At last! The MN post!!

Well, I finally did it. I sorted through the over 200 pictures that I took during our FABULOUS trip to Minnesota last month and tried to pick a select group of the best shots! We couldn't have asked for a more wonderful trip to see family. It was packed with activities, meals, fun, games, and lots of cocktails (for the adults of course!), while enjoying all members of the MN family!! We wish we could turn around and go back again!

After 12 hours in the car (through the middle of the night), we (meaning Sadie, Macy and myself, since Daddy was safely driving us) awoke as the sun came up to this, a sight that we rarely see in Ohio...
While the wind farms of Iowa were a beautiful and magnificent sight, we were anxious to get out of the car and reach our final desination...

After a little while, we finally saw this....

Hooray, says Sadie!

As Macy lets the MN morning air, blow through her hair...

When we arrived, GG was soooo excited to see her great grand-daughters....

And after a while, cousin Beckett came to meet us too!!! GG and her three great-grandkids!

Of course, since they are family, all three kids LOVE to eat!

Beckett was wondering why someone made him sit in between these goofy girls?!?!

During one of our MANY outings, cousin Emily and cousin Mary took us to the Children's Museum. The girls had a complete blast in the toddler room, learning to walk up and down ramps and navigate different obstacles!

Macy and Emily

During one of our most fun evenings, the whole family (which included over 25 relatives) enjoyed a fabulous BBQ and Aunt LeeAnne and Uncle Harry's! The night was even better once the girls went to bed and several of us were able to take the boat out for some fun (and drinks of course)!

Sadie

The girls with Maggie, Katie and Mollie

Macy chatting with Gracie

Emily and her best-bud, Sadie

Okay, well maybe Macy had a few cocktails too!

There aren't too many things that I love more then spending a sunny day, on a boat, in the water. Considering that Brian and I had our very first kiss on the front of boat (many, many years ago!), I see it only fitting that the girls be boat lovers too! Here we are as the girls head out for their very first boat ride and it couldn't have been a more beautiful day!

Macy is clearly soooo cool and was a natural on the water!

But not to be out-done by her equally cool and boat-loving sister!

Three girls, happy as can be...

Well, except for the life-jackets....those made us a little cranky!

After our boat ride, we thanked Uncle Harry by giving him some love. Can't you tell that this guy has raised three lovely girls!?! He's a natural!

One of my all-time favorites, Uncle Harry and Sadie, walking hand-in-hand!

As our trip came to a close, we hugged Cousin Katie....

And had yet another wonderful meal with the family....Bye, bye Minnesota!
Thank you to all of the MANY family members who made our trip so fabulous! We love all of you and we cannot wait until we come to visit Minnesota again! We miss you!

MoM's night out!

I know that most of you come to the blog to see pictures of my kids. But every now and again, mom's need a little attention too! This weekend, I got together with my MoM friends (Mom's of Multiples) for a MoM's day/night out. We all met at the nail salon and had wonderful manicures and pedicures, while eating cookies and drinking champagne. After our pampering, we got changed for dinner and had a fabulous meal at the Elevator in Columbus. And if that wasn't enough, after dinner we went to see the Broadway show, Wicked. It was a fabulous day/evening with some wonderful and well deserving MoMs. And to top it off, I got to sleep in until 11:00 the next morning, thanks to a wonderful Daddy who spent all evening and all morning with the girls!


Here are 5 of the 6 MoM's getting our toes done!!

Dressed for dinner! 6 MoM's, 6 deliveries, 13 children!!

Visitors!

I will start off by posting a couple of pictures of my most mischievous child, Macy! She is my total daredevil and into everything. She loves to climb and thank goodness she's got the coordination of her Daddy and is pretty agile in her adventures! She loves to climb onto the coffee table and run around....here she is in action!
When it was too hard to get down, she decided that the table was a good place to nap!

