Welcome to the World, Kyra Kennedy!

Congratulations to Karen, Chris & Maddie! They welcomed the newest addition to their family, Kyra Kennedy on Tuesday 6/23. She was 7lbs 5oz and 20.5 inches long.

I got to go see her today. She was such a sweetie and she has a ton of hair!


Unfortunately, this is about the only picture we got before the nurse took her back to the nursery for some routine checking up/cleaning up. Can't wait to see her again and get some more pics!

Chalking up a Storm

It's been pretty rainy here lately. We decided to take cover on the porch and do some chalking. The girls love to doodle. Sometimes I think they end up with more chalk on them than there is on the ground.

Wordy Wednesday 6.17.09

Ok, instead of Wordless Wednesday, today will be WordY Wednesday. I am trying to get caught up on posts and there are LOTS of them. Be sure to go way back past the last Wordless Wednesday and into May to see them all. Click 'OLDER POSTS' at the bottom of the page.

Happy reading.

Ryan's Christening

This Sunday was Ryan's Christening. It was a great day! We headed to his Mom-Mom's house afterward for a party. We had a lot of fun hanging out! Juli was loving having all those kids to play with! I didn't get a chance to take pics at the party, but here are some from the ceremony.

Getting dressed.

Me & my Godson

BFFs forever.


Juli and Maddie

Katie, Grandma, Livi & Juli

The main event. I wonder if Juli and Katie are now considered Godmothers too since they wormed their way up on the altar during the ceremony. Yes that is them peeking over the baptismal.

Joseph, Ryan, Katie & Denise

Densie, Sandy, Ryan, Chris & Joseph

Godparents

Maddie, Sandy & Ryan

The kids. Yes this is the best we could do.

Joseph, James and Marie

La La Livi and her Daddy

The whole clan

So Sassy!

The girls needed haircuts so we headed to Sweet & Sassy for some pampering. I'm not sure I'm crazy about the quality of the cuts, but the girls really like it there. Juli asked if she could get her nails done, so we obliged. She was thrilled. She also got a shampoo instead of the spray bottle this time. I think we have a Diva in the making.

Oooh, sparkley!

After they did her nails, she got a glitter tattoo.

They do kids birthday parties and have "rockstar packages" and a catwalk/runway. Livi was gearing up for her modeling career.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a video uploaded here soon. Stupid blogger.

Save the Last Dance

Juli was very sad to have her last dance class. I told her she can definitely go back in the fall if she wants too.

Picking prizes out of the treasure box.

Juli and Miss Danielle

Juli and her class. The lighting in the studio is awful for pictures!

Juli and Miss Tracy

See you next year!

The Graduate

Juli came home today with a Pre-Kindergarten Diploma. My baby is not a baby anymore! I cannot believe she will be starting Kindergarten in the fall!

Wordless Wednesday 6.10.09 - Fins up!

Handy Manny

It's nice to have our own Handy Manny (Disney show for those of you not in the preschool loop). James has been working hard around the house. This week he did another set of windows. This time he did the dining room windows, last time the living room ones.

Aaahhhhhhhh!! Oh, pshew, I thought that was Jason coming to get us for a second!!

James on the "stage" he made to do the job.

The window on the right is new. The other one, in progress.


I will have to take pics of the windows in and done. I haven't had a chance to do that yet. It's looking better all the time!! Good job, honey!

June Fete

This weekend was the June Fete. Our awesome neighbor, Nicole, gave us tickets for admission. We headed over on Sunday and had a blast!

Livi pretends to not like rides. She cries and says no when you try to put her on, like she is starting to do in the pictures below. Once the ride starts, she warms up to it. After it is over, she says, "I have fun!" What a goober.

She really didn't want to do this one, and I'm not sure if she liked it, she never let go of the sides once it started moving. She still said, "I have fun!" though.

After the boats, I asked if she wanted to go on the cars. She whined and said no, but she LOVED it. She was smiling and waving. That was BIG fun.

Juli LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the roller coaster. (She's in the second car)

We convinced Livi to go on the dragons against her will. She was smiling and yelling wheee! Go figure. (They are the two little heads in the middle there.)

Livi wanted to go on the motorcycles with Juli, but she was too short. Maybe next year kiddo. Juli had a blast though.

We had some ice cream, played some games, made some sand art and spin art. Overall, it was a good day!

Waiting for the show to start.

Me and my prima ballerina.

Katie and Juli

Juli & Maddie

Karen & Juli

Juli and Nonna

That's about all the pictures we have from the recital. We weren't supposed to have cameras there.

That being said, here's a video. LOL

(Can't get the video to work right now, but will post it later)

Dance Recital Rehearsal

The girls had their rehearsal tonight. They were SOOOOO cute! They did great on the stage and had a good time. We had to wait a REALLY long time for the professional portraits to be taken, but everyone was patient and well behaved, mostly.

Katie & Juli

Katie, Juli & Brenna

Juli & Brenna

Juli watching other kids get their portraits done.

I snuck one in while the professional was getting set up!

Waiting in the wings.

Juli's class striking a pose.

Getting ready to start.

Getting the pep talk from Ms. Tracy.

I have a video I will get posted later, so check back.