We're off to Pennsylvania!

That is - Hershey, PA! - The "Sweetest Place on Earth!"


First Stop: Hershey Park (10:00AM)


It had a whole water park inside of the amusement park. The kids were in awe of all the fun things to do and see - so excited! :)


Kavan measured up to be a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup! (I always knew he was a little bit yummy!) :)


First Ride: a really high and pretty fast roller coaster. Here we are waiting our turn. I don't know why my face looks so serious...


maybe it's because I was feeling like a bad mom traumatizing Kenzie, Karlee, and Kavan with the very first ride of the day.

Thank goodness Layne makes anything seem fun! :)

They forgave us and were super content with other kind of rides!


And Kyler became our (Layne and I) roller coaster riding buddy!



However, the girls did decide that they liked the "round and round", "twirl and whirl", and "scramble your insides" kind of rides - much to my dismay! :)

Not my favorite kind of ride! (As Layne laughs and goes to ride another roller coaster with Kyler - oh what you don't do for your kids!)


Remember the water park - the three older kids loved it - played there for hours - and had so much fun!

As for Kavan, he felt how freezing cold the water was and decided to stay on this side of the fence. So Layne and him went to ride more rides.

The ferris wheel being one of his favorites! (Which makes me nervous, because how easy is it to exit a ferris wheel!!)


We decided on ice cream for dinner! (I love being on vacation!)


More Rides!




I believe Kyler "outrode" all of us, as he raced from coaster to coaster at the end of the night! (But the girls did ride the tilt-a-whirl about 15 times in a row - UGH!)

One final treat! (10:10PM)


What a great time we had together!