Good quality family time!

Maren:
This last week has been lots and lots of fun with all kinds of special things going on.  We celebrated Father's Day on Sunday and had a really nice barbeque for daddy.  Mommy and I dressed up in nice summer dresses for him and put flowers in our hair.  It was a nice relaxing day making daddy feel super special.
I also got to go visit my good buddy Jace at his house.  In between fighting (we duked it out pretty good a couple of times) we had lots of fun playing.  I tried on his firefighter costume and we ran a few calls and we also played out in the yard a lot.  Baby Bella got a new water table for her birthday and Jace and I tried soaking our feet in it!  It wasn't easy but we had fun trying! 
Then on Friday we headed over to the coast for a few days.  It was really getting hot at home (104 degrees +) so it was nice to be at the beach.  Once again we had two perfect days... not to hot, just a bit overcast, and absolutely NO wind!  We had lots and lots of fun playing in the water, roasting hot dogs over the fire, and I helped build a really big sand castle.  Mommy and daddy forgot just about everything but me and baby brother (no kite, no sand toys) but we had a great time anyway!

Maddox: (21 weeks)
I just keep getting cuter and cuter every day!  I am making lots of new noises with my voice... mommy's favorite is when I growl at her!  I seem to do that when I am super sleepy and she just eats it up! 
We took another nice trip to the beach this weekend and I really enjoyed myself.  I really liked watching sissy play in the water and the sand... I can't wait to do it with her someday!  Every time mommy set me down in the sand I would grab handfuls to try and put in my mouth so that didn't last very long.  I didn't sleep very well while we were there though so mommy and daddy came home a bit more tired than they left.  My poor sleeping habits carried over to home and then a few days later my first tooth popped through and mommy figured it all out.  The day after the first tooth I got a second one and since they have made their appearance I am back to sleeping like a champ!