Surprise Trip to Maine

We received an invitation to a surprise party for Memere's (Jim's mom, Pat) retirement from working in Human Services for 42 years (THAT deserves a huge round of applause!). We decided to do some surprising of our own, and surprise Memere at her surprise party! I think we did a good job, she had no idea we were coming...nor did she have any idea we planned on staying for a week!!! Haha! Surprise! Jim had to head back home the day after the party, so I stayed up in Maine with the girls, and man oh man did we have a great time! Memere called in "sick" to work the whole week we were there (funny thing is, she really DID get sick while we were there), and we hit the beach, Palace Playland, Jokers and just had an all around great time hanging out with Memere and Pepere! Our girls are so blessed to have two sets of amazing grandparents, who are both in love with our kids, as well as with each other, which serves as a great model for our children. Thank you Memere and Pepere for rolling with our surprise, and showing us girls a fabulous week, we were sad to leave! Enjoy the pics! There are some super cute ones in there!

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Independence Day Weekend

We went up to Wintergreen for July Fourth again this year, since last year we had a blast. Nanne and Grampa came up with us, and we had a great couple days listening to the bands, browsing the craft show, swimming at the lake and watching the amazing fireworks. It is by far the best place we have been to celebrate July Fourth! We really enjoy it up there at that time of year! Enjoy the pics!

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Emmy Gets Glasses

Emmy started to have a lazy eye around 15 months in her left eye. We were referred to the Eye Doctor, and she said that Emmy is about twice as farsighted as what is normal in kids. Her left eye, which is the one we noticed would turn in, is weaker as far as her sight, but there are not muscle or nerve issues. So, the Dr. said that Emmy would probably end up in glasses at some point in the near future, but she had seemed to be straightening her left eye out ok when we were at the Dr. But, after a couple weeks, she was still not able to keep it straightened out, especially when she was tired, so we went ahead and got glasses for her. She does ok with them, but she takes them off in the car all the time and when she eats, but we do find her without them fairly often and have to send her searching for them. Enjoy the pics!