Meeting Julia's Birth Mom Michelle

We went to a small town in Indiana to visit Julia's birth mom Michelle and her family.  Michelle actually lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, but she was in town visiting her mother and stepdad.  They hosted a cookout with a bunch of their family and invited us to come for the day.  Michelle has a daughter who is 32 and a son who is 28.  Julia went with her mom and Ethan last summer and met Michelle and her birth grandma and grandpa and then they also went to a family reunion in PA at Michelle's house.  Julia was very excited to meet everyone and so happy to finally know where she came from.   We had a nice day at the cookout.  All of the family were so nice and welcoming.  Julia looks just like her birth mom so I know that was fun for Julia.  

Andrea & Steve's Wedding

Craig and I went to Andrea and Steve's wedding and had so much fun with all my high school friends.  It was like a mini reunion.  Andrea was a beautiful bride!

Pictures below:

Me, Erin, Wade, Allison, Andrea, Steve, John and Aaron

Wade, Erin, Allison, Aaron, Me, Eva, John, Steve, Bonnie

Family Pictures

We did our family pictures and Grayson's 1 Year Old pictures at LeRoy Oaks Forest Preserve in St. Charles.  The weather was perfect and the scenery was beautiful.  We are very excited about our pictures this year with all the fall colors.  Grayson did great in the beginning and then had a little meltdown in the end.  We love our photographer and she did such a great job.