SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE!

We have had some beautiful weather the last week or so.

We had a great time at the circus. Both the kids loved it and sat through the entire 2 hours without any problems.

This past weekend, my friend Dianne, came to visit. We had a great time. Took her to some of our favorite spots. The kids loved having her here. Unfortunately, she didn't get much of a break from kids since mine were glued to her the entire weekend! :)

George left yesterday for Tupelo, Mississippi. He will be gone for a week. Bella woke up this morning and said "where's Daddy"? It was so cute.

I am taking the girls to New York this weekend. We are taking the train up on Saturday morning and coming back late Sunday afternoon. We are going to visit the American Doll store, Central Park, FAO Schwartz and whatever else we decided.

I am posting some pictures from the circus!

FUN! FUN! FUN!

Mommy and LiLi on Mother's Day


My girls

LiLi with her teachers

Gabby, LiLi and Eva

The Three Musketeers

Beautiful!!

Mommy and her pookie duck baby!

George, LiLi, Bella, Aunt Helen and
Uncle Willie

We have had a busy couple of weeks. My Aunt Helen and Uncle Willie were in town from Reno, Nevada for a reunion. They came over for George's famous seafood gumbo on Sunday, May 3rd. I hadn't seen them since 1995 when I had visited them in Nevada. It was great for them to meet my family and to catch up. :)

I attended The Mother's Day Tea at LiLi's school on the 5th. It was so cute. They had fine China (or so it looked) and served hot tea with cookies. They put on a music show. You could hear LiLi over everyone. She loves to sing. We sat at a table with her two best friends in Philadelphia, Eva and Gabby. I really like their moms..we seem to have a lot in common so it was great chatting with them as well.

George and I went to see the Star Trek movie at The Franklin Institute on IMAX. It was a good movie and I'm not even a Star Trek fan. George really enjoyed it. The good news is that the next movie we see will be a chick flick. :)

I had a great but low key Mother's Day. We went to church then came home and RELAXED. We ordered Indian for dinner and it was so YUMMY! LiLi and Bella gave me a keychain that says "World's Greatest MoM". On the back it had all of the kids names. They also gave me a beautiful hydrangea. Anna sent me a really nice card and a gift certificate to Starbucks! George and LiLi also made me a wonderful breakfast. I am so blessed to have such a great family that loves me so much!!

This weekend will be so much fun. We are taking the girls to The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus on Saturday. Then LiLi and I are heading to Eva's birthday party. On Sunday, we have LiLi's ballet recital.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

LIFE IS GOOD!

Beautiful Bella!

Anna and LiLi before prom

LiLi with her big girl bike

LiLi loves her brother!!

LiLi at the Strawberry Field!


The beginning of pink eye (right eye)!!
Fun Date at the Mexican restaurant!

Bella copying everything that LiLi does!

LiLi and Keaton!

The crew!

Grammy passing out the gifts!

BEAUTIFUL!!

Bella with G-Daddy

Mommy, LiLi, and Michelle

Bella with Nana and G-Daddy

The Thornley Family on Bella's Baptism Day!

LiLi, Jackson and Molly

This has been a very busy month.

BIG NEWS!! LiLi's surgery was cancelled. We went to her pre-op appointment on April 16th and the doctor said that her mouth was healed. The fistula (hole) in the roof of her mouth had repaired itself. This is nothing short of a miracle. We had the congregations at both of our churches praying for LiLi's surgery. The prayers obviously worked a miracle.

Bella was baptized on April 19th. It was a very special day. We had a get together at our house after the service. Bella did great during the actual baptism..didn't make a peep. Keeping the girls quiet during the service was another story..Bella and I spent most of the service walking around the graveyard at St. Michael's. :) Bella and LiLi received many cute gifts from lots of friends that came over after the baptism. It was so great seeing all the kids playing together. We had Keaton (3), LiLi (4), Bella (1), Cade (2), Micah (almost 1), Olivia (5), Joseph (I think 4), Caleigh (5), Michael (I think 8) and Ava (1) running around the house. It was so cute. We also had several older kids there as well.

On April 21st, Dad and Terry came over for dinner. We had a great time visiting with them, The kids kept them very busy!!

On George's birthday, the 22nd, we met Jennifer R., mom, and Elizabeth for dinner at Myabi's. It was a lot of fun. The kids did great at the restaurant. Mom bought Bella the Bitty Baby..she bought LiLi one a couple of years ago. They actually play dolls together really well. LiLi also spent the night with Grammy while we were in town and had a GREAT time.

We have all been a little under the weather. George had bronchitis, LiLi had a sinus infection and I got a horrible case of pink eye in both eyes. This was the first time that I have ever had pink eye and it was HORRIBLE!! We are all on the mend now. We were in Charleston just in time for the pollen now we are in Philadelphia just in time for their pollen season!! :)

I'm posting lots of pictures so let me know what you think!!