Marigold

This year my annual golf tournament (the one time a year that I go golfing) was cancelled.  I have golfed in this tournament for about 5 years with my mother and her friends, who I am proud to say that over the years have become my friends as well.  We always have so much fun, so much fun in fact that when they cancelled our favorite day we decided to still go out there and play anyway!

We had a blast as always!  Thank you Mom, Kitty, and Dawn for being so patient with me and letting me tag along!  The only reason that I can even move that little ball around is because of you guys!

After a great morning of golf and a nice lunch I met Mark and the kids for a nice relaxing afternoon on the beach.  Then my in laws bought us a nice dinner to celebrate our anniversary.

Overall, it was a perfect summer day!!  I LOVE SUMMER!

Zoo Day

Today we went to the zoo.  The zoo is one of my most absolute favorite places on earth.  Ever since Claire was about a year old one of my favorite things to do is spend the day at the zoo.  Now, while I love this place I must say that every time I go there I get sad.  I get sad because it makes me realize how quickly my babies are growing up!  And I while we walk through the zoo I have so many memories with my babies.  So while I am at the zoo I am constantly mourning the loss of my little toddlers but I am also loving the young kids that they are becoming!

They still love a good puppet show!

And we love to hang out with our buddies!

Even if the girls act like they are 25.

And I did get my toddler fix with my baby girl Harper.  We had a blast watching the gorillas.  Watching Harper reminded me that one of the reasons that I love the zoo is because I love watching the kids watch all the animals!

So even though my kids are growing rapidly, they did promise me that no matter old they get they will always save one day each summer to have a family day at the zoo with me (and maybe even ride the train).

Lax Pics

Claire has been loving Lacrosse this summer.  It has been so amazing to see how much she has grown in this sport and I love to watch her play!  It is such a great group of girls and they are having so much fun!

2016 Mini-Mods!

Orchard Park Girls Mini-Mods and Mods 2016!

Lucky 13

On July 12th Mark and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary!  It blows my mind that we have been married for 13 years, it feels like our wedding was just a few years ago.  It has been an amazing 13 years and I look forward to another amazing 13 plus years!

 

Impromptu Picnic

I love summer!  When else can you decide (at the very last minute) to have an impromptu picnic with friends?!

Birthday Parties

Yesterday we celebrated Claire's 9th birthday and Oliver's 6th birthday with some friends at the local gymnastics place.

The kids were so excited to celebrate with their friends!

Oliver's group went first and they had a blast!

Everyone enjoyed the food!

Oliver loved playing soccer so much this year, that he wanted a soccer cake!

Each one of his friends got to come up and help him open their gift.  Needless to say, Oliver loved this part.

After Oliver's party was over, it was Claire's turn to party with her friends!

The kids had a blast!

Claire was super excited about her lacrosse cake.

My big girl.

Harper loved helping Claire open her gift.

They are so cool.

The kids had a blast when we got home and they played with their toys all night!

Even Daddy couldn't help himself!

The birthday parties were a success!  Even though when we arrived they told us that they didn't have any parties scheduled for the day!  Once that got sorted out the rest of the day was perfect.  The kids had so much fun with their friends.  I know I say it every year (and I will probably say every year until I am gone) but I can't believe my babies are this old!

Fourth Of July

We spent our fourth of July with our usual tradition of hangin' with the Cappelli's!  The kids had a blast!  This was the first year that we didn't need any strollers!  While that was kinda sad, I will say that we made it down to the parade in record time this year!

 

My favorite people!

Plus one ;)

The Cappelli's!  I love our fourth of July tradition!

HAPPY FOURTH!

Claire's Birthday

So it happened.  My first baby turned 9!  I can't even believe it!

This year Claire chose a beach cake!

She had a great time celebrating with the family.  Especially her cousins!

I love these nutballs.

And we ended the night with a great camp fire with Uncle Greg.  It was a perfect day.

And earlier in the week, we kept our tradition of birthday pedicures going!  She is getting so old!  She is becoming my little buddy.  Claire is so smart, funny, and helpful.  She loves to shop and read!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE! 

Random Stuff

We had a few other fun events already this summer!  So I am just going to throw them all into one post.

We had a great time at Justin and Christina's couple shower!  We do love to get dressed up and hit the town!

It was so fun to have everyone together!

Apparently summer nights when Mommy goes out with Auntie Kate, everyone else sleeps in my bed!

We had a great time with Auntie Kate and her family at a party at the Hunters' house.  

Oliver had a great time at the party with his buddies!

Soccer

The kids had a great soccer season this year!  They had the best coach ever, their Daddy!!

Although they did not win any games and only scored two goals, they had so much fun and it was so fun to watch them play!

Claire also had a great season and loved playing with all of her buddies from school!  I can't believe how old she is getting!

It was a great season and I am so proud of how hard they both worked!  And great job on being the best coach ever Daddy!

Kindergarten Graduation

This year Oliver didn't have a graduation but his teacher had a super fun farm and petting zoo party!

Here is my man on his special day!

 He loved his petting zoo!

And we got to leave to have a delicious lunch.  Oliver got to pick any place that he wanted.  So of course,  he picked McDonalds.

The petting zoo was so cute and we had a great time celebrating Oliver's year in Kindergarten.  He loved school so much and learned a lot.  I am so proud of  him!

We are super proud of him for winning an award for his perfect attendance!!  He loved school so much that he never wanted to miss it!

Congratulations on a great year Oliver!!  Good luck in the first grade!

Oliver's Birthday

Well, it is finally SUMMER!!!  And I am back to trying to blog everyday!  But before I get to that I have to catch up on a few very important days.  The most important being, Oliver's birthday!

This year my buddy wanted an Angry Birds party so he picked out this cake!

And here is my handsome 6 year old!  I can't believe my little man is 6!  He is so funny and kind and I don't know what I would do without him in my life!

 The cousins had a blast at the party!

And Oliver loved his free breakfast at Denny's!