We took our car to the train station, took the train to the airport, took the plane to Grand Rapids and then loaded up our rental with three car seats to finally arrive at my Aunt and Uncle's house who were kind enough to let our goof troupe stay with them for the week.
After we got settled in a little we headed to my grandparents' house for a visit. They had ice cream cones!
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| Checking out the garden gnomes |
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| Everly with my Grandpa (Gramps) |
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| Ellasen with my grandma (Gigi) |
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| Deep in conversation about princesses |
We went to the zoo...
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| Everly, Ellasen and Elias (my nephew who is one day younger than the twins) |
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| Ellasen and Elias |
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| My dad and Tim |
We went to the beach...
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| Ellasen buried in the sand |
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| Jason (my brother) and Elias |
We went swimming, trampoline jumping and Popsicle eating with our cousins...
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| Ellasen and Sofi in the sandbox |
We had a big family picnic with people from both my mom and dad's side of the family....
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| Feeding the ducks |
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| Ellasen and Papa |
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| Eden and Nana |
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| Ellasen and Sofi |
Tim and I got a date night...
And while we were doing that the girls were petting animals at the Critter Barn...
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| Jason and Elias |
We even squeezed in one more visit with my Grandparents....
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| Eden wasn't feeling well so she stayed with my aunt |
Mostly we just visited and let the girls enjoy their family...
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| The girls loved this giant chair because they could all fit! |
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| Ellasen and Uncle Dave |
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| Eden trying on Aunt Di's glasses |
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| Feeding the squirrels |
While we were in Michigan my mom managed to get my brother's family and ours together for a quick photo shoot! With 4 kids 3 of which are under 3 we weren't sure how it would go, but the kids did a great job, and we got some really cute shots!
We had an amazing time. Our girls are very well loved and we were so glad we got to bring them home for a visit.
The day we got back from our trip Eden and Everly started preschool! They are going two mornings a week to Johns Creek Presbyterian Preschool. Their teaches are Ms. Mollie and Ms. Lauren. They really like it so far!
Ellasen got to go to a dress up birthday tea party for a friend this month. She loved it!
Tim took the girls to his office one Saturday morning to bring everyone doughnuts. They had fun!
I took the girls for their flu shot this month and then we went out for frozen yogurt because there were hardly any tears!
Ellasen has a reading buddy at school. She loves when they get to read together.
The girls and I spent the first day of fall at the swimming pool! It is still not fall weather here!
Ellasen is continuing her tennis lessons with a new coach at my tennis facility. She is doing great!
We went to the Duluth "Fall" Festival this past weekend. It was in the 90's!
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| Playing after tennis with Ellie |
The girls have been having a great time at preschool this month! Here are some pictures their teacher took. It seems like they spend most of their time together.
We took a trip to the zoo with Lizzy and Ivy during fall break. She is a member and we got in basically free! The girls loved it!
Just a couple more random ones of these cutie pies!
