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OK, these pictures are completely out of order, but they'll just have to stay that way for now!  I'm not being a good movie buddy right now with Tio Diego so I'm trying to finish up the blogging :)
If you have not already read the post below, you might want to start with that so it's in chronological order for you.
Our time with the Hirsch family (we now call our group LOSCH) was wonderful.  We have some great pictures from the week, but these are just a few faves.  On Friday night (once both hubbies had arrived from travels) we had date night in and had an awesome tapas feast and I cannot believe we did not take a single picture (Paige, did you take any?)  On Saturday we hit the road for Chattanooga for two nights.  The temps were 103+ so it was miserably hot and we had to change our plans to more indoor activities so we spent time at the indoor pool at the hotel, the children's museum, indoor seating at restaurants, etc. 

 Paige and I at lunch in Chattanooga on Monday

I absolutely and totally fell in love with baby Sayler.  She is so cute and precious and sweet and none of us could get our hands off of her.  

 Here's the clan.  Alexia and Sev were the sweetest buddies!

 On Tuesday before they headed to the airport, we took Sev to a Dunwoody barber shop to get his first ever haircut.  He was a champ and looked so grown up and adorable afterwards!

How can we say we're good hosts if we don't take our guests to Chik Fil A!  Their first visit ever!  Love this family! 

 Did I mention we all fell in love with Say?!  Marco was so gentle and sweet with her and always wanted to know where she was and what she was up to.  His word for baby is a high-pitched "Eeeee  eeeeee" which is hilarious.

We wanted to get a shot of Scott and Ricardo and their kids, but this was the best we got!

 Oh this picture makes me laugh!  On Sunday night in Chattanooga we walked across a busy intersection from our hotel to go to a hibachi grill for dinner.  The place was super dingy, Sev was freaked out by the fire and overall it was just a comical outing.

Diego and Alexia LOVED playing with Uncle Scott and would not leave the poor guy alone.  This was minutes after he woke up on his first morning at our house and he was dragging them back and forth through the family room.  

Playing outside the Chattanooga Aquarium after dinner at Mellow Mushroom on our first night there (yes, I told you these pictures were out of order!)

Thank you, Hirsch family for a truly wonderful visit!  We can't wait until the next one!

Ricardo took them to the airport around 1:00pm on Tuesday, after a fun lunch at Chik Fil A.  I brought our kids home and put them all down for a nap and quickly washed bed sheets and tidied up to get ready for our next set of guests who arrived at 5:00pm.  Camilo, Gaby and their twin boys (age 6, just like Diego) Marco and Camilo are dear friends from El Salvador.  Ricardo and Camilo have been friends since they were 4 yrs old. They were in town visiting Camilo's brother so we requested one night to have them spend the night to get some quality time with them.  All of the kids had a blast together and we enjoyed our time with Gaby and Camilo.

On Wednesday morning we had a yummy breakfast together, played at the house and then headed down to Dunwoody Village for the annual July 4th parade which was a lot of fun!

Love this picture of Marco, Camilo and Diego enjoying the parade

Fun kids!

The Lopez Bolanos bunch!

The Bolanos headed out right before lunch, we had a quiet family lunch at home, all five of us had a nap and then once again it was time to clean house and wash sheets because Tio Diego arrived later that night.  We took the kids to see the fireworks at Lenox Sq for the first time and it was awesome.  It was super special to have a family outing and the show was spectacular!  It didn't start until close to 9:30 so Marco was exhausted by the time we got in the car.  We went straight from Lenox to pick up Tio Diego at the Marta station around 10:15pm.  

We've had a busy household full of joy, laughter and many blessings!

 Waiting for the fireworks show to begin

Oh no!  I'm so bummed, but it seems there's been an issue with blog posts making it to the blog from my phone.  I even have posts from back when we were in Chattanooga that didn't make it.  

So I will start current and then backtrack!
Our #1 blog fan, most loyal reader is HERE!  Mr. Diego Lopez!  Diego is Ricardo's lil bro and he is going to be living with us for two months while he does an internship at IHG (where Ricardo works).  He arrived last Wednesday and we had a fun few days of hanging out and taking it easy before he started work yesterday.  We are so grateful that this opportunity worked out for him and we are THRILLED to have him here!  The kids can't get enough with him and constantly ask him to play with them.  He is such a trooper!  Ricardo is in Colombia all of this week so Marco is thoroughly confused when he hears the garage door open, he screams "PAPA!" but Tio Diego walks through the door.  So funny.

 Yesterday we headed out early and took him out to a special breakfast to celebrate his first day of work.

 Waiting for our coffees at Alon's

On Saturday we all went to the office so that Diego could get a feel for what it was like before he showed up for work on Monday.  The kids absolutely love going to Ricardo's office so it was a special outing for all.  Diego will be working on the same floor as Ricardo, just in a different department.

Alexia asked if she could sleep with me tonight.  I asked her why and her response was, "I just wake up happier".