First Day of School

Wow, that year went fast!
Here is Parker before his first day of 3rd grade!

Here are the boys showing off their new shoes!

In front of Coyote Hills Ele.

Waiting for the bell to ring.

Here is Mrs. Marino, Parker's 3rd grade teacher!

And, I had to throw in some pics of the
new house!

Kitchen.

Living room

Back porch looks over a 5 acre
grass park...and
we don't have to mow it!

New growth!

My craft area for the basement!

And the toy area for the boys!

Even the orchid survived the move!

Thank you God for the blessings!

My Very Blessed Nest

We are so excited!
We just purchased a beautiful home.
God has taken such good care of us and
continues to open doors for where
he wants our family.
This will be the home where
I plan to spend the best years of my life!
I hope that the Lord will allow
us to stay here at least until the
boys graduate from high school!
(I love the schools!)

I just wanted to share a picture!
But, now I am off to decorating!
I will try to post more pictures later.

I love being a mom!

I had an awesome day!
I think I have the two greatest boys
in the world!
We went to church, then had a great
lunch at Macaroni Grill.

Each one of the boys made a
hand-painted pot and were so excited for me to open them.

Four generations

And my mom....is the greatest example ever!
Happy Mother's Day!

Auntie Bragging Rights

Welcome Baby Daphnie!!
I am so excited to tell you
that my brother and his wife had their first
baby this morning!

Daphnie weighed 5 lbs and 4 oz,
and was 18.5 inches long.
My parents were so excited.

Proud Papa

I love this picture!

She is holding my finger!!

Proud daddy,
my brother!

Four generations.

Proud cousin

Proud cousin

Uncle Shaun
and I must also
say
"Happy Easter"

Shower Scrapbook

My latest project stems from
a very successful baby shower for
my sister-in-law Stephanie.
I asked each attendant to bring
a letter written to Daphnie!
It was so fun to see what everyone
wanted to tell her already.
Each person had their picture taken and
then I took it from there.
This is just a quick glimpse!

Jared, Steph with baby shower invite!

Grammy's sweet page.

Each invite (near or far),
received a piece of stationery.
They were asked to send the letter
back with a picture of themselves.
That way, Daphnie will be able
to know all her family and friends better!

Homemade gift page!!
Loved it!

Letters from her family were precious to read!

Best friend and her letter!!

Some pages were just to have fun!
And show off the cake!

Of course, here is my page!
Shaun thinks I look weird in this picture.
Oh well, not much to choose from!

Even Great Grandma's wrote poetry!!

Precious words of wisdom!

So many good friends!

And I had to showcase the food!!

Look at the LOOT!

Sweet email from my cousin!

Fun gifts!

I love this page, my sister
and brother are so photogenic!!

Why do I look like such a cornball??

Sisterly love...and a beautiful necklace!

Everyone participated in
the letter writing!!

We did have a few games,
and yes, I documented them too!

This is the last page!
I had to put my brother on it!
He looks great with the stroller in hand!
Daphnie, you are lucky to
have the greatest parents ever!!

The End.
Now I just have to
wrap a pink bow around it and
deliver it to Sweet Stephanie!
(Maybe I will bring it to the hospital next week when she is born.....)