As you may know

I've been a non-existent blogger except for a few picture overloads.  I also have the last 4 weeks to upload.  I don't want to bore anyone with details, but I do want to know what we've been doing when I look back on this year.  Like everyone else in the US, July is a busy month full of bbques, fireworks and outdoors.  We added a wedding reception, 4 family reunions, a new niece, met two new nephews, played with cousins galore, and tried to ignore the fact that we should be sleeping a little more than we have been.  Here are a few pictures of our family visits leading up to the 4th.  We were lucky enough to get to visit with Jer's sister Margaret and her 4 kids.  Diane was able to come down too with her 8 (now 9 as of three days ago!  Yay!), which I'm grateful for.  A little later we got to visit with Jer's sister Mary and her 7 kids. And Amy with her 4.  Becca also came up when work would let her with her 2.  I got to hold and get peed and pooped on several occasions by my cute little nephew Cyrus. And we very much enjoyed Jim and Judy's pool in this really hot summer time.

Isn't this little Maisy absolutely gorgeous!  (And Emily, I think she looks a little like your Sophie too, don't you?)

Making Mickey Mouse cookies with Grandpa