West Virginia Visit

Our good friends, The Styers have a property they own in West Virginia that was passed down to Eric from his father and grandfather. They were there working on it so we went to visit them over the 4^th of July weekend and had a great time. They have a pool and trees and open space. The kids, especially Wyatt, now count this spot as a favorite vacation location. They swam, climbed trees, baked and explored with Grandma Vicky Styer, celebrated Madi’s birthday We celebrated the 4^th with a cookout and fireworks by Luke. It was the most excited I have ever seen Jake about fireworks. He was beyond thrilled that his very own friend was lighting them right there in front of us!

Hepfer Family Picnic

The kids and I went with my mom, George, grandma and my aunt Colleen to the Hepfer family reunion. It was fun and we are going to try to make it more than every 7 years!

Chloe’s Party - The Big 4!

Oh was she in heaven! She loves being the birthday girl. She is super into Tinkerbelle so we had a Tinkerbelle themed party complete with decorations and a Tinkerbelle cake by Grandma Lynn. Chloe was hilarious opening her presents. She was thrilled with each one and kept saying, “OOOHhhh. I love it. I always wanted this.” Then toward the end she would say all that And then whip the present at me very unceremoniously and move quickly to the next. I wished I’d had my video camera going.

Surprise Party

After the basement disaster, my wonderful friend Megan had a surprise party for my birthday and bunch of friends surprised us with a very generous gift card to Home Depot so we can get going on the basement.

Chloe and Belle

Here’s Chloe with Belle at 3

and now at 4

She has almost caught up.

Basement Disaster

Our house is tiny but we manage because of the full finished basement. It is where the kids all hang out, where all of Justin and the boys clothes are and Justin’s office. The night before Fathers’ Day there was a terrible storm and our sewer backed up and flooded the entire basement and insurance covered none of it. Here’s that night:

Chloe Turns 4

We gave her the presents from us when she woke up in the morning. A little bike which she actually saw when she got up to come in our room in the middle of the night. As she crawled into bed with me she whispered, “Mommy I saw the little bike for me.” Then she paused and whispered again, “Thank you , Mommy.” Ohhh I could have just hugged her an stared at her all night after that. I was actually petting her hair and her cheek until she said, “Stop that Mommy.” Hehe

Then we went bowling with Missy and the kids. Then when Justin got home we went to dinner.

More Birthdays

The Bucy Family came to celebrate all of the June birthdays with us.

Tony turned 7 the day before Chloe turned 4!