Once again, we had a very crazy and chaotic, yet really fun summer in the States. After travelling to Italy and Florida, we camped out with family for most of the rest of the summer in Michigan with a few weekend trips here and there. During our first weekend, we went out to Chicago to visit our good friends, Liz and Mike, and their daughter, Evie. The girls had a nice time at the zoo and also enjoyed playing with the baby and the dog. The next weekend, we also flew out to New York City so see our college buddy, Dave. Here we spent late nights out catching up and seeing some Broadway shows. Justin surprised me with tickets to Annie the first night, and then we experienced Wicked the second night. Both were incredible. We ended the trip with some karaoke in Atlantic City.
While in Michigan, the girls LOVED all of the time that they had with their cousins. Kaelia especially bonded with Jacob while Taelyn was attached to Jayden every moment he was around. She adores him and had such a special time when they were together. Lots of cousin time was spent in Canada at the cottage where the kids played and swam all day long. One day, they were at the beach for five hours! Taelyn perfected her swimming by diving in and out of the water like Ariel, and she even had the courage to ask her daddy to through her up in the air and land in the water. Kaelia loved playing in the sand for hours.
We also took quite a few trips to the mall this summer for the girls to play in some of their "Michigan favorites." The ferris wheel, food court, Jeepers amusement center, and the Disney Store were all on the list. Another highlight was Cooks Dairy Farm where the girls got to pet and feed some cows and pigs. Kaelia experienced what it was like to get kissed by a cow while Taelyn was convinced that the pigs were going to eat her.
The girls also had a wonderful time with their grandparents and aunts and uncles. They got to go swimming at the wave pool with Uncle Joel and Grandma and Grandpa Pepera, and they had lots of snuggle reading time with Grandma and Grandpa Walker. We spent a couple of days with Uncle Matty and Aunt Brandy as well, and they had plenty of visits from Aunt Katie throughout the summer. We all had a great time with friends and family while the girls also got to freshen up on their American culture - especially the food. The girls are now obsessed with mac and cheese and Lucky Charms!
While in Michigan, the girls LOVED all of the time that they had with their cousins. Kaelia especially bonded with Jacob while Taelyn was attached to Jayden every moment he was around. She adores him and had such a special time when they were together. Lots of cousin time was spent in Canada at the cottage where the kids played and swam all day long. One day, they were at the beach for five hours! Taelyn perfected her swimming by diving in and out of the water like Ariel, and she even had the courage to ask her daddy to through her up in the air and land in the water. Kaelia loved playing in the sand for hours.
We also took quite a few trips to the mall this summer for the girls to play in some of their "Michigan favorites." The ferris wheel, food court, Jeepers amusement center, and the Disney Store were all on the list. Another highlight was Cooks Dairy Farm where the girls got to pet and feed some cows and pigs. Kaelia experienced what it was like to get kissed by a cow while Taelyn was convinced that the pigs were going to eat her.
The girls also had a wonderful time with their grandparents and aunts and uncles. They got to go swimming at the wave pool with Uncle Joel and Grandma and Grandpa Pepera, and they had lots of snuggle reading time with Grandma and Grandpa Walker. We spent a couple of days with Uncle Matty and Aunt Brandy as well, and they had plenty of visits from Aunt Katie throughout the summer. We all had a great time with friends and family while the girls also got to freshen up on their American culture - especially the food. The girls are now obsessed with mac and cheese and Lucky Charms!
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