From 0 to 2!

Yes I know that A LOT has happened since I last posted and I do not plan on letting that happen again.  We finally got internet at the cottage approximately 2 weeks ago!!!  One doesn't realize how much they depend on the internet until they must go without.  :-)  So as not to make for too long of a post (for anyone out there who may actually be reading this) I shall try to break up the past 6 weeks.

We had been waiting to move into the cottage until 1. We had blinds, and 2. We had internet/cable.  We were originally anticipating serving kids by July 19th but due to some circumstances we moved the date up one week to take them on July 12th.  The blinds were installed on Friday, July 9th, we moved in on Saturday July 10th, and that Monday became the parents to 2 boys- AB, age 6, and JB, age 11. 

They are such sweet, well mannered, and well behaved boys that it made our transition into the parenting world a smooth one.  We still had 4 weeks of summer to go before school would start so we "invested" in some $3 water guns and a $10 blow up kiddie pool from Walmart.  They love playing outside and especially ganging up on Mr. Mike.  We have also done what any responsible parent would do and introduced them to The A-Team.  We started out with Season 1 Episode 1 and are working our way through.  We were watching an episode a day before school started.  We're now stuck in the middle of Season 2 until we can find some free time.

We are so thankful that we were able to spend a lot of one on one time with them as well as having about a month to adjust to this new role before we accepted more children.   Here are some of our summer highlights:

Gatti Town for Homes of Hope for Children Night

Hattiesburg Zoo & Picnic

They LOVE puzzles!

Who doesn't love a good Silly String fight? (Until having to clean it up)