Girls Week

Sarah and her mom came in town in the middle of July for our annual get together. As usual, it was fun and filled with chaos with 8 kids total between Deb, Sarah, and I. There would have been 9 but Sarah left her son at home. It was a great visit and we all enjoyed meeting Sarah's new precious daughter Macy. It was a busy 4 days that included shopping, a splash park, the zoo, and lots of laughter!

**Lots more pictures from the weekend in our Family Albums!**

Myrtle Beach

Vacation time!! We packed up and met a lot of my family down in Myrtle Beach. We had two condos and my sister's family and ours split one and my parents and Steve's family split the other. Overall the vacation was one of my favorite! We managed to take our first vacation in three years that didn't end up in a trip to an urgent care or an ER so that was a HUGE plus for us!

This year the kids really seemed to enjoy the beach. We started each day at the beach and then would end up at the pool shortly before lunch. Neither of them would really swim in the ocean but at least this year they would run in and out of the shallow waves and they loved digging and playing in the sand!



We also did some other fun activities including a dolphin cruise, putt-putt, lots of ice cream, and even some carnival rides!

I think Will's favorite part of the whole trip was the night we at dinner at Medieval Times. It's an 11th Century setting so you eat a four course dinner without silverware. While you are eating you watch 6 different knights compete in a tournament. It was pretty cool to watch them fight with their swords and lances and all the other weapons. Will didn't eat a single thing because he was so caught up in the show!

**Tons more pictures in the Family Albums. There is also another post below.**

Family

Three weeks ago we were lucky enough to have Nanny, Papa, and Julianne come visit! The kids were beyond excited to see everyone! We did a lot of playing outside which meant a lot of water guns and sprinklers since it was pretty hot.

We also decided to watch the Memorial Day Parade in our little "downtown" and ended up meeting up with our neighbors.

The rest of the visit was spent enjoying yummy treats and creating lots of fun at home. I'm sure Will and Morgan wore everyone out but they had such a great time and were so sad to see them all go!

**There are a few additional pictures in the Family Albums.

Cavity Creeps

Will had his first dentist appointment this morning and he did fantastic!! I had to get my cleaned first so he patiently sat on the floor of the room and played with his men that he brought. At one point Dr. Rotella even played "bad guys and good guys" with him!!

I forgot my camera so these were taken on my cell phone and don't have the best quality. He sat so well for them, I was so proud of him!

Kings Island

For the third year in a row our office has had an Associate Appreciation Day at Kings Island. It's a really nice perk and the kids are getting old enough to have a great time in the kiddy land. This year my sister and Nathan came as our guests and we met up with the Lupinetti's. It was a fantastic day and the kids loved having someone else to ride all the rides with!


One of Will's favorites! He now asks us all the time if he can ride in a real airplane someday.

You have to look close but this is the miniature roller coaster that Will and Mitch rode. Later in the day we tried to ride the next sized roller coaster but Will was too short by about 1/8 of an inch and they wouldn't let him do it. He tried so hard to stand on his tippy toes and convince the ride attendant that he was tall enough that it broke my heart when she still said no!

Such concentration for such little girls! Hopefully they'll be this cautious when they are driving real cars some day!

Unfortunately Morgan was too short to ride very many rides but the ones that she could ride she would just squeal in delight. She is fearless!

Cincinnati Zoo

We decided to get a family membership this year since the kids liked it so much last year. We went for our first outing over Easter weekend with my sister and the Lupinetti's and although the kids had a blast, it was way too crowded for the adults so we didn't stay as long as we had planned. Expect to see plenty more pictures from the zoo over the summer!

This is one of the many reasons that I often feel like I live in a zoo.....crazy kids!

Birdhouse

Out of the blue one evening Will came up to me and asked if he could build a birdhouse with Papa. He had to call Papa right away and ask if they could do it the next time he came in town. My dad of course jumped all over it and cut the pieces ahead of time and brought it all with him. So here they are hard at work.


They even stained it after it was all put together. Very cute project and I think they both had fun. I keep forgetting to take of picture of the finished product but it's hanging up in our backyard and it looks great! I actually saw a bird on it today but of course by the time I got Will to come to the window it was gone.

Random

Here are some random pictures that I thought were cute but never had a chance to post!

They loved their daddy time!

We took the kids to the circus and Will and Alex sat mesmerized for pretty much the entire show!

Apparently the ball goes farther after you lick it?!?

We moved Morgan to her toddler bed before her birthday because she started climbing out of her crib. Since then she's spent more time sleeping on the floor than she has in her bed. For some reason she always asks to sleep on the floor....as long as she is sleeping, we don't really care where it is!

For some reason she wanted to wear the goggles when it was time for her breathing treatment.