Monday, August 17, 2015

Quadvention 2015

The past 4 years I have vacationed with some of my favorite quad mommas and formed lifelong friendships.  This summer we thought we would get our families together so all the kids could meet.  Amy and Mandy graciously opened up their beautiful home to 4 families and we created some pretty amazing memories.  All the kids made friends with each other and it was such a fun time for us all you would never have guessed there were 25 kids running around.  The yard was like a kid heaven...so much to do!

Playtime in the pool!




They loved the tree house!  

Hanging out in the hammock!

Cameron was totally impressed!

Jumping off some of that energy!



As soon as one kid got on a line would form...Ben got his exercise pushing the crew.


Hanging out!




Feeding time!




The girls had a great time together!




Matthew and Harper were inseparable!

Triple trouble...3 red heads!

Crazy Wheeled Fun!


Fireworks in the park!





5 Best friends

+
25 kids
=
AMAZING VACATION!




Saturday, July 18, 2015

First stop...Niagara Falls

It's vacation time in the Hickey home!  This year we decided to do several stops on vacation rather than just one location.  8 days + 2446 miles = BEST VACATION EVER!!!

We headed out with no concrete plans other than we were going to Indiana to visit the Sheckles-Paul family and to Ohio to see the Hetzel family.  We left mid day and drove until we had enough of driving.  Along the way we found this cute little country store in Hoosic NY.  The kids loved seeing the life like statues.





LOOK WE FOUND ELVIS!!!

After leaving the store we made our way to Liverpool, NY before deciding to call it quits for the night.  We started thinking of somewhere we could stop the next day for a little adventure and discovered a trip to Niagara Falls only added 40 minutes of drive time onto our trip.  So the next morning we set off to see the sights.  






















After several hours at the falls we headed out on our way to the next destination.  We made it to Mansfield, OH before calling it a night!

Friday, July 17, 2015

69 months


Stats at 69 months:
Matthew       44"       39 lbs.
Brady     47.5"       51 lbs.
Aubrey      43"     35 lbs.
Cameron      44.5"       41 lbs.

We've been FLOCKED!

Nine years ago this summer there was so much uncertainty, would Ben make it through his treatments?  Would I be able to carry all four babi...