IdlewildSoakZone~Storybook Forrest

September 17, 2009wendiplus11 Family, Field Trip, friends, fun, Idlewild Leave a comment

Our family headed to Idlewild/SoakZone/StoryBook Forest Labor Day weekend….the Saturday before Labor Day is known as “Church of Christ” day. So a bunch of us take advantage of the discount and head that way every year. This is our 4th year to go!! We all take crockpots of food and set up in a pavillion, so we eat for free all day!!!

Our family standing outside the entrance of Storybook Forrest:)

The FIRST and ONLY request for Paul of the day…I need to get in the balls!!

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe….

Paul pulling a heavy load…

Blake having fun at Soakzone!!!

Camye jumping around..:)

My kids and Adam and Jonah Armstrong!!!

Ocean City, Maryland!!! Awesome time!!

September 1, 2009wendiplus11 beach, Family, fun 6 Comments

Kenny and I have been thinking all summer we needed to take a REAL family vacation!! We usually just spend our off time visiting family. And they dont live in vacation spots!!!LOL!! But if my sister in law would EVER move to back to the states….she will live in a vacation spot!!! No pressure..I just know her well.:)

Anyway so we polled all our family and friends and went with the majority vote of Ocean City, Maryland!!! It was alot of fun. Although the rip tides were very strong from Hurricane Danny but for my wild kids that just made the beach more fun!!

Although they did close the beach on Saturday night…

Our underwater camera is the best!!

Chloe standing onherhead!!

Blake showing me some Karate moves…

Playing on thebeach!!

Blake…

Paul!!!

Camye!!

Just the 6 of us!:)

Chloe!! I think she looks so much older here!!!

Church Family Picnic

September 1, 2009wendiplus11 c, Family, fun, Picnic 6 Comments

Life has been crazy busy here!! But we have alot of fun!!! In the summer our church tries to plan at least one picnic per month. We meet at this great park way out in the middle of nowhere!!!

Here is Paul being silly with his friends..always posing for the camera!!!

Camye and her friend Jesse teeter-totering..okay I have no idea how to spell that..!!LOL!!

Blake had a great time finding all sorts of goodies..what you cant see in there is minnows and crawdaddies….

Chloe plays with the adults now…she loves volleyball!!! I know this a short and sweet blog!! Just catching up:)

Trip to Pittsburgh Zoo

August 20, 2009wendiplus11 Blake, Camye, Chloe, Family, friends, fun, Paul, Zoo 3 Comments

Last Saturday we headed to the zoo with several friends from church!! It was a lot of fun..but very HOT!! We are all a little spoiled with having such a great summer that when it got to the 90’s for one week we all were ready for Fall.

Below is a picture of the shark tunnel…it is new at the zoo this year. It is really neat!! Our new family picture was taken in the same spot.

Below is one of the few pictures I have of Chloe at the zoo. She stayed a bit ahead of us with some of her friends. That is a monkey peaking over the tree at us.

We got to see the lions at an awesome time. But this lion was growling at the crowd. It went for several minutes….very neat.

Below is a place to measure how tall you to an elephant or a giraffe. Or Ben Roethlisberger …of course…only in Pittsburgh..LOL!!

Paul and his little friend Hannah pulling him along….

I think the polar bears were the best thing to see at the zoo!! They kept swimming around and we could watch them!!! They are soo cute…behind glass walls of course!!

Camye on a camel…

Kiddy Kingdom…here Paul comes!!

Fun at the Park..:)

August 13, 2009wendiplus11 Family, Field Trip, friends, fun 4 Comments

The entire Rogers Family are officially Roller Coaster riders!!! I didnt think it was going to happen. But Paul and Camye surprised us all by wanting to ride the roller coasters and were actually sad they werent tall enough for some!!

We all went to Kennywood earlier this month with new friends that just moved here from Florida and another family from our church. Our families mesh very easily!! We all had such an awesome time!

Paul and Camye on the elephants!!

I kow I can not believe I put this picture of myself on here. But I thought it was too hilarious to pass up!! Thank goodness for that water proof camera. Kenny took it on all the water rides and this is once when my friend Sandra and I were hit by a waterfall!! Yes we look like we are enjoying ourselves a tad…ya think???

Camye and her new friend Emelia!!

Paul right after the waterfall…He is just the most adorable baby!!!

Blake on Raging Rapids….he had a great time with his friend Jacob, who totally encouraged him to ride his first roller coaster as well!!

For some reason..Camye thought it was HILARIOUS that me and Miss Sandra were getting drenched.

Soaking wet and still beautiful!! We invited another family from church too so that Chloe would have someone to ride with…I didnt get any good shots of them together. But that is Chloes friend Kianna right behind her..:):)

Paul riding his “Bengal Tiger”…Paul has loved Bengals..as he refers to them since he was barely a year old.

Paul and his little friend Elaina…are just hilarious together!!! I mean hilarious. They walked in our church the other day and were waving hysterically at one another…unfortunatley we were in the fourth pew from the front!!! They do play great together!!

Canning and Preserving

August 4, 2009wendiplus11 canning, Family, Freezer Cooking 2 Comments

I have to say I just love canning! I love making jam! I love having the kids around me in the kitchen helping me. Kenny LOVES to do stuff in the kitchen with me. So it is a family event… I have tons to can out of my garden and I stumbled across this little backroads farmers market and was able to purchase 3/4 bushel of peaches and 1/2 bushel of cucumbers.

So far we have canned:

12 quarts of green beans

8 quarts of dill pickles

15 quarts of sweet pickles are still in the process (they take a few days)

6 pints of grape jelly (from grape juice)

12 pints of strawberry freezer jam

15 pints of peach freezer jam

4 quarts of ketchup

8 pounds of frozen peaches

Thats all for now!!