A DAY AT GRANDMA & POPPY'S (08/01/08)

GRAB A DRINK & A SNACK, THERE'S A LOT OF PHOTOS!

The boys wearing Grandma's glasses. They came out of the kitchen with these on and fought until each one had a turn.

Mark this on your calendars...Molly & Devyn were getting along!

As the boys are riding their trucks down the sidewalk, Dominick gets off his truck and pushes it over. He heads into the neighbor's yard (seen here) and just starts to pout. I thought he was joking around, but he meant BUSINESS! He was so mad, I had enough time to run into the house to get my camera and capture this face I've never seen before. I still to this day, don't know what he got mad.

GOING FOR A RIDE ON THE TRIKE...

Devyn & Anthony were giving each other rides on the trike. They looked so cute! For the rest of the afternoon, the boys took turns riding the trike and the fire truck, but Anthony mostly rode the trike after Dominick's pouting spell.

TREE CLIMBING...

This is a beautiful cherry blossom tree that has been climbed by all of the children and grandchildren of this family. The boys wanted to try their first climb.

Molly

Dominick

Anthony

PUPPY LOVE...

This is Grandma & Poppy's 1 yr. old Akita named Tip. He and the boys are great friends, and here's proof:

Dominick gets puppy kisses.

SPLISH, SPLASH

" The Girls"

I thought that these pictures were worthy of adding to the site. The girls went to their friends', Lilly & Emily's house for a swim. They are in walking/bike riding distance which makes it nice to visit them. Alayna went to Kindergarten with them and remains pretty close even though they go to different schools. The reason for posting the photos is because they turned out really nice and I figured I should document this for when the girls say they don't do anything and they are BORED! I'll have them come back to the website to refresh their memories. :)

The girls have become little "fishies" this summer. Alayna & Molly do tricks off of the diving board, swim under water, and have races. They do really well and Molly has improved her underwater skills immensely. Alayna has been swimming for awhile now and took to it right away as she does everything else.

Devyn has made leaps & bounds this year, literally. She wouldn't even get her face wet last year and was still wearing arm floaties in the shallow end. This year, she started off by putting her face underwater. One day she decided that she wanted to jump off of the diving board and just went for it. After I recovered from my heart failure, I had realized that she jumped in without any kind of floating device and swam right over to the ladder. Now, we can't keep her out of the deep end! I am forever being asked to watch her as she discovers that she can do new tricks such as underwater somersaults. She said she was very proud of herself. We told her she has every right to be. What an accomplishment.

Molly

Alayna

Devyn

Odds & Ends

Phew...even though this is the first post you'll read, this is the last of 4! I think I've made up for my lack of updating. I suppose I will learn my lesson and update a little more often. I'm getting there! Here's some odds & ends photos that I've accumulated recently! This is just some fun moments that I get the chance to share with you. There's always a story behind each one. Enjoy!

Devyn's BFF, Ally and her new little brother. Devyn was honored because she was the only friend that got to see him in the hospital. He's a cutie.

The view from inside my room after the boys opened a brand new box of Q-tips from under the bathroom sink! Notice the empty box of evidence to the right.

Just a really cute picture of Molly & her natural beauty.

I got home from exercise class one night and noticed Jake nowhere to be found. The girls said he went up to rock Dominick, and this is how I found them. I guess about an hour had passed and he was MIA.

I think the shirt says it all!

Dominick sporting a new pair of Diego sunglasses.

My other cool dude and his Spiderman glasses.

Well, I should start by saying, this was not staged. This is in honor of our friend who we call "Mr.Safety". Dominick rolled out of the garage and this is what we saw...

I snuck into their room during naptime. I just couldn't resist! He loves his woobie!

Just needed to show everyone that Dominick still loves his little socks.

Another year older, still a dork!

Anthony showing his cute little personality. He's so sweet.

Anthony enjoying his peace & quiet and the very rare occasion that he has control of the remote.

Well, there you have it. Come back & visit soon. Please feel free to send a comment if you want. I get them emailed to me. Just post it as a guest or whatever option it gives you. Bye for now!