Cousin pix

Just a couple pictures of all the cousins on Steve's side of the family. They are all growing up way too fast!

Cousins 😁

We have had quite a bit of family in town over the last couple of weeks. I'm so thankful that each of my kids has at least one cousin their age that they can play with. Actually, Alaina is the only girl cousin so Jorie is thrilled when she comes out with big brother, Darren. They usually stay with us for one week each summer. All of our cousins except for Elliott live out of town so it's always fun to get together with them. 😀

New family member

So if you didn't know; we added a new member to our family this past July. Steve and I had been planning it for a while and keeping it a secret from the kids. They had absolutely no clue when we brought them all out to the backyard in early July to reveal the surprise. The kids decided to name her Zoe. She is a mini golden-doodle. Her dad is a mini poodle and her mom is a golden retriever. She is just so sweet and super smart. She is fitting into our family just fine so far. Although training a puppy has been a LOT of work. Our last experience with a dog was Ryan's service dog and she came FULLY trained. She was amazing. I have removed most of our throw rugs in the house and we try to keep her on the hard floors as it's much easier to clean if she should have an accident.