Family time

The boys had a great time in Iowa visiting family. Elijah and Sammy even got an entire day and night with Grammie and Gramps!



Elijah fell in love with the lake. He loved "swimming" (wading/kicking/splashing).



It is so much fun to see our boys bonding with my dad and stepmom and other family members, as well. I think it's so important for them to feel love from not just us, but other people, too.



It took Sammy a while to warm up, but it happened! He did great without Dan or I there at all on that last day.



Elijah has made great strides with potty training, even on vacation. Granted, we have had our share of accidents, but we are getting closer. I refuse to put diapers back on him (except at night), so we are getting accustomed to cleaning up our share of messes.



Now we are back at home and attempting to get back into a routine. I reached a bit of a breaking point this week as far as having a bit too much on my plate. It gets really tough during these summer months when Dan works most of the time. Add to that some post-surgery stress, a full-time job, two blogs, photography and miscellaneous and....you have one burnt-out mama. Plans are in the works to alleviate some of this..



That's about all we know for now! School starts in a few weeks, but we have a lot of fun stuff on our schedule before then.



Sorry for the lack of posts lately and thanks for checking in!