July, fun Grandma visit

 Fishing for colors :)

 Andrew and Evie got to go to the Partners in Medicine meeting with me. They had babysitting for 2 hours! They had a good time.

 Went blueberry picking. The kids had so much fun! They picked a big bucket full and Evie ate a ton off the bush.

Andrew learned how to play hopscotch. He is getting pretty good at hopping on one foot. He has also been potty trained for a couple weeks!

 Went to a fun playdate at the life flight helicopter building at the medical center. Kids had fun but they wouldn't let the kids go inside so they were really upset about that.

 My mom and Gram were able to come for a week visit! It was so fun to have them here. Brandon's been on a super hard schedule where he has to work 7 days a week for the next month before he gets a day off. Nice to have some company and the kids love it when Grandma comes. Gram had her birthday here so the kids had fun eating cake! 

We went to chocolate world! The kids could go there every day; they love it :)

 We went to the cutest butterfly garden at Hershey Gardens. There were hundreds of huge beautiful butterflies. The kids loved it! They would fly right up to them and even land on our heads. Was super cool.

 Andrew's favorite was the musical squares. Every time you jump it chimes. He played on that for a while.

Sad Grandma and Gram go home today. But it was a really fun visit! 

 This is my fun new table! I got a $20 little table from craigslist and painted and stenciled it. It was so fun!

 

 Spray painted the wood bookcase to match the other furniture. Looks so cute now :)

The kids table was getting really worn so I sanded it and painted it blue. Furniture updating may be my new favorite hobby, haha.

First week of residency

Found a box the previous owner left that is huge! It is also super strong so it served as a great slide off the picnic table. Kids had a lot of fun!

 The slide also made a great tunnel!

 Andrew just loves any character he can meet. We saw hershey kiss today. Evie actually went up and said hi too.

 Evie got a new Steelers cheerleader outfit; she loves getting new clothes haha.

 Layla's old swing broke so she got spoiled and got to get a princess swing.

 We had a fun tea party outside. Tea parties are Evie's favorite. She loves sunflower seeds in the tea cups. Andrew was sleeping way too long from a nap so I brought him outside and he still slept on the blanket haha. He has stopped napping except for random days once in a while so that has been a tough transition. He gets really hyper and crazy the more tired he gets throughout the day and loves to drive Evie crazy by taking her things.

 Layla is just the happiest little baby

 Andrew got tired of us and went to sleep on the cement, haha

 

We found a great new park with a huge metal slide the kids loved! 

 Kids got spoiled and got to ride the little dinky rides at the store. Also won one of the little minions from despicable me from the claw machine. The kids love those minion things.

 For the 4th of July we went to a concert at the hershey hospital where Brandon works. They do a free symphony concert with free ice cream! The kids had a lot of fun though they didn't sit and listen much just ran around like crazy guys.

 Layla is big enough for the jumper now. She has the cutest little face and expressions. Just a sweet little thing.

 Layla Laughing 

    We made it through the first full week of Brandon's new work schedule. He goes in at 5 am and gets home around 7:30pm so it's a really long day for both of us. I've had a hard time trying to get used to it so last week was rough. The kids started fighting over everything and with Andrew not napping he gets so crazy! So I have been exhausted. But hopefully every body can get used the new routine and things settle down a little.
    There is a cool group here called PIM (partners in medicine) where spouse's of the residents get together and do fun things. It starts this upcoming week so I'm going to sign up and be a part of that. Hopefully that helps us make a few more friends! I've been pretty discouraged trying to make new friends so far but hopefully this group helps. I am just so awkward at first and never have enough to say! Small talk is not my thing haha. Oh well I can only keep trying. I got a calling in young women's to help the girls with their teaching every week. There are only 6 girls in the whole young women's so it's not too stressful which is nice. They are really great girls :)