Father's Day

My two most favorite people.

Nathan, me, Tanner, Grant, Grace, Ronald and Isabella
Isabella, Nathan, Tanner, me, Daddy, Grant and Grace

Dirty toes from walking in muddy puddles.....I love the country life.
Uncle Grant and Isabella looking at the motorcycle going by.
Playing on Grandpa's piano.....she loved that she could climb up on the piano bench by herself.
Isabella loves her Uncle Nathan.
Tio (Uncle Tanner) is always working on his music....he is getting really good, especially considering he hasn't had any lessons at all.

She is so happy in the puddles. What a pretty girl.
Taking Uncle Grant to the puddles.

Gracie made four pans of lasagna all by herself....it was really good. Good job Grace!
Enjoying the dinner.
Isabella is sitting in the high chair that I used to sit in at my Mom-mom's house when I was little.
Checking out the mud on her toes.
SPLASH SPLASH....she LOVES puddles.

Yesterday we went to my Dad's house to have Father's Day dinner. My brothers and sister were there, too, which was really nice. We had a lovely visit with each other. Gracie made lasagna, I made rolls and brownies from scratch, and Grant brought salad....it was all really yummy. I really really miss living in the country. It's so quite and beautiful up there, and there is so much land for Isabella to run around on. I'm so glad that my Dad lives in the country...at least we can visit.

Silly girl

We let some of my mom's co-workers borrow our bassinett, and we finally picked it up from her house. When I brought it in the house, Isabella but her baby in it, climbed in, and layed on down. She's so silly....she layed in there for about 10 minutes.

A beautiful summer day

Trying to climb up to the slide in Isabella's new pool. This pool is just like the one we had when we were kids and lived in Delta, PA.

CHEESE!
Drawing with her new sidewalk chalk.
Her first time in the pool....I don't think she quite knew what to do.


It is so stinking HOT today....but I must admit, I do love it. This morning Isabella and I went out front and drew on the sidewalk. When it got too hot we went out back and got in her new pool that Ronald got on Saturday. I LOVE this pool.....it's really nice and has a little slide on it. I got Isabella a bucket and shovel and we took turns scooping and dumping the water. We were in the pool for at least an hour....it felt so cool. At first I thought it was going to be warm since Ronald filled it up on Saturday, and it's been way hot the past couple of days....but the water was really cold. I could barely sit down in it at first. We had a lot of fun. Thanks Ronald for buying the pool!

Strawberry day

The strawberry picking clan....Sommer, Brandon, Isabella, me, and Grace.
Isabella and Gracie in the strawberry field.
Sommer and Brandon with the fruits of their labor.
Isabella with her strawberry juice covered face.

WHAT A HOT DAY!!!! It was 90 some degrees when we went to pick strawberries, and it was humid, but it was a lot of fun picking our berries. Poor Brandon was so hot that he just fussed and wanted to be held. Isabella was eating every strawberry she could find. I want to do this again next year, but definately earlier in May sometime. The berries were really picked through, and it was too hot. But at least we got some yummy berries.

Ronald's Birthday- June 5, 2008

The birthday boy.....he's so handsome.
All of our company....we were very tightly squeezed together in our dining room.

On Ronald's actual birthday, he wanted to have some friends over, so we invited the Rennie's and the Finnigan's. I made him lasagna, homemade rolls, Sommer brought salad, and for dessert I made my Mom-mom's cheesecake. Everything was really yummy. Thanks, Sommer, for taking pictures. Things were so crazy for me that I didn't get the chance to take any. Ronald really enjoyed his birthday.

A Day with Auntie Beebs

Auntie Beebs and Isabella
Helping Mami hang clothes on the line.
I love my Auntie Beebs!

Getting ready to go for a walk.
Looking at Papi's hard work....he does such a good job.
Little Miss Independent....she loves her walks....especially when she is allowed to walk by herself.
Thinking about getting in the stroller....
but she decided she really didn't want to do that.

Gracie comes to stay with us every other Friday night. Saturday morning Grace, Isabella, and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and then hung the laundry out to dry. Isabella and I usually take a walk everyday (when it's not down pouring), so it was nice to have Grace come with us. Isabella loves when her Auntie Beebs comes to stay.

Flashbacks...Wii play at the Finnigan's

Ben and Ronald playing DDR....they did really well. It was a fun game.
Ronald and Gracie playing DDR.
Isabella LOVES this thing! This thing has taught her how to jump, seriously....it's very funny to watch her in this.

I had to wake up my little punkin from her nap....she was wiped out...she never sleeps this heavily.


Okay....I have been really bad at updating this thing....so now I have some serious backtracking to do. A couple of weeks ago we went to the Finnigan's to play on their Wii and have snacks....it was sooo much fun! We played Mario Cart and DDR (Dance Dance Revolution), it was a blast. My favorite was DDR....if we had that game, I would play it all the time, it's addicting. We stayed until 10pm, which is WAY past Isabella's bedtime, but she did really well. I actually had to wake her up from her nap before we went there, so she was an angel. I loved watching everyones facial expressions, but Ben and Ronald were the most fun to watch....they were soooo serious.