BIRTHDAY WITH A BANG!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ALAYNA GRACE!

(She has officially entered into "double digits")

The entire Bilich family...

Jon, Molly, Alayna, Samara, Devyn, Dominick, & Anthony

Forgive me family & friends,

It has been almost a month since my last confession. Can you believe that? Time sure has flown by. It didn't seem like we were busy, but apparently we were when I sit & think of what I would like to catch everyone up on.

As the title stated, we celebrated Alayna's 10th birthday which is the 4th of July. The festivities took place at my sister-in-law's house in Wheaton, IL. It was good food, good company, & a good time. We stayed to watch the fireworks and they were spectacular! The boys sat still in amazement and clapped pretty much after every one. I was kind of worried as to how they would react to the sounds. They slept through them last year so that should have been a sign for what would come for this year.

Since we are only a week into July, I don't feel so far behind on this month yet. The kids have been quite busy. Devyn went to a Riverhawks baseball game (a local pro team) & recently went to lunch with her friend, Ally. She also went on a birthday shopping spree at the mall with her friend Kimmy. More on Devyn in the next entry with her BDay photos.

Molly has gone swimming quite a few times with her friend Sarah. She also went to Volcano Falls (a large park with mini-putting, go-karts, bumper cars, video games, etc.) and sure enough, Molly got hurt. She came home with a black eye from the result of a go-kart crash (not her fault). She is fine and the shiner is going away, but still a little sore. It hasn't seemed to slow her down.

Alayna is at Magic Waters as we speak with her friend Mackenzie. It is a HUGE outdoor water park that's about 5 min. from our house. Hopefully she won't overdo it and get sunburned. She was torn whether she wanted to go or not because she purchased her very own blue IPOD NANO yesterday with $ she has saved since Christmastime. I told her she had to leave that at home. She wanted to stay home to listen to all of the songs she downloaded. It cost about $1.00 per song, so she only has a few. She bought herself a $30 ITunes card for the music. It's really nice and she said that she would let me listen to it. (How kind!) The unit holds 1000 songs and she said she will maybe let me download 1 or 2 songs that I like. What a stinker!

As far as the boys go, they are growing more every day. This is the stage that they are starting to communicate with us a little more and interact with each other too. They have their little quirks that keep us laughing (& guessing), but all in all, they are a joy to be around.

Since I've gotten July out of the way, I will back track and fill you in on June! Sit back, keep reading and enjoy the show!