Sunday, August 30, 2009

Rochester: Part One

Bryan has had August off as a paternity month. We wanted to do something fun his last week off, so we decided to go visit our good friends, the Mickelsens, who just moved to Rochester, NY. We had so much fun staying with them and the girls had so much fun playing with Addi and Macie. The drive was about six and a half hours from our house. Bryan and I were a little nervous about making the long drive with three kids, but they did awesome!! We stopped only two times and there were no fits!
The first day we were there we went to the Children's Museum. The kids had a great time there. We could spend a whole day there and they wouldn't get bored. There was so much to do. Bennett didn't even mind all the noise from the crowd. I think he's used to noise having two sisters around! Who says that children museums are only for kids?! Notice Bryan playing with the blocks all by himself.



Niah selling quilts in the Berenstein Bear's quilt shop.







The girls loved playing in all the store/restaurant exhibits.




Riding the Choo-Choo train.



Playing some games in the video arcade.


If you ever go to Rochester you should go to this museum. It was great and the kids loved it!
Stay tuned for Rochester: Part Two.





5 comments:

The Brady Bunch said...

How fun?!? There's a children's museum here too, but I've never been...

Tamara Jacobs said...

how fun!
cute pics!
bennett is already looking so much older.
i laughed at the pic of B playing with the blocks...he must be just a kid at heart...so is todd:)
love it.
glad you had fun.
love you.

AnnDeO said...

Your family looks good. That brought back memories of when we would throw the boys in the car and go to Seattle and Portland when we lived in Idaho. Once we spent the whole day at OMSI in Portland. The boys loved it. They were about the same age as the girls.

Jill said...

Looks like the blessing went well. I wish we could have been there with you. I love the pictures of the family. And that's too bad that Grandma got sick.

miquelle and cody said...

It was so great to see you guys and have you at our new house! Macie still keeps asking "where Niah, Chloe go??"


Here we are at the top of Niah's castle!


Here's Niah and her best friend Addi playing in the dirt!

Bryan's favorite things:

  • BYU Football
  • Pandora.com
  • Surfing the Internet
  • Mountain Biking
  • Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
  • Kayaking

Natalie's Favorite Things

  • Naps
  • Blogging
  • Cooking
  • Going on dates with Bryan
  • Reading good books
  • Being a mom

Niah's Favorite Things

  • Hannah Montana
  • 101 Dalmatians
  • High School Musical
  • Reading books with her dad
  • Singing
  • Disney Princesses
  • Playing outside with her friends

Chloe's Favorite Things

  • Being outside
  • Her binki
  • Bananas
  • Macaroni and Cheese
  • Playing with Niah
  • Taking a bath