The greatest 4th in the North and other life happenings

So here are some favoite pics from the past few weeks.
1-Me and Ellie at the beach in St Joe MI
2-Ellie and Mateo in their oh so cute towels that Grandma Mandy and Aunt Cindy got the kids they loved getting this picture taken!
3-Mateo figuring out that people at the parade are throwing CANDY! The little cutie in the pic is Sophia my friend Becca's little girl
4-Cousin Emma and Ellie, Emma is so excited to have a girl cousin!
5-Our kind of sad 4th of July family pic

These were all taken before the sad moment that our cammera died. Thanks to our friends Becca and Jas we have another one to use but we can't download pics right now so it will be a while before new ones are up. So we have been getting back into the swing of things this week. We took the kids blueberry picking on Friday and it was really fun. We also had their first doctors appointments this week. Mateo does not like the doctors and we had to bribe him with lots of fruit snack, Ellie on the other hand was her charming self. The doctor did not seem overly concerned and we will have to head back in a couple months for some follow up. Over all not to bad. I just am so thankful that we got to bring the kids home so early in the summer. They have been home almost a month now and it will be about another month until things really start to get busy here. I am not sure what we would have done if they would have come home in September, it would have been crazy. I think that their adjustment and transition will be so much better because we have had so much quality time as a family before I have to go back to working full time. Well that is all for now, I have to finish washing the floor and doing some laudry while the babes are sleeping! No rest for the weary my dad always says, that quote is taking on a whole new meaning now!
Blessings,
Laura