The Party is ON!

When we were at Christy's pool this week we talked about having Natalie's party there again (so for all of you who were in attendance last year, save the date of August 16th. Invites will be sent out next week when I come back from vacation). Anyway, we took some great photos and I thought I would share my absolute favorite. I would send these out as actual invitations if I didn't think for some strange reason DSS may show up at my door......So here is the "fake" invitation photo (and for those lurking the blog this is not real!!!! THe bottles were in the recycling bin and thoroughly rinsed out!).

That being said, thank you Christy & Cindy for allowing us to have another awesome bash this year. We cannot wait to get together with you and the puppies......we love you all so much!

Fun in the Sun

Here's MiMi hanging out at the sprinkler water park at the Weymouth Club



Della & MiMi in the water (again).......

The girls pretending to walk like crabs....

Brendan wasn't with us at this point........he was with his friends playing basketball upstairs in the club. That boy is just getting so big and wants no part in hanging out with us at the water! He's growing up so fast...........

Swimming Lessons

The family vacation is from July 20th to the 24th up in New Hampshire. We cannot wait to go but we are dreading all the kids hanging onto us when we are in the pool like they did last year! So Sam and Della both wanted to take lessons at the Weymouth Club (this is a fitness center we belong to). They are doing fabulous and they still have a week left! Della's confidence is much better and she isn't so clingy anymore. Here she is with Amara her swim instructor:




Samantha with her instructor Tori

Brendan patiently waiting, reading Sports Illustrated (LOL).....

Little Brian, I mean Samantha, with her goggles........she now can swim underwater with her eyes open!

Natalie's new dance

We all know that Natalie is a dancing queen. She decided today to add a new dance to the mix and I just happened to have the video on her at the time. Usually she'll shake her lil' bum or swing from side to side, sometimes she'll even hop a bit. She does her lil' bit called "break it down" where she bends at the waist, puts one arm up in the air and flaps it spinning wildly in a circle (this one is hysterical in itself). Today she decided to do what I call "Mi Mi's wave" which is similar to the "sprinkler" that was out years ago.......so here she is..........call her crazy MiMi.

Samantha & Her Auntie.........

I took this photo of Christy & Sam on Father's Day. I just wanted to share because it came out so great and because they have so much in common! Samantha looks up to Christy so much and just loves the fact that she likes the same things (such as boxer shorts! LOL). Anyway, thanks Christy and Cindy for having us over. The kids loved every second of it!

Meet "Miranda the Mountaineer"

Yes, the entire family has to name their cars! LOL. So meet our newest member, Miranda. We just traded in our 2002 Ford Explorer for this beautiful 2006 Mercury Mountaineer! I am so in love with this truck that I have not come out of it in two days! The inside has black leather interior, a moon roof, third row seats, running boards, and for the kids, a DVD player in the back. It is so exciting to have something so new and the truck rides beautifully!

So Vera the Exterra, meet Miranda the Mountaineer........your new cousin!!!! We'll have to take side by side family photos at the next gathering which will be on Sunday!!!! Whoooooooooo Hoooooooooo.