TOTALLY fun playdate!

The very gracious host, Ms. Amy (my children adore this special woman!)

The children waiting for the yummy lunch!

What a fun group of children eating their lunch!!

Thanks, Amy for inviting us to your home! We had a blast!

Trouble and more trouble!

I stop paying attention to her for 1 minute . . . I turn around and see this!!!

I clean up the mess, go back to what I was doing before . . . and turn around to see her sitting on the table. TROUBLE!!!

Wordless Wednesday

The 4th of July

The cousins/grandchildren

The two special girls (Rosalie ADORED Nicole!!!)

Jonathan enjoying the pool

Aaron

Rosalie's first time in a bathing suit.

completely exhausted and couldn't stay awake any longer!

We just returned home from our trip to Pennsylvania. It was a wonderful time spent with our family. We were there for the 4th of July and had a great time celebrating! We swam in the pool, ate yummy food, and even got to do sparklers and watch fireworks. And I cannot forget to mention the Dilly bars - no Holland 4th of July is complete without the dilly bars! SUPER FUN!

Attached

At about 16 months old Rosalie finally chose her attachment items. The three items she chose are: A flannel blanket made by my friend, Janet, a stuffed Minnie Mouse given to her by my mom and dad, and a stuffed pony the boys, Rich and I picked out for her a couple weeks before she was born.

Family

Pupup, Nanny, their children, daughter in-law, and grandchildren

Pupup, Nanny and their 6 grandchildren

Nanny and the grandkids

Building a Fort

Martin and Aaron built a fort one afternoon while Jonathan was napping. It was complete with the flag on top and all! And of course Rosalie had to get involved too!