Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls

Clifton Hill is about 3 blocks full of entertainment in Niagara Falls. Everything from arcades, bowling alleys and 3D movies to fun restaurants museums and rides. We chose to visit Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, Wax museum and Thrill Ride.That was my first time in a Wax Museum and it was kind of creepy when some of the people looked so real. I felt like some of them were going to start talking to me.
Here I was chatting with my friend Oprah.
The kids and Jack Sparrow.
SCARY!!!!
The three... I mean the 4 stooges!

Niagara Falls

When we arrived in Niagara Falls, Ontario it was midnight their time. Everyone was walking back to their hotels from the Falls because they had just turned off the lights that illuminate the falls when it's dark. So we checked into our hotel and were all asleep within 30 minutes. The kids were excited that we were in a different country. We explained to them the next morning about the 7 Wonders of the World and that ONE of the Wonders was in that town we were staying in. We told them to be on the lookout as we walked through the town to see if they can figure out what the Wonder would be. They kept pointing to stuff asking, "is that it?" Then we starting getting a breeze of moisture so I knew we were getting close. When we came to the top of the hill and you can see the Falls in the distance, the kids were amazed and knew they had found it. I was impressed that Austin instantly asked if that was Niagara Falls.

Last leg of the trip

The last stop on our vacation was in Ohio to visit my sister and her family. Even though it was just an overnight visit we had a great time. The kids played and swam in the pool. We all enjoyed Sheila's cooking and just hanging out. Isn't their dog, Molly, so cute?

Friends

Last Day of School...almost time to go back!

Beach Day

Two cuties having fun on the beach together. Marissa & Madison
You can usually find Myah and Makayla following Austin around.
So excited about our day together at the beach.
We made lots of memories together today at the beach....
So many that we conked out before we even hit the highway.

Up and Coming Dance Stars

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Cousins

I love this picture of Madison and Marissa.
We've had a lot of fun visiting with my sister and her kids this week. It's so nice that they are all close in age. Even though Austin is the only boy, I think he loves the attention he gets from the girls (especially Makayla and Myah) Tomorrow we are hoping for good weather so we can all go to the beach.

The Guys

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Start Spreading the News....

Did anyone notice the two newest songs on my playlist? We're in the process of planning a family trip to NYC and I can't get either of them out of my head so I figured I might as well add them to the playlist so they can get stuck in your head too. We are SOOOO excited to take this trip in a few weeks. It all started when Brian said he HAD to see the Yankees play in Yankee Stadium before it was torn down at the end of this year. At first I was annoyed because we have been saving to take a trip together for our 10 year anniversary coming up in the fall. I knew if we went to NYC then the romantic "honeymoon we never had " trip wouldn't be possible. So I agreed to the road trip with our kids instead. Yes, that's right, we're driving there AND we're taking the kids too. I'm super excited about it now though. So anyone out there ever been to NYC and have any suggestions for us? Also PLEASE send me your suggestions for keeping the kids company in the car for 12 hours?!?!?! Any fun road trip games or ideas out there? We're also going to drive up to Niagara Falls after visiting Manhattan for a few days. The kids don't know about that part and we can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they see The Falls for the first time.

Murder Mystery

Chief Breaking Wind was in full costume for the event.
We all decided Carl makes a good looking cowboy.
Here are Carl, Lisa and Sarah reading over their player manual. There are 4 rounds to the game. In each round you read things that you need to reveal about yourself or others that round. There are also a few shocking facts about yourself that you don't have to reveal UNLESS someone asks you about it, then you can't lie. All four rounds made for some interesting conversation and it was funny to see how all 8 characters lives twisted together. But who killed the town judge????? We all made our predictions at the end of the game.
I received many funny looks driving over to the party that night with a cowboy hat on. You don't see those very often around here.
Not all of us were cool enough to get into full costume like the rest of us. Just kidding Kristi and Jason. In case you were wondering... Kristi, er... I mean, Elvira was the killer.

We had a great time with everyone. Who's planning the next one??