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Well, hello there! We are back from a lovely, extended vacation and while I am happy to be home, I am not happy to be back to our daily routine. It's a bit tedious after all of our fun in the sun last week. Add to that the fact that all 3 children are some degree of sick right now and you've got yourself a total buzz kill. So let's not talk about that right now, mmkay?

Last week was fantastic!! We went to Ocean City, Maryland for a week with my parents, my brother & his two youngest kids. We also made a stop at my bro-in-law's place in Delaware for a little shindig & more family time. Sadly, our camera pooped out a few days in so I resorted to buying 2 disposable cameras (wow, digital is SO much more forgiving of my photography skills). So I won't have much to post in the way of photos but let me see what I can do. We did get pics taken by these photographers that do photos on the beach and then you can purchase them in these little telescope-type key chain things. I'm not sure my description is a good one so in case you haven't heard of them, here's a link to their website. You can also buy regular photo sheets & I think I can scan a couple of those that we ended up buying. They were initially pricey but we got a decent deal ($4.99/sheet) and it was worth it given my camera situation.

Then it was on to Mike's brother's house for a party & more family fun. The kids did great and we had so much fun. The beach is certainly alot more work with kids but luckily all 3 of ours LOVE the beach so we just have to haul a metric ton of stuff & we are all set.

We had so much fun that everyone was pretty much exhausted by the end of it! I actually was not as tired as I thought I would be. I think being around everyone really energized me. I was super tired the morning after the party at Mike's brothers house. The kids went to bed early and without a fuss so Mike & I were actually able to hang out with adults, have some drinks, sing songs & laugh until about 2am.

Now for the sick updates: Liam started to seem under the weather last Thursday, had a fever on Saturday and now appears to have allergy-type symptoms only. Michael spiked a high fever late Tuesday night, slept the day away yesterday and is back to normal today. Chloe had a rough night last night, fever and fussy. I guess it is maybe some sort of summer virus? No rashes for any of them, no blisters in the mouth...I am just keeping an eye on everyone & hoping to be in the clear for a play date tomorrow. Yesterday was miserable because all 3 kids were tired and fussy. There just wasn't enough of mommy to go around!! I am hoping that we can return to healthy status ASAP.

Well, that does it for now...