4th of July

4th of July was another fun day at the lake. It always tops off the weekend between Sydney's birthday and the 4th, we look forward to every year!! Sydney always thinks the fireworks are for her birthday!! Makes me laugh! We had a great BBQ for lunch and dinner, some good ol'American grill! We enjoyed lots of fun in the sun, a little fishing and a short nap to top it off, well some of us did. We had a fireworks show of our own, which the kids always enjoy. It was a great day!

Sydney's 5th Birthday

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY SYDNEY!!!

It is incredible that Sydney is already 5! Not to mention the fact that she will be starting Kindergarten in a couple weeks! Yikes! We celebrated Sydney's actual birthday, July 3rd at the lake as we ALWAYS do. Sydney woke up to balloons everywhere upstairs at the lake. She enjoyed the day fishing, swimming and going out in the boat accompanied by all her cousins, Auntie's, Uncles and also Nana and Papa. She had her favorite dinner, Spaghetti, garlic bread, and Caesar salad all thanks to Auntie Kristy. She had a barbie birthday cake to top it off! It was a wonderful day. Happy Birthday to my sweet angel. We love you with all our hearts!

Sydney's 5th Birthday Party

Sydney decided she wanted a Tinkerbell Birthday party this year, which is well fitting as she is very sweet and sometimes sassy! The weather was perfect and there were lots of family and friends who attended. The kids went swimming and played in the jumping house. We ate a Mexican theme lunch which was delicious. Fajitas, quesadillas, rice, beans and Mexican caesar salad was served. We topped it off with a Tinkerbell ice cream cake. We sang to Sydney and then to Uncle Ray because it was actually Uncle Ray's birthday the same day! Thanks for sharing your day Uncle Ray!! Sydney opened her many, many gifts from everyone, which she said was her favorite part!! Once we finished with Sydney opening her gifts the kids got a chance to go up at bat and take a swing at the Pinata. Tyler was able to actually knock it down, but not break it open. The kids loved grabbing for their favorite kind of candy! We had a great day!

Kelly's 30th Birthday Party

Darin and my family decided to throw me a huge 30th birthday bash. A bash it was. We had the decorations to set the mood along with the music. There was good company, good food and plenty to drink. The weather was perfect, thank goodness! As you walked up to join the party Darin and Jeffe' had their cars lining the driveway to show. Ray grilled up some pork lion and chilcken with some salad, rice, and fresh fruit for lunch. The dessert was cake, neopolitan, it was amazing as always. It was an incredible event, if I might say myself. Lots of kids running around, which seems to be the theme at parties these day, which is awesome! The kids playing in the pool and on the water slide while the guys played some volleyball and others enjoyed each others company. We had a great time all day with the children and when night fell it was playtime for the adults. We had a great time. A word to the wise...no going down the slide, 3 at a time, that is a BAD idea!! Those slides are dangerous!We enjoyed watching Ray and Jeffe' climbing the waterfall and playing the noodle guitar too! Good times, good memories!!

Turtle of the Week!

Every Week in Sydney's class at Pre-School a child is selected as Turtle of the week. This week Sydney was picked! She got to take the stuffed pet turtle home for the weekend, play with it and take it every where she went. Sydney has such the imagination, she really got a kick out of this. She slept with it, took bath's with it (well the turtle watched), rode bikes with it, the whole deal. She drew a picture about what she did with it over the weekend and she took a picture with it to attach to her drawing. Fun times!

Sydney's Last Pre-School Photo

Goodness, where has the time gone? Sydney is almost 5, unbelievable! I have registered her for Kindergarten in our new hometown, Tracy. No more Preschool, thank you TCDS for 3 memorable years! It is an eye opening experience just realizing that your 6 weeks premature baby born on the 4th of July weekend (July 3rd to be exact!) in 2004 is almost 5! She has grown to be a hilarious, intelligent, passionate, lovable little girl! Our beautiful Queenie! We have called her queen from the time when she was born and in intensive care in the hops ital, the ICU nurses called her the queen and it just stuck!