Thursday, July 23, 2009

Catching Up......FINALLY!

We are back from vacation. We had an awesome time in OBX. Blog post and pictures to follow....someday...LOL. I have been such a bad blogger. Summer is so hard. We are so busy and really enjoying all things summer. I have been a bad blog reader too. I do catch up with all the blogs I follow about once a week. I don't always comment but I am reading and enjoying following along.

Now for the catch up. We had a busy May.....Here is what we were up too. I will tell the story with my pictures.......

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Katie at Dress Rehearsal in May for the recital in June

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Bailey and I at Dress Rehearsal

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Happy Mother's Day to me. A beautiful Pandora bracelet with 2 charms was in that silver box.

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Me and my Baby on Mother's Day. I can't wait to learn Photoshop so I can fix my gray roots in photos.....lol.

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All the Mom's and kids on Mother's Day after dinner at Candela's.

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Katie got a Big Girl Bed. She got a toddler bed when she turned 3 and was growing out of it. We promised her a Big Girl Bed for her 4th birthday and in March. We finally got the bed in May. She loves it. She looks so tiny in this big bed.

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We planted our garden in May. Bailey and Brady have always helped me plant my garden. They love it. Now Katie loves it too. I let them have their our pots and pick their own flowers. They plant the flowers and take care of their pots all season. Some of the other neighborhood boys came over and helped too. They had a blast. It was fun watching the kids really get into it.

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Brady helping Katie

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All the kids working on their pots.

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I attended Timmy's Graduation from Mulenberg College. I have known Timmy since he was born. Timmy is my friend Eileen son and my Best Friend Karen's nephew. I am so proud of him.

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We had a Disney Planning Picnic at Emma's house. We are going to Disney in September with our good friends. Two of the families from our local adoption group and one of the families from our China Travel group. They live in Reno, NV and are meeting us there. Laura, Kate, Mimi, and I planned what we are going to do in Disney while the girls played and the men hung out on the patio. We called Erika in Reno and conferenced her in on our planning.

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Emma enjoying her black olives.

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Lia enjoying hers.

Thanks Kevin and Laura for a great time. We can't wait to go to Disney!!! 52 days!!!!

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The Sunday before Memorial Day we attended Addie and Graham's wedding. Graham is my co-worker Ruck's son. We had a blast. I had some fun praticing still life with my camera.

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Dan and I

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Jeff and Karen

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The girls

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Me and my friends from work..Chris and Ruck

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Our drinks

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The centerpiece

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The centerpiece again

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The last weekend in May we went to The Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos. We had a blast! We will definitely go back.

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Katie coming down the slide

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Brady under the waterfall

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all the kids under the waterfall when the big bucket dumped the water.

Well that was our May!

9 comments:

day by day said...

Wow, Jen...you HAVE been busy...a fun busy!!! Loved all the pictures, but I have to say that one with Katie in her yellow dance outfit...oh, my word....ADORABLE!!!

I am getting excited for Disney, too! : ) Don't know about the kids...but I am. hee hee!

Keep enjoying your summer!!

a Tonggu Momma said...

That was JUST May?!?!!! You HAVE been busy. I especially loved the black olives shots.

Jboo said...

Holy smokes -- you did all that in one month!!! Wow -- you have been busy! Love all your photos -- they are wonderful!

janet

Laura said...

What a fun month. 52 days!! Holy smokes!! Loved all the pictures.

xoxo,
Laura

Kate said...

Worth the wait...worth the wait!!! You aure are having the best summer ever...don't worry about the blog...and just keep making memories!!! I won't mention that I had the (great!) idea to start a group blog for Disney...and then we could have it made into a book for the girls later...we could take turns posting about getting ready and then when we are there, etc.

Okay...didn't mean to hijack the comment section...we'll talk!!

Kate said...

...and wait...is it 52 days until I have to get on an airplane???

Heather said...

Such a great summer so far!! Thanks for sharing what you have been up to! Katie looks gorgeous on her recital day!!!! What a beauty.

Here's to a great August to go with May, June and July! :)

Heather

Sue said...

From the looks of it, you guys are having a great summer!

Enjoyed all the pics. : )

Sue

trina said...

Jen, how are you? Been missing you. :)