Cousins!

What makes the 7-hour drive and 2-hour ferry worth it?!? Getting to see the family and hang out with the cousins! In the midst of visiting, we potty-trained Sloan & Lincoln... So included (to commemorate the occasion) is a picture of the kids in the bathroom. We spent quite a bit of time in the bathroom... more than we anticipated. Gratefully, we were able to borrow a small potty because who thought through them going at the same time?! I didn't (for which I have a picture of both Sloan & Lincoln sitting on the potty at the same time. Mind you, Lincoln in front.... I didn't post it for fear of getting turned into child services! lol).

The twins get baptized

On Sunday, July 5th, Sloan & Lincoln were baptized. It was special for Chris & I as it was in the same church as Tiernan's baptism. The same pastor that officiated Tiernan's also did the twins so that was neat. He's known us & the family. The church even got the kids cake for after the service. The kids were (obviously) thrilled at eating cake before lunch! We had brunch at the house to continue to celebrate the Sloan & Lincoln.

July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July! We've celebrated our 4th on Beaver Island for the last 10 years... Each year has brought changes with cousins getting together, missing the ones that couldn't be there and the meeting of new cousins. It's been fun to watch the changes over the years. Next year's picture will have "quatro" in it! We told "Nina", "Poppa" and the rest of family that we were expecting #4 (aka quatro) with a poem (First came number 1, then 2 and 3, now we'll see what number 4 will be!) and a mixed bag of blue M&Ms (with almonds inside) and pink M&Ms.