Help....I need advise

You would think that this is some big emergency...don't panic...
I need some advice or personal experience on some vacation ideas with 3 year olds.
Chris and I are wanting to go on vacation with the boys....here are some ideas we have been throwing around.. please feel free to give me any ideas or warn me about any places you have not been happy with.
1. Pennsylvania (hershey factory, crayola factory...any more ideas)
2. Michigan (beach somewhere, don't really know much about the area)
3. Florida beach (not really sure, don't want to go too far south.)
4. any ideas you have..

We really don't want to fly anywhere, we'd rather drive. Its just too expensive to fly for all 4 of us.
We love to drive and stop place and not be rushed!
Thanks for any advice you have!!!
have a great weekend!

Pictures..finally!

Here are some pictures from Graduation about 2 weeks ago! Everyone looked so nice! I just waned to share these with everyone. I am so proud of Chris...what a feat!

Blast!!!....ball

The boys had their first blasball game on Monday. It was quite the experience. Fun and exhausting at the same time. I have determined that having 9 - three and four year olds on a field is almost too much. 6 would work much better. I have also determined.....since I am the expert already...gloves and hats are just a distraction to the kids and we really don't need or use them in blastball. Here are some pictures below of the game..just my kids of course and Daddy (one of the coaches). Owen and Peyton both did good, there was some arguing over who got to stop the ball and if they were going to bat or not..but in the end we went onto the field and batted all three innings..that is all I can ask for. I am curious to know how everyone else's games go! In addition to Monday's game, this past weekend was Chris's graduation from UIS with his Masters. He looked so cute in his gown and hood..I will post pictures once I download them..Saturday was spent in Springfield all day and Sunday we had his party. A very busy weekend!
I will post pictures shortly!

Finished pictures!

Here are pictures of the hallway and our room




Finally, the upstairs is done.. I want to thank my wonderful husband for all his hard work on this project of mine! We both agree is looks awesome! An entire differnt upstairs. We painted, replaced carpet and knobs on the doors..its amazing what new knobs will do! Here are some finished pictures! Here are some pictures of the boys rooom

Thank you God...

I just want to take a minute to thank God for keeping little Joshua Childers from Missouri safe and sound in the 50 hours he was missing over the last couple of days. I was so relieved when I heard they had found him.. Ugh...I cannot even imagine, it brings tears to my eyes...tears of joy for the family and the little boys, tear of terror..imagining if it were my boys..I cannot imagine what was going through that little boys's family's minds and hearts over the last 50 hours. As a mother and even if I was not a mother..I cannot imagine what I would do. It makes me think about how precious our children are and just how lucky I am to have 2 such wonderful and loving little boys!
Just wanted to say Thank you God!

Chores

As the boys have gotten older, I have started giving them chores to do. For instance I have them set the table at dinner and the after the help clear it off. They use my swiffer vaccum to clean up messes under the table and are great helpers when it comes to organizing their toys...as I type this..I am seeing that I am a bit of a neurotic about cleanliness. Anyway, had to share a picture with everyone of Peyton's table setting the other night. He put each fork at the very end of the table and announced who was sitting where. Very funny! This is Peyton to a "T", he is very exact and a bit neurotic about things.. not sure where he gets that from.

Peyton has finished setting the table for dinner...

Here are some pictures of the room decorating as well.

Before and during:

The closet door before, with the old painted walls and carpet

The boys helping daddy take down the awful ceiling fan!The room again with the old paint and carpet


The new paint. The trim and carpet is not finished in this picture.

There have been some delays...but we are almost done!

There have been some delays in the painting and the new carpet on the 2nd floor of our house..finally I can say that we are almost there. Wednesday is carpet day and we will have our house back to normal! I am so ready to have my upstairs office back and my bathroom as clean as I like it to be. I have to stop here and give kudos to my husband. God bless him...we have had some minor setbacks in the painting..I was in the hospital for 5 days and while I was in, Peyton has double pneumonia and Owen had strep throat. Chris was home with them the whole week adn still managed to get stuff done around the house in preparation for our carpet being laid. I don't tell him enough how much I love him and how lucky I am to be married to a man like him. I am doing that now. In our household...there are times when Chris is forced to be a single parent. These are the times that I am unexpectedly put into the hosptial for days on end. We don't know when I will be able to go home and Chris is left at home with the boys, his work, school and the house to keep up...I don't know how he does it...while he is home slaving away I am in hospital sleeping and having all my meals made for me...I don't know how he does it! But I love him to death for it and want to thank him for all he does to help me. He will never know how much he means to me.
Now, for the updates on the rooms. The painting is done. I am going to post pictures tomorrow I hope. The boys room is looking awesome and we are so ready to get the carpet in there so we can decorate it and put their new furniture and bed in the room. It is finally going to be their own room! The carpet is all pulled up and the furniture us all moved, except our bed, which we will move tomorrow night. We are ready to have our house back together. The upside with having to move all your furniture into one room is that you tend to get organized and downsize a bit. That is what I have been trying to do as we have had our upstairs torn up. I have organized all the boys clotehs into boxes for winter/summer. They are all ready to go into the drawers whenever the furniture is in place. I have organized all the closets upstairs and gone through the stuff in them. Its very cleansing and refreshing.
I want to take the time now to thank everyone that has helped up out while I have been in the hosptial. Everyone that made my family meals, my mom who cleaned my house for me and did some laundry so that I could rest, my sister and Chad who helped paint one weekend and for everyone else who helped us out! You all mean the world to me and I am very thankful to have such an awesome support system!
That is all from here..pics are on its way!
Have a great week!