Cousins!

So, one of the great things about being in Charlotte now is that we are only two and a half hours away from Than and Jennifer and our niece and nephew, Ava and Andrew.  So when Ben was away last week for his game, the girls and I went up for a visit for a couple nights.  The kiddos had so much fun playing together.  And it just so happened that Than was out of town too, so it was good for Jennifer and I too since the kids had each other!  We plan on taking advantage of being closer several times this fall.  :)

Matching jammies from Aunt Jen

Taking turns and sharing

Toy Story for the kiddos while Jen and I watched the game

Frozen Yogurt!  Yum!

Melt Our Hearts

Love these girls!

Preseason 2 @ Miami

It was a loss, but here's a pic of Ben getting his teamate in the endzone!



Back at the Res...

Well, Ben broke camp on Wednesday.  So the girls and I officially "moved" up here then.  We are so happy to back together as a family.  It's hard when a main piece of the puzzle is missing.  The world is as it should be now. 

We're staying at a Residence Inn until we find a place to rent and/or the preseason is over, aka, we officially make the team.  The girls and I went with the realtor again yesterday.  We narrowed it down to three to take daddy to look at tomorrow.  We like the 'ol Res, and this one is actually updated from the one in Jersey (imagine that), but it's not quite as easy now with two big kids running around.  Linds was just a baby before and didn't need much space.  This morning the girls were trying their hardest to run around in the room, from kitchen to sofa and back...I don't think it was too fun for them.  We're heading out to a park now.  They must expel some of their energy...

Preseason Begins!

We were home versus the Giants.  The girls stayed back at home with our babysitter Wendi.  And Ben had the next day off so daddy and I had a mini-vaca for a night/day.  We went and looked for rental houses.  Anyway, the game.  We won!  Ben got to play a lot and he played well.  He was happy about that.  Me too, of course.  One down, three to go!

Friends

Here our some shots from my friend Mandy.  Friends are a great thing!

Fountains

Water fountains make for a great way to cool off in the summer!

Pool Fun!

We love the pool!

Pizza!

They are their daddy's girls!

Fan Fest

The girls and I traveled to Charlotte to see daddy practice and hang out for a day.  It was a scorcher, but the girls did pretty well considering they had just been in the car for four hours.  Daddy did a great job practicing with his new team.  And we had fun seeing him even if it was just for a day.  Only about a week left then we'll all be back together!