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Our last day in MD was pretty hectic for me.  I was doing laundry, gathering all of the girls toys, packing our bags and trying to see as many people as possible to say goodbye.  We got some yummy Chipotle as my last meal in MD.  Aunt Terry, Chelsea, and Mimi(Mr. Kevin's mom) came over to join us.  It was a nice evening, full of laughs.  Riley and Hadley were, as usual, pure entertainment!  They definitely miss everyone!!

The girls and I went with some of my friends to Clark's Elioak Farm in Ellicott City.  Riley had a blast feeding the goats.  Hadley on the other was totally freaked out by all the animals, especially when they "talked."  We enjoyed a fun hayride through the farm and enchanted forest.  The girls enjoyed their first hayride.  After all the rainy days we experienced while in MD, this day was absolutely beautiful and perfect!  I'm glad we got to spend time at the farm with some good friends!  Above is Toni and Hadley.   Below is Toni and her little boy, Harry. My friend Dave, his wife, Lisa, their little girl, Lil and new baby boy, David is in the carrier.

One of the new things the girls fell in love with was putting together puzzles.  My mom had a ballerina puzzle and an undersea puzzle that Riley and Hadley had a blast putting together with her.  I was really impressed at how well Hadley did putting together the puzzles.  Riley was awesome at it too, but that was no surprise to me!  Riley enjoyed the ballerina puzzle and Hadley liked the undersea puzzle because of all the fishy!  My mom, full of patience, did both puzzles at the same time with the girls.   Can you tell that Riley didn't want to look at me and smile?!?

My dad and Miss Kathy had a family get together while we were visiting.  We got to hang out with some of my cousins, their kids, aunts and uncles.  It was good to see everyone and nice of them to come over to see us.  Dad and Miss Kathy had ribs and wings from Outback, along with hot dogs and burgers.  It was fun to see all the kids playing together.  It still boggles my mind that now at family functions all of the cousins, who use to be little, now all have kids of their own.  My, how the times change!   My dad wanted a picture with all of his granddaughters.  Unfortunately we waited until the party was almost over, so the results were not so hot!  Hadley wanted nothing at all to do with pictures and the rest of the girls didn't really care to smile either!  Here's what I got!

As I mentioned before, my Aunt Kathy came into town to visit while we were in MD.  It's always good to see her!  The girls loved her, especially at bath time.  Aunt Kathy would make bubble from a bar of soap and the bath water with her hands.  Riley & Hadley didn't want to get out of the tub, they just wanted more bubbles.   One of the evenings that Aunt Kathy came over for dinner, Trey & I went out to dinner, just the two of us!  That is an event that doesn't get to happen often enough for us!  We grabbed an early dinner that way I could be home in enough time to feed Emrey.  It was quite enjoyable to spend some one on one time with Trey!  

There was, of course, a trip to Aunt Leslie's house.  Kiki & Po got some steamed crabs per my request for us to chow down on.  Not to mention we also had corn on the cob, which put me in absolute heaven!!  We all spent the afternoon surrounded by family.  It was so great to see everyone again and have them meet our two latest editions, Hadley & Emrey.  My Aunt Kathy drove from Kentucky to visit with us too, so that was an extra special treat to have her there!  The girls got to hang out with Kiki, Po, Aunt Leslie, Chelsea and her fiance, Austin, Trevor, Aunt Kathy, Aunt Terry, Uncle Justin, Aunt Sara, Addie & Bella.  It was quite a party!!  I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was so happy to be able to spend time with so many members of my family! Here are a load of photos to remember the day: