And then we had to move...

...and it was sad. Moving is kind of the worst thing. Ever.
I'm so grateful to have met so many amazing people while living in Hershey. Our ward was so so great and I loved our apartment complex. We had the nicest neighbors who turned out to be such great friends.
I snapped some pics of the kids playing during the last few weeks we were in Hershey.

 Lucy spent many hours playing in this sandbox.

Lucy and her best friend Stockton ("Stocky"). These two played so well together and were so stinking cute together.

 Two more of our favorites, Andrea and Bella. (Andrea is Stocky's mom)

 The kids loved to drive this remote control car around and pile 'em in.

 These girls were born almost exactly a month apart. They had fun "sharing" the car.

 I love Andrea and Iana in the background.

Nice shades girl!

We had a summer potluck dinner with our neighbors a few nights before we left.
Love these ladies! We spent lots of time together watching our children play on the playground and chatting about anything and everything. It was such a great support system on those long days, weeks, and sometimes months. :)

 These two. I love when they have so much fun together.

 This swingset has been swung on so much by Lucy from such an early age. She always loved to swing. When I was pregnant with Ruby I remember just sitting out there and swinging Lucy for a good half hour at a time. The girl was obsessed! Now she knows how to pump and she hops on the big girl swings and does it all herself.

 Just chillin' in the camping chair and showing everyone her diap.

This was at Arman's party a few days after. He's our downstairs neighbor who is just a few days younger than Lucy. These were the best shots I could get of Lucy and her best buddies.

 Here's some more Manor friends that I will miss. Such great people!

This girl was with me through it all. Her husband is in Trey's class so we've been through this whole med school thing together. It was so nice to have someone to talk to who was going through the same thing I was so she knew exactly how it was. She is such a sweet, dear friend. I don't know if I would have survived without her. I was okay saying goodbye to everyone but when I had to say goodbye to her I cried. So many great memories. Love ya Andrea!

The Luce is now 4!

Miss Lucy had a birthday exactly a week after Miss Ruby. We threw a little monster party for her out on the playground and invited some little friends from the hood. I went pretty low maintenance on this one since our house was a wreck with moving boxes and stuff everywhere and life was a little hectic.
The monster cake turned out just the way I envisioned it. Here is a shot before I put the eyeballs on. I'm sad I didn't take another one but I think I got one on my phone.

 Here is the extent of the décor. Lucy is pretty easy to please. She said she wanted a hairy red monster cake, a sign, and some balloons. Badabing!

As kids were arriving we had them make their own monsters.

 They played "Kid, Kid, Monster!" (very similar to Duck, Duck, Goose)

Then they had a nature scavenger hunt. And then it was cake time! I really wasn't on the ball with my picture taking (nothing new there :)) but you can see the inside of the cake was rainbow. I love the way it turned out. The kids were oohing and awing over it.
Katelyn, Lu, Mariam, and Reka. Apparently they take their cake eating pretty seriously.

 My 4-year-old Lucy!!! I can't believe she's so old! When we moved here she was only about 8 weeks old. Time sure flies.

The opening of the presents.

And Daddy hooked up the old rocket launcher. This was a big hit with the kiddos.

The end.

Happy 4th Birthday Lucy Goosey!

She still insists that her middle name is not Kay, but Goosey. Silly lady!

Graduation from Penn State!

I used to enjoy blogging. I hope I get back to that point sometime soon. :)

Okay, here is another catch up post.

 

On May 19, 2013...TREY GRADUATED!!! And it was AWESOME!

 

Lots of family came into town. It was so fun to have almost everyone there and show them around good old Central PA.

We went to The Amish Farm and House in Lancaster.

Here are my girls with their Grandpas sitting in front of the house.

They gave us a tour of an old Amish house and farm and told us all about the Amish way of life. The girls were a little bored during the tour but they loved the farm. They had goats! And a huuuuge mama pig with the hungriest little piglets I've ever seen.

Testing out an Amish buggy. That baby had a red velvet interior. Pretty fancy I'd say.

Next we had to take everyone to Intercourse and get some ice cream and pretzels at the Country Kettle Kitchen. Lucy got to decorate a cookie in one of the stores.

For dinner we went to a gigantic Smorgasboard at The Shady Maple. I couldn't believe the size of the place. It looked like a convention center. It was crazy! It had tons of delicious comfort food, PA Dutch style.
Then we went home and put the girls to bed and went to Trey's med school roast aka The Chocolate Follies. Oh my gosh, it was awful! I don't even want to talk about it. There were a few good skits though and Trey's band saved the show at the end. They sang a few songs the parodied and they sounded great!!

Here's my man rocking his electric drums

The next day was Hershey Park day! Hooray! We had a blast. It was sad to think that was our last Hershey Park day for a while. :(
This was Ruby's first ride on the carousel. She looks serious but she was smiling and having herself a time.

Lucy and Gpa Chuck on the Starships

The spectators

Lucy's first ride on the kid swings. She gave it a thumbs up.

Frog Hopper with Gma Robbie was a treat.

We played there all day long until we were beat. We had a blast riding the rollercoasters with the sibs while the grandparents took the kids. Well, Ruby actually rode the Coal Cracker with us. I love how calm she is while we're all screaming and laughing.

And then the next day was finally graduation!!! Here is a pic of Trey's class if you can even see any of their faces.

Reading the Hypocratic Oath

Ha ha ha, Trey looks pretty stoked.

And he's officially an M.D.!

Nicole and Phil (it just so happened to be Nicole's birthday too)

Our happy little family. Cheryl brought us leis to wear.

Mandy and Mike Dee

Trey and his parents

Here is the proof. I still need to get that baby framed.

Chris and Cheryl, the Hawaiians!

Cory, Lauree, Dylan, Wren, Heath and Helen. Oh and there's Lucy in there too.

Trey and his sissy

Aunt Lo came too!

Here's all the gang. Trey totally had one of the loudest cheering sections. One family had us beat because they brought noise makers.

Saying goodbye to friends. Amy and Marbles.

Chang's mom! She was so so sweet, she cooked us some yummy meals.

Kate and Milly!

Best buddies. We miss our Kate.

We rounded up some of the crew.

The Bakers! Love them.

And don't forget White Mike sporting his bowtie. Those Niehoffs took such good care of us.

After we celebrated at one of our favorite restaurants, Houlihans, with the fam and then bid everyone farewell. It was quite the exciting weekend and after we were pooped! The grandparents all stayed a few days extra.

It's always hard to say goodbye.

 

I am so proud of my husband and all the long hours he put in to making his dream a reality. It was a lot of hard work but it sure paid off. He will be an amazing Anesthesiologist.

Thank you sooo much to all our family for coming out to support us. It meant the world to us to be surrounded by so many loved ones during this exciting time in our lives. We could not have done this without all of your love, prayers, packages, phone calls, notes, texts, etc. We love you!!!

 

Now, off to Cleveland!!!