Emma is FOUR!

Happy Birthday to our sweet Emma Jane who turned FOUR July 31st! It's hard to imagine where the time has gone....but she is the sweetest most enthusiastic little girl and we love her so much!

We've had a great month of July! Of course we started the month with Canada Day in Toronto with the Barratt clan and then enjoyed the Fourth of July in Columbus with the Duche clan. The girls loved swimming, fireworks, parades, and playing with cousins this month!

We also enjoyed a trip to St. Pete Beach and spent time with cousin Nicholas and Aunt Kathryn and Uncle Mark. The girls stayed at the beach from sun up to sun down. They even played at the ocean in the rain one day...but loved every minute of it!

We had some fun days at the aquarium, library, pool days, and park days! We even saw a wonderful play Alladin Jr put on by kids!

But of coarse, we've talked all about Emma's big birthday and she enjoyed her special day with family and friends celebrating at her favorite summer place...the pool with an Ariel Birthday Cake!

Now it's back to school....how quickly time flies!! Emma will be in Pre K, next door to mommy's classroom and Kate will be down the hall! Looking forward to the new adventure!

Lots of Love to you all,

Amy, Mike, and the girls

June!!!

We had a great and very busy month of June! We had campouts, visited the Butterfly Gardens for Father's Day.....we also continued and enjoyed swim lessons (the girls are pros now!). The highlight of our month was traveling to Toronto to see the whole Barratt Family. The girls met their cousins for the first time and played in their pond catching frogs for hours! We had a fabulous stay and enjoyed Canada Day with the whole clan!!! We hope to get back again soon! We also enjoyed our time in Columbus for July Fourth. The parade was an Ohio State theme this year (imagine that), and the fireworks were amazing!!!

Mike continues being VERY busy with work and school but balances everything like a pro! And he is so excited that he is HALF WAY done with his MBA program. I continue to get my new pre k room set up at the girls' school...and I am really looking forward to that new adventure!!!

Enjoy some photos and videos from our adventures this month! Hope summer is treatinig you all well!

Lots of Love,

The Barratt Family