Sorry for the silence

After Maelyn's birthday we went into summer mode and were getting ready to leave home for a whole month. That's right, we road tripped it from CO to NY. 1 minivan, 2 adults, 3 kids, 1 dog, and then spent 4 weeks there. We spent three weeks at Tim's grandmother's lake house on Cayuga Lake. The first two weeks were family time for us. It was great to have time just the 5 of us, enjoying our favorite place and feeling so normal! I realized that, for the first time in two years, we were able to finally have real family time. Time away from home, away from doctors, away from work, and it felt so good! We had so much fun having the kids experience the things we love. The lake, fishing, kayaking, boating, exploring the trees and the gully. They loved it too. We got to have some days with grandparents too which was fun! The third week were at the lake was the 4th holiday and was filled with family and extra fun! The kids got to spend time with cousins and loved having so many 'friends' around! The last week we were at my parents house. My sister and her family surprised us by flying in for the weekend! So we got to see all of our family, it was incredible. We were so blessed by seeing our kids with not only their grandparents but all of their cousins and all of their aunts and uncles, and both of their great grandmothers. Plus all of the other friends and family who came out to see us. It was an amazing trip. It was so great, but after 4 weeks away we were all ready to come home. The boys really missed their toys. I really missed my bed. The whole (very long) ride home we kept telling the boys to hang in there because we are headed home! And they were so happy to be home! They destroyed their play room as soon as they woke up (we got home around midnight). So we have been home for a week. We all came home with a cold, which has made adjusting to the time difference, catching up on sleep and getting back into normal routine hard. But it feels really good to be home! (Even though we miss being at the lake.)