Summer pictures of the kids... June 2009

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This photographer is a "friend of a friend" and she did a GREAT job...

Happy to promote anyone who takes cute pictures of my cute babies...

Happy Birthday Mason!

Mason got to make his own pizza in the kitchen... Notice the "11"

Tony & Anthony sang Happy Birthday in Italian!!

Bas & Mason

The 'Little' Girls...

My Sweetie & his high-maintenance Princess...

Steph & Sonja

(not sure why everyone thinks we're sisters -

maybe b/c we have the same crooked smile?)

"the gang"

"da boyz"

We went to Franks tonight for Mason's Family Birthday Dinner. It was PACKED & we had 2 groups of 8 in front of our group of 12 but we got special treatment anyway - from Tony and Anthony... They even sang "Happy Birthday" in Italian to Mason and we all got dessert on the house. YUM! Mason was in Heaven (even though he was sick, bless his heart) since he got to go in the kitchen and make his own pizza... I would say it was a first for him but it wasn't. The kids all got to watch them make Alfredo Sauce. I'm sure Steve wishes I had jumped in on that lesson!!

Brag on Bas

I just have to take a minute to brag on Sabastian... He came home with 2 certificates today. One for PERFECT ATTENDANCE for the year (1st grade) and the other for: RADICAL READER, MARVELOUS MATHEMATICIAN & Reeses-BEST FRIEND TO EVERYONE. His teacher bragged on his writing skills, reading & math levels. YAH BAS!

Some devotions & quotes to ponder...

"Go to the effort. Invest the time. Write the letter. Make the apology. Take the trip. Purchase the gift. Do it. The seized opportunity renders joy." Max Lucado

"He who forgives first, wins." William Penn

"A word once let out of the cage, cannot be whistled back again." Horace

"Be a friend, the rest will follow." Emily Dickinson

"God can't fix a broken heart if you don't give him all the pieces." Jennifer Leigh Youngs

"Nothing enters your life accidentally - remember that. Behind our every experience is our loving, sovereign God." Charles Swindoll

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."

"There is a past which is gone forever, but there is a future which is still our own." F.W. Robertson

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." Corrie Ten Boom

"Be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else." Allison S.

"Whenever we realize we have not taken advantage of a magnificent oppportunity, we are apt to sink into despair. Let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invicible future with Him. Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step." Oswald Chamber

Date night...

Savannah, our "resident photographer," had to 'get a shot'... :)

DISNEY ON ICE!!!!!!!!!!!

Had a blast with my babies and good friends today. Was very impressed by Disney On Ice.. Was afraid it might be "too kiddy" but all the kids loved it! It's been a great day!