4th of July Fun!

Happy 4th of July! We had a pool party with about 30 friends! I think the adults had as much fun as the kids! We set off huge fireworks, and only caught the yard on fire once - yes, we are still in a drought here.

Washington DC

We took our first trip to Washington DC - What a fun time! We got to see the President fly in and land on the White House Lawn. We stayed for 5 days and I think we walked the entire city. We can't wait to go back!

Prayers Needed

I've never been one to share lots of chain emails, start them, or really think about the "prayer" emails that come my way. Today has changed all of that. Today a beautiful blonde 4 year old girl named Ella was diagonosed with a cancerous brain tumor on the stem of her brain. Her brother was in Taylor's class last year, and we have been carpooling for a couple of years with this family. They live in my moms neighborhood and are just the nicest family. I thought i'd blog about it today, ask everyone to take a minute of thier time and say a prayer for Ella. They can not operate, and are going to try chemo. I had to have a conversation with my girls this afternoon on the way home from school, as Morgan asked what a "brain tube" was, today at school they gathered all the classes and said a prayer for Ella. I just can't imagine what the parents are going thru, please pray for their strength to continue, and for her older brother, Jack, to understand too. Jack will make his first communion this Saturday.

Happy Anniversary!

Today we celebrate 12 years married! I decided to post an older picture (last year) but one with all of us in it. I don't have a recent picture of just us, this picture was taken in Florida at a bird sancuary, it was alot of fun! Today we also celebrate with our girls, quietly at home, dinner at a restaurant of thier choice. Here's to many more happy years!!

New Grill

Phil got a new grill, a gas grill. We have always loved charcoal grills, we still own ours, but now with the pool, entertaining more and lack of time so it seems, we broke down and bought a new jen air gas grill. Heres to a summer of fun, fellowship, and great food!!

Spring!

Grilling season is upon us! Phil got a new Jen-Air grill for pool side adventures! We opened the pool house, scrubbed off the deck, and got out the lounge chairs. Weatherman says it will be 80 by this weekend! Our first outdoor grilling and eating was this weekend, salmon and aspargus, the girls ate in their bathing suits, begging us to heat the pool. We are going to wait to make sure our cold nights are over then it's pool season!!

Toothfairy

Morgan lost her first tooth yesterday. She told granny she wanted "a dollar and a penny" from the toothfairy. Luckily the tooth fair heard her request and 4 quarters and a penny later we have one happy girl!

Rock On!

Morgan got a "Bratz" Guitar for her birthday - It's all we've heard in the house for the last week. Her shirt says "whatever" - Notice the headband matches the guitar. I thought i'd share our latest, loudest toy!

Happy Birthday Morgan!

The top picture is Morgan and my mom "granny". The bottom picture is Morgan and all her friends in the foam pit at her Gymnastics Birthday Party! What a fun day. I still can't believe my baby is 6, (she is in the green in the middle).

Overdue Update

Here's a recent picture of my girls. Taylor just got her ears pierced (Morgan did hers last year). Our new year has gone well so far, the girls just reached the 100th day of school, only 80 left until Summer vacation! It has been very cold and dry here so we haven't done much outside, we are warm weather people and hibernate alot durning January & February! I'll be sure to post soon, Morgan's birthday is comming up.