Camping

Brad took the boys camping this weekend with his father, brother and nephew. It was the annual "Wunderly Men Camping Trip". They all had a great time. They used Poppie's canoe, swam and played at the beach, went "off roading" with their bikes and ran around with their sticks!
A great time was had by all and now I am so happy to have all my boys home :)

Morris Arboretum

The boys and I went to my parents' house today for a short visit. Mom and I took the boys to Morris Arboretum to check out the beautiful flowers, trees and displays. They had a giant robin's nest with giant blue eggs, an amazing miniature train display and we went into a cabin built in 1908! The weather could have been better, but luckily mom was prepared with ponchos for everyone! It was a very nice day :)

PA Lighthouse Families

We had the honor of meeting fellow adoptive families from our area that are using our adoption agency. Kathy, holding cute as a button Claire, was kind enough to invite us all over to meet. Claire was adopted from Russia 2 1/2 years ago and is doing great! She is so full of energy and loved entertaining us :)
Anna and Gary and Yuki and Scott are in the process just like us. It was so nice to meet them, share stories and get advice. It is so nice to know people going through the same stressful (yet hopeful) experience. Anna and Gary just got back from their first trip meeting their baby boy and I'm sure I'll be picking their brains. We had a very nice time and look forward to years of get togethers with our little Russian children!!!

Family Birthday Party

We had a fabulous weekend celebrating Nate and Aidan's summer birthdays with family. Nate turned 9 on May 31st and Aidan turns 7 on August 9th. We decided to have a joint party with family in the middle of the summer. The weather ended up cooperating and the kids had a blast swimming and enjoying the hot tub! The boys were especially happy to see their cousins, Ryan and Emma, who came up from Virginia for the weekend. Mom mom, Pop-pop, Denise, Andy, Todd, Stephanie, Michelle, Lisa, Christopher, Mimi and Poppie were all there. My friend Jennifer came over also with her kids, Isabelle and Joey. It was so nice for Emma to have a girl there to play with! Brad is a little sore today from all the water lifts (see pictures below)! The only person I don't have a picture of to share is my sister, Michelle. Sorry, Michelle! I don't think you want me posting the one pic I took :) Anyway, great weekend and now it's time to relax. Enjoy the pictures! Some are worth clicking on to see their funny faces!

The boys decorated their own batch of cupcakes. They turned out so cute and colorful! Here are Nate's!

Aidan and his beautiful cupcakes!

Andy, Dad, Mom, and Denise

Wunderly men

Emma

Aidan

Nate

Aidan

Isabelle

Ryan

Emma

These kids have a rough life :)

Christopher and Lisa

Mom mom and Pop-Pop

Aidan and Nate getting ready to blow out their candles!

Todd and Stephanie

Mimi and Poppie enjoying some quiet time in the hot tub :)

Ryan still in the air!

Aidan having fun in his new raft from Aunt Denise and Uncle Andy.

Nate enjoying his new raft!

Emma and Isabelle got along great!

Todd and Emma

4th of July

Happy belated 4th of July! This year we went camping with 9 other families from our neighborhood! That's right... a lot of people :) We went up to our neighbor, Claudine's, parents' house in northern PA. They have about 16 acres with a pond. The kids had a blast and were busy fishing, swimming, rowing, visiting a neighboring farm, and just running all around. We ate well which made up for all the mud! It had rained the night before and a little the day we got there, which made for very muddy conditions. Thankfully I was prepared with 2 pairs of old sneakers for everyone! We had a small fireworks display and big bonfire. It was a very fun weekend! I'll leave you with some pictures...

This is our neighbors' RV... they were "glamping", not camping!



My little buddy, Meghan!

Nate loved the boats and that's pretty much what he did most of the time.


Nate giving Mommy a little ride!




Warming up after a rain shower!


I love this picture of Nate and Tyler. They look like little Native American boys running through the forest with their spears!