Monday, July 2

We had to say goodbye to A's hamster, Scooter... Here she is watching daddy digging a special little grave for him right next to her first hamster, Mr. Cuddles...

Sunday, July 1

15 Miles, baby. We made it!!

Saturday, June 30

Nothing like a room full of grown men playing the Wii! AT was showing these guys how to play golf at a friend's house. We brought our Wiimote along with some of our Miis. Gotta love the new vocabulary! If you don't know what I'm talking about then you either need to go out and buy a Wii or you have to find a friend who has one and give it a try. Trust me, it's a blast!

Friday, June 29

My first event as a ParentMap employee!















Our magazines on one end, a craft on the other... Unfortunately it rained most of the day so there weren't nearly as many people as expected at the fair. Oh well, overall it was a successful first event for me.

Thursday, June 28

Keep climbing higher, A!!! Fun times at gymnastics class.

Wednesday, June 27

The coolest car dealership EVER! Here we are having a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie, drinking sprite and coffee, hanging out waiting for the van to get an oil change. All complimentary. Well, except for the oil change ;)

Tuesday, June 26

It had been way too long since our dear friends, Sharon and Kirk, came over for a home cooked meal. As always, it was a lovely evening together.















Cheers! (woah, AT, calm down on the fire building action!! ;)















S'mores. Yum.



















We love ShaSha!!

Monday, June 25

We took the middle row of seats out of the van for a Home Depot run, the kids loved sitting in the way back row. They suggested we hang a disco ball from the ceiling b/c they thought it would be a cool dance area... It was so quiet way up front in the driver's seat ;)

Sunday, June 24

The stairs leading up to darkness and quiet... Everyone else is asleep so that means some quiet time for me down here!! Sweet dreams my lovelies.

Saturday, June 23

I didn't take any pictures today! Not-a-one...

So I'll post a picture I really like of me and my mother-in-law, aka: Gramma. This was taken on Father's Day. I know, this is cheating, but I wanted to post this picture and, well, here was my chance!

Friday, June 22

The last day of school! 6th grade graduation--my dear Emma looking lovely in a dress!!!




















A and her much-loved teacher along with her classmate/neighborhood friend. It was a great year... And now she's a 2nd grader!

Thursday, June 21

Today at school we did the annual "fun run" (although I didn't actually see anyone running!) which is a 1.6 mile loop around the neighborhood next to the school. E and I went along for the exercise...















A and I made this wall hanging gift for her teacher. We decoupaged letters on this plaque with the class motto: "We can do it, we can do it, we can do it if we try" and spruced it up a little with some funky beads, wire and a school bus :)

Wednesday, June 20

A has been having fun playing with her hamster, Scooter, lately. I'm still too scared of that thing to actually touch it!

Tuesday, June 19

Summer vacation is so close we can taste it!! Popsicles on a sunny afternoon after school...

Monday, June 18

Now that's some serious recycling!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day, AT!! Gramma was in town visiting for the weekend, we all went out for a lovely lunch to celebrate the special day.

Saturday, June 16

Today our 3 Day Walk team went on a great training walk. But first my neighbor showed us some serious Tai-Chi type stretches. I don't think he was very impressed with us, though... He made them look so easy! None of us were quite coordinated enough, but it was fun trying!














Our reward at the end of the walk was going for sushi at the revolving sushi place near us. Yum!

Friday, June 15

A's first grade class did a project where they collected letters and postcards from around the world. Her teacher couldn't believe how many postcards came in from our friends and family from all over the world! South Africa, The Gambia, Kenya, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Japan, The Netherlands, Ireland... and several from Canada and different states in the US (We love projects like this :).















A was one of the kids who got a special award at the all-school assembly today.















Cousins! In the evening my brother and his family came to spend the night. A and Stephan were fast friends on the cruise and had a wonderful visit again at our house.















The big boy cousins were total buddies too. They had fun playing Star Wars, Spiderman and a combo of the two...

Thursday, June 14

This was taken with my cell phone b/c silly me--I remembered my camera but had left the little disk thingie at home after downloading pics off of it. DUH. Anyway, here are A and her buddy at the High School Musical performance I took them to this evening. They loved it!

Another lost tooth

She lost another tooth! Now her mouth is really hole-y, so goofy looking (and cute, of course :)...