Helllooo there!

Hope Granny had a good mother's day! We love you! It was fun to get a comment from Mimi all the way from Italy! We were thinking of you on Mother's day! We have had the nicest, sunniest weather! Cece loves the freedom of not needing to be bundled up. We havebeen going over to my family's a lot to enjoy their beautiful yard with them.

 Here's how we've been getting ready for summer...

1. Mommy and baby got matching pedicures.

 It's just too much... I might eat her toes...

 2. Cece got a pair of silver sandals

sandals!

3.  And a sunhat to protect her porcelain skin!

4. We've been outside as much as possible to enjoy the sun!!! The kids are swimming in the pond and riding the ATVs, Michael and my Dad have been tinkering and working on fixing one of the motorcycles, my mom has been gardening like crazy and we have all enjoyed barbecuing! 

all the kids riding on the atv :)

the girls getting a ride in the trailer

 5. My sister, Michelle,  is getting ready to graduate! I took her senior photos this last weekend. She is so beautiful and will be getting her high school diploma as well as her associates degree!! Next year she will study chemistry at Western Washington University. I am so proud of her!

          
                         

Wild Child

Cece laughing and kicking like crazy!

highlights

Here's what we've been up to lately...

1. adoring her cuteness and her rosy cheeks....

2. Helping my sister Michelle get ready for her Senior Prom

getting her hair done at the salon

3. Celebrating my sister Bridget's 7th birthday. We all wend to the zoo! (9 kids, plus 2 parents, plus 2 grandmas, plus 1 Michael, plus 1 Cece.... makes for a loud, fun and crazy group!) 

asleep at the zoo

getting ready for a picnic at the zoo

birthday cupcakes

nom nom nom nom

the aquarium was a big hit for everyone! 

Michael would pull Cecilia's stroller right up to the aquarium glass and she would stare at the fish  in complete wonder. She loved it!

Michael taking a break on a toad stool

the birthday girl

the giant and the midget

I have to keep an eye on that husband of mine... stealing kisses from Grandma Tata! :)

4. I left Cece with Michael again so I could take some photos! This time she didn't do quite as well... she was awake, and since she is SUCH a mama's girl, she was not happy. Poor baby missed me a lot, and I missed her too! But the photos turned out and I'm excited for Becca to see them. She is a senior this year and next year is going to spend 9 months as a missionary!

That's what we've been up to!