Summer Summer Summer Time!!!

Wow!  Summer..... & what a busy summer it's been so far!  But it's been fun too.

Dominic just celebrated his 9th Birthday & wants to thank everyone who sent cards and/or came to his party!  

He had a GREAT time & has already spent some of his money on a new Hunting Wii game.

He enjoyed helping me "clean up" after making his Birthday cupcakes =)

They still enjoy riding their 4-wheelers any chance they get & also take good care of them.

They now have a racetrack down in the pasture that they enjoy zooming around & jumping..... oh boys.  I say this now, though Carmen will be right there with them every chance she gets soon as she can ride her own 4-wheeler I'm afraid.  She is still crazy about them.  When she hears them start her little legs start kicking & she heads towards the garage.

Carmen is now 10 months old.... SLOW DOWN, I say, but she just keeps growing & learning new things daily.  She's a very happy baby & has a very contagious giggle!  


She's already a daddy's girl & loves her brothers too.  Andy gets home & she can hardly stand it until he shows her some attention.  She's going to really miss the boys when they go back to school in the fall (me too with Gino starting Kindergarten...oh my, I'm still not ready to think about that yet).

She is crawling EVERYWHERE (and very quickly).  She pulls up on everything & get's into everything....Nothing can stop her. She leaves a path of destruction wherever she goes.  


Her favorite thing is to drop things so that her brother's will pick it up for her.  She says mama & dada & has one tooth finally!  The second one is almost through, wish it would hurry!  We love her to pieces though & are very blessed.

My brother Brandon is on the move again, but found time to stop by for a visit. The boys enjoyed watching him perform some fire tricks at our bonfire.  With strict warning to never try them!

He also met Carmen for the first time & of course I had to make him hold her for a picture.... 

yeah this explains how THAT went =)

We've enjoyed some pool time on some of these crazy hot days we've had.  Dominic is swimming great!  Gino started out with his wings, but already stopped using them. He swims great underwater & even goes off the diving board & slide.  Carmen prefers me to hold her in the water, rather than in her float, but that's okay because I know next year she won't want held.

The boys enjoyed their first camping/fishing trip with Andy & their friends Jamie & his three kids last weekend.  They made a campsite down in the pasture & I didn't see them again until morning. They even went on a night hike.    

Looking forward to all the fun
 July is going to bring!