Well, my last blog left off just before 4th of July...so that's where I'll pick back up again. We've had a tradition in our families for about 4 years now that we all go to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert at Greenfield Village. What a show! It's outdoors, about 5,000 people come each year (sold out!) and we bring food and blankets and listen to the great music and fireworks. We all just love going. Emma enjoys the music and just being outside and this year, being his first, Bradlee enjoyed it as well! He wasn't afraid of the fireworks or canons, which was definitely a bonus for us, and we all had a great time!!! Here are some pictures of my "All-American Babies"!
The same weekend, Tony's friend, Steve, from Florida was up here visiting his parents with his daughter, Kaiya. Emma and Kaiya have gotten to know each other through visits and such and whenever they get together, it's like they had just seen each other the day before! Kaiya's grandparents, who live in Flushing, threw Kaiya a birthday party (she turns 5 on the 22nd) while they were here in town, so we all went over to celebrate...here's a picture of the birthday girl and Emma!
Later that week, there was a free concert and ice cream social at the Flint Public Library, so Tony and the kids and I all met my parents there for another outdoor concert! It was the same day Emma got her new glasses to attempt to correct her eyes crossing. They look so good on her! Here's a picture of her in her new glasses and a picture of her and her baby brother "rascaling" (wrestling!)!!!
On Friday of that week, July 10th, we helped our friend and Emma's godfather, Paul, move to a new house! He is a priest and moved from the rectory at a parish to a house, since he his new assignment is as a chaplain at two local hospitals! His house is very cute and perfect for him! Emma's first observation was that he needed better toys for her and Bradlee to play with...one of my jobs was to get all of Paul's Dicken's Village figures out of their boxes and into a cabinet. As you can see, Bradlee decided he wanted to "help" me on this!!! He crawled into the cabinet on his own and was loving just sitting there!!! Emma and Uncle Paul enjoyed a book together (I think it was called something like "Jesus and the 12 Dudes Who Did") before we headed home.
Last Saturday, we heard that Santa (yes, Santa) was going to be at Bronner's in Frankenmuth doing some summer vacation shopping. We went to Bronner's and found him and Mrs. Claus shopping and eating!! Emma loved seeing their red and white flower shirts and couldn't believe that they were wearing shorts!! (Obviously, they changed after they left the North Pole!)!! Emma's also been enjoying a few music classes at the Flint Institute of Music, and this past week was based on "Egypt"...so she just HAD to get a picture taken with the camel, since there are camels (with humps) in Egypt!!!
This weekend I helped my sister, Kathi, get her apartment packed up to move. She got a new job as a speech therapist at Beaumont-Troy. My dad, in case you didn't know, also got a new job with an insurance company in Lansing. He starts tomorrow and is excited to be starting something new, but sad to be leaving his "semi-retirement" state...my Mom is THRILLED! LOL
Well, I promise it won't be so long until I write again...shorter notes are better for me, too!! Hope you all have a great week! :)
