Mayo, mustard....

Time to "ketchup!"
Liah and Maia are working hard on their behavior and chore charts.
Liah is the best dish washer!
We celebrated Anthony's 6th birthday with the Cistolos.

It is always a good time!

We ate yummy food, swam, dodged a monsoon and snuggled up with popcorn.

It was tons of fun!

Then it was back to school time!
Chris is at the high school teaching English, coaching and loving life!

I had a hard time leaving these munchkins!

To head off to my energetic class of 31 Kindergartners. (At this time we have a new teacher and a few of my friends will be moving!)

It was rough leaving these sweet faces after 6 weeks of the BEST break!

However, after meet the teacher and having some time with my kiddos I am loving this new group. There parents are great and we are a little family.

Chris spent the last week of break away at FB camp. We were so excited to have him come home!

I fancied up for his homecoming.

The girls were his constant shadows when he got home!

They love themselves some Daddy!

So do I!! Happy school year!

Maia the fish!

LIFESAVER!

My lovely sister is a lifesaver. For the second year she spent Chris' camp week babysitting me!
(The above picture shows how her eye reacted after she got apple in it~ it's a raw veggie thing!)

She even brought her family to stay. Nemo and Dory fit right in!

We played with Dory, her and Stella wrestled and snuggled and Nemo got a bath!

My sister in the best. I owe her big time.

PS~ We stayed away from all malls to prevent the MF3 disease that hit last year!

Mamee

That's what Maia calls her friend Amie.
Amie spent 2 days at our house because her Mom had training.

Liah is such a ham, ruined a great picture!

This one is a bit better!

Amie, like all children, warmed right up to Gaga!

The girls had a great time together. Amie is a sweetheart. It was fun to have a friend over!

Laughs and projects:

Maia in a Build a Bear outfit! hahaha

Cheese

We painted (Me and My sister) the wall in my family room and added maroon accents! Love it!

Painted the upstairs bathroom and added new towels and extras. It's so bright!

Hope Chris likes the surprises!

This is what it took to keep Manda's dog Dory from escaping and or eating a wall!

4th of July

The girls got dressed-up in their red, white and blue!

Compliments of Grammy!

I love that she gets outfits for every holiday!

Plus bows to match!

We went Americana as a family. A nice navy, scarlet and white, versus out tye dye numbers!

We brought on the flare with accessories!

We spent the day with the Goodens up North!

We ate lots of yummy food!

Gotta love Chris for playing along!

Liah and I wore matching shoes!

It was a great day!

Then, we headed home for night festivities with the Hegedus'!

Matching cousins!

Matching Grandparents!

Mother and daughter

We drove to "steal" fireworks.

We were not the only ones with this idea. However, we were the most rowdy ones! We tried starting the wave!

It did not take off! Booooo!

Once the fireworks started we had to move lots cause Wells Fargo was blocking our view!

The girls loved them!

We finished out the night Gangsta style!

What a great "Wes-side" 4th!