The Goforths are moving! We are scheduled to close on our new house August 27 and will be listing our house to sell in the next day or two. We have had a lot of work to do on our house to get it ready to sell and so we have been busy doing not-so-fun stuff the last few weekends. The new house is in Pittsford, which is a suburb of Rochester, but close to the city. It is in a neighborhood that we love because of it's quiet winding streets and mature trees. The house is very close to the canal and therefore the path so Greg can still ride his bike out to the office a couple times a week. Here is the location and a few pictures.
This past Friday, after a family trip to Lowe's, we went out to dinner and I took some videos of Parker eating guacamole and greeting Otis when we got back out to the car. Not too exciting, but like I said, we have been busy.
And this picture is from a few days ago on the walk home from an impromptu trip to the local ice cream place, Hedonist Ice Cream (we will miss our neighborhood!)
This past weekend was the annual Goforth Family Picnic, so the Johnsons came in from Pittsburgh. On Saturday, we all went out to Larry & Sandy's to hang out for a while and then Papa G & Sandy G took over and we had a date night in Rochester with the Johnsons and our good friends/cousin the Nudds. Here are the kids enjoying the hammock:
Sunday was the picnic at Ellison Park. The Goforth crew does not mess around and actually roasted a whole pig for the affair. It was delish! I did not get many pictures of the whole weekend, but here are a few of the girls eating ice cream at the park.
And playing in the cooler...Catie did this most of the afternoon:
After the picnic, we hung out with the Johnsons some more and went to Cold Stone so that we could all have ice cream. Cate was lovin' it.
Parker is using more and more new phrases every day. I need to try and get some of them on video, but wanted to document:
Mama/Dada, are you?? (this is short for Where are you? If she is in her bed calling for us and we don't come right away, then it turns into Mama Are you?)
I did it! (just whenever she accomplishes a task, she will exclaim this)
Mama/Dada, sit down (she always wants one of us to sit with her, it can become a little bossy)
She has also started patting her chest and saying "My" when she sees herself in a picture. She still doesn't really say her own name though.
Another thing I definitely need to get on video is counting to 10 and the ABCs. She says about half of the numbers correctly so that is pretty good. The ABCs are still a work-in-progress, sometimes she will sing some of the letters but not always.
On the 4th of July, we went for a nice bike ride in the morning and then over to Papa G & Sandy G's house for a party. It was pretty hot & humid but fun nonetheless. After Parker's fun with baseball during our St. Louis visit, we decided she needed a t-ball set and brought that with us. Um, she'll get there...
As mentioned in the previous post, Parker's school was closed the last week of June, so I decided it was a good opportunity for a trip to St. Louis (if I have to take off work anyway, might as well go somewhere). Parker and I flew out Thursday morning and came back Monday morning. The way there was an out-of-the-way layover through Orlando, which meant both legs of flights were 2+ hours. On the way back, we flew through Chicago. Parker did so great with all of the flying. She took a nap each way, which is great but also gets to be a bit uncomfortable for Mommy in the middle seat of an airplane with 28 lbs of dead weight to hold. Not complaining though! Sometimes an unconscious child is a good thing.
"Helping" to push stroller in the airport
On Thursday, Annie picked us up from the airport and we hung out at their house all evening. We had pizza for dinner and pulled out the water table for some fun in the backyard.
On Friday morning, we headed out to Grant's Farm. It is kind of like a zoo, but owned by Anheuser Busch and so the adults get free beer. It was pretty warm that day, but stayed below 90 so it wasn't too bad in the shade. Parker loved the tram ride, feeding the baby goats, and seeing the other animals. She was not a fan of the carousel, somewhere along the way she become a bit afraid of the up & down part.
We had dinner at my parents' house Friday night (pork steaks!) and then I went to hang out with my girlfriends for the evening.
On Saturday, we took the kids to the Clayton's neighborhood pool. As expected, they all had so much fun that the worst part was getting them out to go home. After they were changed, we caught some cousin-love on camera. This is the best video of the entire trip...
After naptime on Saturday, Parker and I had a play date with my girlfriends and their 16 or so children. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures of the craziness. Saturday evening was spent at the Clayton's, hanging out in the backyard and enjoying some ribs that Jason smoked that day. Grandpa taught Parker a new trick that the Clayton boys have known for some time.
Parker and I spent the night there that night. We enjoyed some delicious crepes made by Chef Jason and utilized the new playroom in the basement. Then we took the kids and then all went to a local park.
Sunday night, my parents invited my aunts & uncles over for dinner. The kids had fun playing on the neighbors play gym and Uncle Steve joined in for some baseball.
