Trash Day.

Who are these people that only have one bag of trash out at the curb on trash day?!

Michigan!

We love Michigan. (we especially love it when it is 107 degrees in St. Louis!) Two weeks ago we took our first family vacation with the girls. I am a little embarrassed to say that pjw and I have been on several vacations without the girls these last 3 years, but this was our first real trip with Chaney and Keaton in tow. Chaney talked about it for weeks, "vacation yet mama?" "How many more sleeps until vacation mama?" Finally the day came and we set out on our 7 hour drive to South Haven, Michigan. Yes, I was dreading this drive, the girls have been known to be bad travlers..BUT, turns out the newly purchased over-the-headrest video screens were well worth the investment-the girls did great! Not one peep from the backseat as long as we had Lady & the Tramp, Rio, Princess in the Frog, etc running on loop. In Michigan we met up with two of PJWs college friends and their families. The Dirksens and the Krases. We had 6 adults and 6 kids. This was our first real experience with group parenting and it is awesome. Between the extra adults and the Dirksen girls (Molly 12, Maddie 9, Mia 5) parenting was easy-peasy! We had a great house just across the street from the beach. We went to the beach every day, cooked in every night, roasted smores in the fire pit and even got off a few fireworks. The girls had a blast. Patrick and I had a blast. Some pictures from the trip...

Chaney Loves Keaton (and vise versa)

Best Friends...can't you tell by this picture? (more from our trip to Michigan coming soon...)