4th of July

Still on my quest for more regular updates of the blog. The upcoming consignment sale, kids home from school, and Facebook are all interfering with this. Here's some pics from the 4th of July. The night before we met neighbors in the cul de sac and did sparklers and fountains with them. We are lucky to have more kids than ever on our street. It used to be that ours were the only ones, but now we have a bunch under 12. Good babysitters too!

We again went to the picnic at church to watch the Roswell fireworks, this was Michael and Emily's first time and I was curious to see how they would do. Emily was more interested in the dog on the next blanket and Michael was more interested in throwing the frisbee. Neither one was fazed by the noise in the least.

Here they are admiring each other's bling (glow necklaces, helps to keep track of them in the dark!)

Terry and our neighbor Michel were masters of the sparkler:

Big kids relaxing: Michel, Dave, Marna, Sylvia

Little kids taking a break, we were out there till 10pm, they loved it!

Sunday afternoon we went to Jay and Arlene's to see Kylie, who was visiting from CT. The kids had a blast playing Wi with her. We look forward to seeing her again, and Jake and Blair too in just a week or so.

Dad and Emily take a break from the Wi

Father's Day at the Beach

So far behind on blogging.....3 kids at home 24/7 really cuts down on your computer time. We had a great trip to the beach the end of June, it was the twins first time and they loved it. Sophie had a blast too, and is getting the hang of riding the waves. Although the last 90 minutes of the car ride home threatened to erase all the good memories, we persevered and made it home without sacrificing anyone!!

Sophie in the fountains at Seacrest Village


She lost a tooth on vacation, luckily the tooth fairy knew the way to the beach:

The fam watching the sunset on the beach, taken by our friendly townhouse neighbors:

Kids checking out the surf from our tiny lawn:

Michael enjoying some popcorn at the dolfin show at the "maquarium":

Being silly while waiting for the fireworks to start:

Some days were like this:

But that could quickly turn around to this:

Making smores on our patio:

The geek squad ready for the beach the first day: