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R&R - part 3

After the wedding and the 4th of July, our time got a little more relaxing.  

Hanging out with Chad's family...trying to avoid the mosquitos! 



Reliving the "good old days." :) 


My turn!



Addison and V - these girls are the best and worst of friends! :) The love each other, but can fight like sisters. 


On Thursday, we flew home!  Even though it was only for a few days, it was nice to just be at home with our little family. 

Saturday morning we went to Sackets Harbor for breakfast at Tin Pan and then walked around...notice the jackets!  Then we went to see Cars 2.  While I don't recommend taking 18 month olds to the movies, it was a good time.  















After dinner one night, Addison asked if Chad would throw her a ball. (of course he didn't say no!)  Poor girl - the only bat she has is a souvenir from the Baseball Hall of Fame!  It worked though!

You can always tell when she dresses herself!



Love this picture - 



"Ball!" is one of Mya's best words!


I couldn't get very good pictures, but this was a fort Chad built...he just didn't anticipate the demolitionist Mya to come along! :) 



We attempted to take the training wheels off Addison's bike...



However, she proved to have NO concept of balance...as seen here. 

Another one of Mya's favorite words - Cracker!

The end of R&R is always tough...no matter how long or short the remainder of the deployment may be.  Yes, it is nice that Chad only has a few months left, but that doesn't make good-bye any easier.  
Thankfully our girls are champions when it comes to saying bye to people.  They never cry when they leave GA, when grandparents leave here, etc... Addison just says "see ya later" and moves on.  How I wish it were that easy for me!  She LOVES Chad and wouldn't let him go the whole trip, so I am very thankful the goodbye wasn't more emotional for her.  I wish Chad and I were as resilient! 


Since the training wheels experiment didn't go so well, Chad decided we should get Addison a new bike.  The other one was getting a little small and by the time he gets back, it will almost be time for snow!  She LOVES her new bike.  I'm sure the neighbors will soon be annoyed with the constant bell ringing as well. :) 

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