This was the first year that we did Christmas cookies together as a family. It was so much fun we will start making it a Christmas tradition. Not only was the cookie decorating fun, the cookies were also very delicious!!
Nora's decorating skills were very impressive Gretchen tried very hard, but decided that eating them would be much more fun!
Back in July we took what has become our annual Longest Family Vacation to the cottage! We had so much fun. It is always such a relaxing and fun week for the entire family. Playing in the water, boating, running, tubing, wakeboarding, etc, etc. I had a very hard time picking out the pictures to post, so I have posted A LOT!! Enjoy! SMORES! Sleeping in a big girl bed! Playing in the water Enjoying a snack Playing Hide and Seek Driving the boat with daddy Time to wakeboard Tubing! Daddy caught a turtle! Watching it swim away! More Wakeboarding! Fishing time! Sisterly Love Swimming with Mommy
Hey everyone! I hope that this finds you all happy and healthy. We are happy here at the Longest household, just not too healthy. The girls have been fighting a cold for about 2 weeks if not longer. I had strep a little over a month ago and Matt has been having issues with his feet and legs again! Man, I cannot wait for spring to get here!!! On a happier note, the girls are getting so big. As I posted in a previous blog, Nora is the average height of a 5 year old, and Gretchen is the average height of a 9 month old (that was at her 6 month check up). Gretchen will be 7 months old in just a few days and she has 2 teeth poking through on the bottom! I can't believe that she is big enough to have teeth! Speaking of teeth, Nora went with me to the dentist today, in preparation for her first dental visit in April. She was so curious and I think that she is going to do great! Nora is also becoming very clutzy! I think that has to do with how fast she is growing, that and being cooped up...
I can't believe that it is already June 10. I feel like I blink and the day is over. So far this summer we are having a lot of fun. The really sad part is that we have been so busy, we haven't even been able to make it out to the family cottage, which we usually 'live' at during the summer! Nora keeps asking when we are taking our vacation to the cottage, which we started last year and had soooo much fun that we are hoping GiGi will let us vacation there every year! I made the mistake of telling her that we aren't taking our vacation until towards the end of the summer, so now she keeps asking "when is the end of summer coming, I want to go on vacation!" Well, I don't know about you, but I am not ready for the summer to end!! Things have been going pretty good for the family. Both Matt and I continue to be very busy with work, which is a wonderful thing. Luckily for me, I only work 3 days a week, so I get to be home with the girls a lot! Matt ...
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