Happy 4th of July!

Hi everyone. We are sorry that we have gotten so very far behind in our posts. We have had a lot going on lately. As most of you know, our family suffered the very sad loss of my daddy's horse Mosby two weeks ago. It has been hard for us to talk about it, but we will post a tribute to him shortly. On a positive note, we also have the very exciting news of having added a new family member- my new pony Belle. I am totally into her, and we'll post pictures of that as well. We also got a great new (used) rainbow swingset we want to show everyone on the blog because Sammy and I LOVE to swing. Last weekend, I had a bunch of cousins visit who I'd never met and we had so much fun. Bia took me into Washington DC with them during the week and I even spent the night away from home in a hotel with Bia! Then my grandpa & mimi were in town this weekend with my mommy's uncle John, aunt Lynne and cousin Andrew. Our nanny Miss Kendall has been with us for over a month now and she is the BEST! Sammy is SIX months already (can you believe it?). He is sitting up, rolling all over the place, trying to crawl and even started swimming lessons with me last night. And now, we are starting to get VERY excited about going to Michigan in a few weeks. It will be Sammy's very first time to Burt Lake and Green Lake! So, please check the blog often over the next couple of days because we are going to catch you all up on all of our Stolley family escapades.

We hope you had a VERY happy 4th of July! We had planned to see the fireworks at our local park, but Sammy and I didn't make it staying up that late. Mommy and Daddy had their friends Marcy and Chris over and we all had a great meal, but we kids started melting at 8:00 so we went to bed. It didn't really feel like the 4th anyway since we weren't in Michigan. Oh well, there's always next year!