The Camp Family: Catching Up

I feel like that is all we have been doing around here lately. We have been in and out of town and with me trying to learn how to balance monogramming and running a household, there has been a lot of catch up on! And obviously the blog has taken a back seat for the summer (and part of the the fall). But here are a few highlights from the rest of our summer

The Gaureke's came to visit

We went and visited Danette and her family for spring break, and they were moving back to Viriginia this summer and came to visit us in there two weeks in between leaving Chicago and moving into their new house. Danette also babysat for the Cunningham girls we were were little, so there are quite a few pictures of the four of us growing up.

Here are Dannette's "Tennessee kids" (as she calls me, Tee, Grace Ann, & Molly) with her kids & my kids on the 4th of July. From left to right: Me, Emalyn, Brooke, Grace Ann, Maddie, Molly, Tee & Austin.

The girls loving on Bebe.

My girls adore "Miss Caroline;" Uncle Tee would have a lot of explaining to do to my girls if they ever break up. :)

Maddie with "silly Uncle Tee" as she calls him.

It was Brooke's 7th Birthday while they were here, so the girls went to Divas & Dudes to celebrate.

Maddie getting her "pedicare" as she calls it.

And getting their finger nails done...

And last but not least they got their hair done. What a special day!

Maddie turned 4!

Hope to post a longer entry in the next few days, but this is at least a sneak peak!

Playing

The girls had lots of fun having picnics for lunch and doing each others hair! (Notice that Maddie is still wearing her 4 year old crown!)

Weekend with the Bruces
The end of August, we met the Bruces, the Agnews, and the Bernsteins at Katie's parents lake house. It was so nice to get away for a quick trip and get to catch up! Although Emalyn is not the best sleeper when is not in her room at home, so after I let her scream it out for 30 mins, I got her back up thinking she would fall asleep in one of our arms...oh no, I should have known better. She was still going strong at 11:00, running around loving being the center of attention! We put her in bed with us for the night, only for me to totally forget she was laying on top of me when I heard Maddie start crying in the other room. So of course I sat up to go get Maddie, and in the process, rolled Emalyn off of the bed. So at 4 am, I am not sound asleep cozy in my bed but in the bathroom trying to check Emalyn's pupils to make sure she did have a concussion! Oh, the joys of parenthood!
I will definitely get in a lake but don't love not knowing what is swimming under me. So it was great that they had a pool!