Hersheypark, Spring 2016 Edition

  
We made our pilgrimage to the land of chocolate in April, with our friends the Mansolillos.




Roller coasters were the order of the day. Kacy is definitely a junkie. Daniel is slowly warming up to them.

Tea cups...

Kacy took Jack on the Sooper Dooper Looper for his first time. A few more times and he'll be as hooked as Kacy.

It was a great day....

The Landing Beaches of Normandy

From Caudebec, we journeyed by bus about 2 1/2 hours to Point du Hoc, the American Cemetery and Omaha Beach.

It was an honor to pay respects to so many who lost their lives fighting for what we can sometimes take for granted: freedom.

April in Paris...

We got to live the cliche....well technically we arrived in Paris in March, and ventured up the Seine River away from Paris for most of the trip....
But April in Paris was wonderful.

So it rained our first two days....paying our dues I guess for decent weather the rest of the week.

Eiffel Tower and Montmarte were on the docket for the front-end Paris days.

Once the whole gang arrived (104 cats to herd in total) we boarded the AmaLegro and set sail from Paris up the River Seine.

We took a detour before setting off to see the Eiffel Tower at night. Check that off the bucket list.

Our first stop was Vernon, and we took a tour of Monet's beautiful gardens and home in Giverny.

The next morning we arrived in Caudebec and journeyed to the gorgeous port city of Honfleur. Mussels, frites and cider beer were the order of the day.

The second part of the journey to come....

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our leprechauns were excited to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this past weekend.

Music started off the festivities, then we headed to the parade float.

Float fun.

Sometimes, just sometimes, they get along long enough for photographic evidence.

Kacy and her friend Linsday enjoying some hot chocolate, warming up after our drizzly ride through downtown Baltimore.

We hope you all had a great St. Paddy's Day!

Snowmaggedon 2016

A little holiday spirit to start of January, at the annual BYC membership cocktail party.

And then it snowed.

And snowed. Snow like we haven't had in six years. 28 inches of snow.

So there were snow igloos and hills to conquer.

The ace shoveling team taking a well-deserved break.

Once we finally dug out, three days after the first flakes fell, we headed to BYC for some sledding.

Grandma brought treats for all ages.

Here's hoping it's 2022 before we see similar snow totals.

Kicking off 2016...

We headed to Pennsylvania for some wintertime fun at the Omni Bedford Springs.
It was chilly but sunny so a hike was on the agenda.

Fun on the swing...

A fun family weekend to kick off the new year.