and of course my brother, Mike and sister, Heather! Jake and Aidan are best friends, and love spending as much time together as possible! They are going to be future trouble makers together, haha! =) Hailey LOVES babies, so of course she loves visiting "baby Chase" and "baby Michael." Although, Michael is not really a baby anymore and sometimes she seems him as competition. =)
Our second trip to Ocean City this year was spent with most of my family on my dad's side. 3 Aunts, 12 cousins, 9 little cousins! It was a lot of fun and so good to spend time with family we don't get to see very often. We had a crab and spagetti feast at the beach house, lots of trips to the beach, and even an evening trip to go ghost-crabbing on the beach with flash lights! Oh and we did family pictures, which turned out so cute!
Camping was a lot of fun, and the weather was amazing. The kids had so much fun hiking and playing in the woods, and of course climbing up the falls and swimming in the water. We will definitely be taking many more camping trips, maybe even this fall! We bought a bunch of new camping gear, and had a lot of fun trying it out. The kids enjoyed searching the woods for sticks and firewood, and just to explore. We did forget the futon mattress to sleep on, so it wasn't the most comfortable sleeping conditions, but we managed! We expected the kids to be completely exhausted early from hiking and playing, but it turns out we were more tired than them! So we decided to go for a ride to Gettysburg. It was really neat and the kids fell asleep in the car, so we just moved them to the tent and Matt and I sat by the fire and relaxed and spent time together. All in all, June was an awesome month! Enjoy the pics...
Playing at the top of the falls!
Hailey and Daddy chillin' =)
Half way up the falls... taking a snack break
Mom's kids and grandchildren (minus a few)
The Kanaly Family!
Cousins on the beach
Jonathan's Elementary school graduation
Father's Day at Down's Park
Hailey and Grandpa roasting marshmallows
Me, Matt and Dad
Dinner at the diner with my cousins!
Snuggling with G-G-Pa =)
Jake locking G-G-Pa up hahaha
cousin bath time
Little Chase having some tummy time
The covered bridge at Valley Forge
The houses that our military slept in that cold winter in Valley Forge
Silly time at Downs Park
Climbing the rocks
P.S.- I have WAY too many pics to pick just a few for each month! =) Just in June alone, I took 1500 pictures! Can you tell I love taking pictures of my kids??
