Syracuse trip, July 2010

We went to Syracuse today to see Anthony's family, and we had a wonderful time.

Anthony's cousin Lanaya and Grandma, Nanna Betty, threw all the kids a birthday party, since they missed them earlier in the year.

There were little gifts, tons of decorations, cake, chicken fingers and fries, potato chips, and punch.

We got to see a lot of people we don't get to see very often at all. We saw Nanna, cousins Lanaya and Kyle, Grampa Tony, Auntie Denise and cousin Shyann, Great Great Aunt Berline and cousin Carol, and we talked to Great Auntie Lisa on the phone.

The kids blew bubbles.

Ran around in the yard.

Played pin the tail on the donkey (Rayce and Charlize both cheated, Holden and Dante both put the tail across the donkey's face, and Liliya wouldn't play).

They played with sidewalk chalk.

They blew out candles, all 5 of them at once.

They opened presents... coloring books and crayons, temporary tattoos and stickers, playdough, yo-yos.

They piled on top of Grampa Tony for a picture (some of them willingly, and some of them not so willingly because we were getting ready to leave and they were trying to run away!)

We all had a wonderful time. It's a long drive for Mama to make alone with 5 kiddos, it costs me half a tank of gas to make the trip, but it was more than worth it :o)