Nike Model

Can you guess who got her this adorable Nike outfit and shoes? Too cute!

Say "cheese"

Angel was cracking us up....everything we did to try and get her to smile for the camera she decided to mimic...silly girl!

Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads and granddads out there! I am so blessed to still have my grandfathers around, a wonderful loving father so close, a fantastic father-in-law and a hubby that has made such a caring and special daddy!! The girls love their Papa and all the time and attention he gives them. We appreciate all the hard work and sacrifices you make for your family and are so blessed to be your girls! Looking forward to a nice day at my folks house and eating yummy food!! Jason picked out a new cheesecake recipe, so we will let you know the taste verdict later. For now, some pics from after mass....

Bumper Sticker

"Next time you think you are so perfect, go try walking on water!"

Cool tricks...

Ok, this first tip I learned in VA from my mother-in-law. To avoid those round shape bubbled up hamburgers when you make them homemade...just put a thumb indentation in the middle of the patty before cooking....stays nice and flat!!

This next one my mom just told me yesterday and we had to try it and it worked!! If you ever lock your keys in the car and you can call your hubby or someone who has another unlock button to your car. If they are talking on a cell phone, they can hold the key unlock pad up to the phone, hit the keys and your car will unlock!! It's like magic!! (although I am sure there is some very profound technical explanation for how this works)

Another Male...

...will be added to the family! Casey proposed to Caitlin last night!! So Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan will be official sometime next year...sorry she hasn't figured out all the millions of details in the last 12 hours. We are so happy for her and I am so glad they stopped by late last night so I could take the mandatory ring shots!! Congrats you guys, we love you!

Big girl

Emma has been "sitting up" now for a couple weeks....still gets a bit wobbly and falls over...I think she is so tall she just can't keep her body up yet. Gotta love the drooling and smacking of the lips too...

Daddy's Cup

Visiting with Friends

We had a great time Monday visiting with our friends, the O'Kray's, before they left to go back home to DC. Maddy and Angel had lots of fun playing and it was so good to catch up with Mary. Hopefully we can see each other again soon!

Learning to Bowl

While Marmee tried really hard to teach Angel the proper way to bowl, she would rather make sure all the pins got knocked down by doing it herself!

Behind the Wheel

Fun times at Marmee and Poppy's house...driving the new car, filling it with gas and getting "real money" to pay for it!! Wish a couple dimes and quarters would pay for it!

Pink Princess

Hanna Hand Me Downs

Even though Angel was 8 months old and winter when she wore this, the cold weather allowed this tall 6 month old a chance to wear the snow dress too!!

Angel

Emma
Emma

Updates

Hard to believe it is June and we are still using the heat and wearing sweatshirts!! We have had a cold spell here this week and ready for some warmer weather, although the 100 degree heat our family is having back on the East Coast does not sound like fun.
Jason is eagerly waiting to start his new job with Boeing, probably won't happen until July as they need to do the paperwork and physicals and such. Still need to figure out how his commute and all will go, but we are excited about this change for us.
PopPop is doing alright back in his residence, although he has fallen once but did not injure anything. He still has to wear the brace on him arm and we try to get him to use the walker. Pepe is slowly recovering...has had some flare ups but hoping that with time things will smooth themselves out and he can get his energy level back up to normal. Me and the girls travel back to NYC with Caitlin to help my sister Megs set up her new apartment and have some fun bonding times!! (Am I crazy to make that trip again so soon?...hopefully we won't melt in the heat!) We had a nice weekend...on Saturday we celebrated with friends at their 35th wedding anniversary party...congrats Mahlers! It was great to catch up with people, see all the friends from out of town (including the O'Kray family which came over and visited this morning...good to see you guys, and Mary, send the pics you took!) and witness such a beautiful marriage and life the Mahler's have created and been blessed with. We got a lot of gardening done yesterday (and by request of my hubby, I may start a weekly post of Watching the Garden Grow...) and enjoyed Sunday fun and dinner at my parents. Hope life and the summer is treating everyone well!!

Rotten Robin

Well, for those that remember THIS exciting post, this empty nest is all we have to show for it. Apparently, some mean robins decided to pick on a little mother sparrow and then get her nest out of the hanging basket and take away the eggs. We are so sad as we were looking forward to watching the baby sparrows enter the world. Mother Nature can be so mean!!

Welcome to the Blog World

Click HERE for my sister, Megs, blog....FINALLY! :)

Beautiful Post

Click HERE

Sing a Song

Can you guess what song this is? Angel has been very pleased with herself that she can sing it all by herself. We laugh every time she does something right, she congratulates herself by saying "Bravo Me!". Nice and handy to be your biggest fan!!

From the mouth (and minds) of babes...

Last night I was on the floor with Angel and she started repeating "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus". I asked her why she was saying Jesus....and she stood up and ran over to her green chairs turned on their sides and pointed to the marking on the bottom.....so cute, I laughed so hard.....true, it is a cross!

"Little Peanut"

Here are some awesome pics of my sister's "little peanut" due this December. Isn't he or she so cute??

Official Boeing Employee

Congrats to my hubby Jason...he just accepted a job as a Developmental Testing Mechanic with Boeing. The whole package sounded really good, but we were just debating the whole commute situation for awhile. So...while he will definitely have a long commute we are hoping that those hours will be able to help with studying or reading that he wants/needs to get done. He is very excited about the position and working with this great company...we will keep you posted!! Thanks for everyone's prayers!

Love these posts

This excerpt is from a comment from this great post!! (reminded me of how I felt at my sister's wedding in Feb!) "It is easy when faced with so many parenting choices to become immersed in the rightness of one dogma, to need to justify it over all other philosophies. But our role as fellow mothers is to support without judgment of each other, to allow for differences of philosophy." - The info in the comments sections also made me want to go buy a Baby Ergo...sounds amazing especially when the Moby doesn't work as well as they get bigger and the weather gets hotter!

THIS was the other post that had preceded the above one, LOVED IT.

New Baby!!

Congrats to Jolene and family. She delivered a healthy baby girl, Julianna Jolene, yesterday (on the baby's due date). Julianna weighed in at 6 lbs 9 ounces and 18.6 inches long. I posted this pic because the hospital site had the pic and info all wrong. Thanks Jolene for allowing me to visit and hold your new bundle of joy!! (and Happy birthday to you today!)

Pretty in Pink

Angel loves these shirts

...especially because they reinforce that she is the BIG sister. Thanks Joanie.

Bathing Beauties (& buddies)

Interesting reads....

Usually I post things I find of interest on my sidebar if you want to read them, but these were very interesting....

As a former homeschooler....I say "how rude!" read THIS
Well said, HERE
So true, HERE
THIS is a beautiful article and so important to remember the morals behind the decisions....thanks Mary for sharing.

Angel's 2 year pics

Just click HERE and the customer name is, Erin Hartsell. Enjoy.