Chris had to go to Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York for a huge conference that was going on. We knew we would only see short glimpses of him throughout the week, but it was better then not seeing him at all. So we tagged along.
Chris decided to leave a bit early and stop to Niagara Falls since it was on the way to Rochester. The beauty of his job is that a lot of times, we get to do special things if we come with him. The girls had never seen the falls before, so it worked out perfectly...AND, we got dad all to ourselves for two days before the work started.
Of course we did the "Maid of the Mist" (and made sure the girls watched Jim and Pam's wedding from The Office a million times before!)
(I especially like how my head looks the most cone-shaped out of everyone....)
The next part of the trip was scary for me. This was the part that was a vacation...but really it wasn't. This is the part where I grew up in a lot of ways. This is the part where I developed a very big bond with the GPS.
I depend on Chris for a lot. He is my "go to guy." When I am in trouble he fixes it. When I don't know the answer, he comes up with the right one. He always has a solution. When I don't know what to do next, Chris always does. I love him for that. I need that in a husband, and I can't say enough how grateful I am for a husband and father who takes care of us the way he does.
So you can imagine my surprise when he said to me, "I will have to work a lot during this trip. You and the girls will be alone most of the time. The hotel doesn't have a pool, so you are going to have to find stuff for you and the girls to do all day long, every day."
"Say what?"
He painstakingly googled everything thing there was to do in Rochester and surrounding cities for us before we left for this trip. He put all the destinations in the GPS, so all I had to do was hit was one button and voila...I would magically end up there. Each day I had a new adventure for the girls and I to do all by ourselves...and at the end of the day we'd show him pictures and tell him all about it.
We missed him though. There were days where I just wanted to go hijack him, so he could come play with us.
But, I did it! I was so proud of myself! And so our days went a little like this:
(Seneca Park Zoo)
(thank you Mylie for the use of your camera so I didn't have to lug around my huge one)
Another day was the county fair. Let me just say a few words about fair rides: I don't trust'em. I am sure I am ignorant when it comes to this, but knowing these rides travel from state to state, are put together and taken down in what seems a matter of minutes..I don't know, I feel a bolt could be missing somewhere during the putting together process.
So we rode no rides.
I know. Cruel. They really wanted to ride this;
and this;
and this;
But the answer was always something like, "well, you could be killed, so no."
So we focused more on the other fun things the fair had to offer like this;
this;
(pirate tatoo anyone?)
And, my personal favorite, who wouldn't want to watch "Robinson's Pig Paddling Porkers?" Heaven knows I sure did!
(thank you again to my 9 year old Mylie..whose camera ain't too shabby!)
Our last day there I think was my favorite. We found a sweet little town called Spencerport. Here in this town was a fountain park! We had a picnic lunch and played in the fountains for a good part of the afternoon.
It was a great week...a good time to just get away. I love my family, I love my life.