In other news, we've been busy with trips and visitors. After our fabulous trip to MN, which I promise to post pictures of soon (I'm having trouble deciding which of the over 200 pictures to post!), Grammy came to visit from CT! We had a blast with her and then Aunt Sarah came to stay with us for a whole week!!! We loved having her here, meeting her friends and doing all sorts of fun activities! There is nothing like having your awesome Aunt around to play with every day!

And we also got a chance to celebrate Uncle KC's 16th birthday (well, he'll be 16 in 2 days) while Aunt Sarah was in town. The girls couldn't be more excited that their Uncle KC is getting his driver's license and they hope he's a good driver so that they can go for a ride some day!

No other news to report around here. Brian has been golfing a lot and is currently in 3rd place of his club championship. The event continues into next weekend and we will continue to cheer him onto victory! I'm looking forward to a night out with my Mom friends next weekend and can't wait!

Parties and mischief!

While these two are completely different most of the time, they sure do think alike when it comes to mischief! They seem to be plotting how to get into trouble recently! Clearly, this week, it was fun to get stuck in the corner table!! Good think Mommy came to the rescue!
This weekend we went to Addi's 3rd Birthday and had a blast! Well, the girls did! Mommy and Daddy had fun too, but we were pretty worn out from chasing our two toddlers in opposite directions in the afternoon heat! Addison had a pretty awesome party, complete with horse back rides! The girls LOVED their rides, which shocked me!

Daddy and Macy making friends!

Macy's ride!

Sadie laughing away!

Sadie finishing her fun adventure!

We are continuing to have a blast, despite the warm weather!!

Fabulous 4th of July Weekend!

I'm pretty sure that we had the busiest 4th of July weekend yet! We were packed with activities and while we were all exhausted by the end of the long weekend, we had a blast and the girls surprised me with their lack of crankiness!

Saturday, we had a BBQ at our house with great friends and family. After the BBQ, we all went to the Dublin fireworks and listened to Kenny Loggins in concert and enjoyed the beautiful evening. Grandma took the girls home almost 2 hours past their bedtime, so that Brian and I could stay and enjoy the AMAZING fireworks display. Not only were the fireworks one of the best I've seen, but I was pleased at how well the girls did staying up so late! Here are some pictures from Saturday!

Auntie Aubrey and Macy

Our friend Stacy, enjoying time with Sadie

Macy climbed into her stroller herself a relaxed while waving and saying "hi" to everyone who passed by!

Mommy and Sadie relaxing to the music

Sadie

Macy

Daddy and Macy

Daddy and Sadie

Macy hoping to get another taste of Daddy's margarita!

Macy Moo with her cute hairdoo!

Sunday we had another packed day with a 4th of July party, where the girls enjoyed swimming in the baby pool and trying out the slip n slide! And then to end the weekend, on Monday, we went to the Ostrander parade with the Shegog/Mallett families! This has become an annual tradition and we took the girls when they were tiny babies last year! Despite the heat, they seemed to enjoy themselves much more this year!

Daddy and his girls waiting for the parade
Two cool chicks, watching the parade!

So, after our exhausting and fun weekend, we're laying low this week and trying to stay out of the heat! We look forward to seeing the Minnesota crew next week, as our summer adventures continue!!

Daddy starts them early...

We all know that Brian spends an extraordinary amount of time on the golf course! Well, of course he's hoping for some golfing girls. So, why not start them out early? Here are my mini-golfers, hanging out on the putting green of our club...
Sadie found two golf balls...

Macy looking for a hole...

Hurry up Macy!

Daddy shows Sadie what to do...

More pictures to come from our fabulous few days of Fourth of July fun!

We've been enjoying summer in Ohio! We've been going to the pool a lot and while it's a blast, it's an awful lot of work for me! Here are a few pictures of my bathing beauties...


Sadie
Macy

The Memorial Tournament (PGA golf) is one of our favorite weeks of the year. Now that we are in our new house, we are close enough to walk over to all the action! On Wednesday of the tournament, there is a "skins game" and it's a great day for kids to go and catch some golf, before the serious matches begin. We brought the girls out and while it was hot and sweaty, it was a lot of fun!

One last picture of Sadie and Bogey