Alyssa Grace

Her first day with us!

On the 12th of July our family became a family of 6! Ha! Well, at least 10 days it was a family of 6. Brent's cousin, Alyssa, who is 10, came to stay with us from the 12th to the 22nd. Her parents, along with her two older brothers, went to the Bahamas for a mission trip. Alyssa lives in Frisco, so for the 1st time, she flew by herself to come stay with us. We had such a great time with Alyssa here. The kids LOVED having her here. She rarely got a break from the kids wanting to do this and that with her. She was such a BIG help with all of the kids, but especially with ELYNN. She LOVED carrying her everywhere, helping her eat, getting her dressed and getting her from her crib whenever she woke up. Elynn loved it too! When it came to quiet time and bed time, Alyssa was more than ready to go to bed! Probably from all of our craziness!

While she was here, we swam a lot:

We got to go to Sea World:

splashing at Bay of Play

Looking at the Dolphins

Shamu

Azul

Sweet Elynn was worn out

 We even made a trip to Fredericksburg. In Fredericksburg we visited my grandma at the Wildseed Farm and went to Oma and Opa's to see Grandma Lindig, Michelle and her family and Oma and Opa. It was such a great time:

Only picture I could get from them.. it was HOT

We loved having Alyssa here with us! I think she even had a good time! Thanks for coming to visit Alyssa.  We love you and miss you! Hope to see you soon.

DON'T GO!!

But, we love you and will miss you!!