1st Day of Kindergarten

First day of kindergarten was an emotional day for me, not Isabelle. She was such a big girl. I was full of so many emotions excitement, anxiety, sadness, but most of joy. My little girl is growing up to be a wonderful person. Isabelle said to me " When are you going to leave so I can learn something." It almost broke my heart then I realized I want her to be an independent girl, so this was a good thing. I give her a kiss and leave and cry all the way to the car. I just think these last five years have went by so fast before I know it she will be graduating high school and getting married. Anyway, here are the pictures from her first day. I know everyone has been waiting.

Silly things...

On Thursday night Isabelle and I stayed up watching the Olympics mainly the gymnastics. Isabelle was very interested in all of it. Friday morning she gets on her leotard, get a jacket because that is what they did, and a backpack( if you watched they would put their backpack on to go to the next event. Isabelle got some stickers to put around her wrist and fingers and on her toes and ankles just like the gymnasts do. It was all very interesting to me to see how wild her imagination was. Isabelle would perform her routine and then want me to say "Isabelle stuck that landing." I love the creativity she has to entertain herself. She was busy with this all day.


On another note Hasten's new thing is to put big gobs of toilet paper in the toilet or small toys. He thinks it is hilarious and I don't!

Being Spontaneous!!!

On Monday we went to the Aquauirm in Jenks. The kids had a blast!! Hasten keep saying "ohooo" and pointing at everything.

The stingrays in this picture would jump up on to the side on the tank. It was the craziest thing.








On Tuesday we went to Turner Falls to have a picnic and go swimming. I hadn't been to Turner Falls in a long time. Walking on the rocks is very hard and it hurts your feet. Overall it was fun. From there we went to Grapevine Mills Outlet mall to shop a little and eat at the Rainforest Cafe. The kids loved all the animals making noise and moving around. Our next stop was the Yankees vs. Rangers game. It was the first baseball game for both the kids. We didn't know what to expect from either one of them, but they loved it. Isabelle would yell for the Yankees. The people around us didn't appreciate it, but we thought it was funny. Hasten would just point at everything.




Yikes the croc bite me!!!
I love this picture!
Our little mini vacation was a blast. Two days well spent with our family. Can't believe summer is almost over.

Hasten attempting to eat spaghetti by himself. I love the look on his face. He thinks he is a big boy and wants to do everything that his sister does. Here is picture of Hasten's room after we got all the tin signs up. I love it!!

Oh!! we really do love each other.....

I need a pair of these!!

Random pictures!

Hasten looks like his Pa in this picture.
Isabelle being silly with her brother.
Mom! Look what I can do!
Pa, Isabelle, Nonna and Hasten playing in the princess tent.
Isabelle pushing Hasten in his dump truck as fast as she can! And he loves it!!!

New Season......

The new season of Project Runway started last night. I love this show!! Right now my favorite designer is Kenley. She is super cute and I love her style.

This is what she designed last night with a ball and a lawn chair.Can't wait to see what happens next!!

Our evening at the zoo..

Monday evening we decided to take the kids to the zoo since it wasn't too hot. It was the perfect evening! No one was there and all the animals were out. The kids could walk around without us having to worry.

Boys will be boys....

Hasten got a train table and track for his birthday and his Daddy and Uncle Jay had more fun playing with it than he did . They spent probably 30 minutes building the track for Hasten to destroy in 1 minute. Boys and their toys! They never grow up.

My little boy is ONE....

I love this little boy. He is adventurous,loving,cute,funny,clever,extraordinary,a little mischievous, curious, sometimes stubborn (don't know where he gets that...LOL) and...... everything in between.
I can't wait to see what the next year and the future holds for my little man.



Hasten 1 day old
Hasten 1 year old

Good Parenting

Doesn't every mother let her almost one year old drink Diet Dr. Pepper. Just kidding the can was empty, but he thought he was getting something out of there.



Look at this proud face of accomplishment!!!

4th of July

This was the best picture of the three of us out of 100 ( it seemed like).
Mommy's girl
Mr. Independent
Everyone has to take pictures like this.
Addy, Isabelle, Lily and Hasten. After a day of swimming. But they all still managed to stay up til 10:30 to see their Daddy's try to blow us all up. It was the funniest thing. The girls were booing Jason and Damon because the fireworks weren't big enough for them. Now let's see what the Dad's will try to do next year, so they don't get booed!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Me at One !!!

Me at Current Day!!


I can't beleive I'm 33 years old, married with 2 kids. It just seems like the other day that I graduated high school.... My how the time just flys by.

Summer time fun!!!

My little rebel!!
My beautiful girl
Exploring the wild!!!

Princess Tea

On Monday Isabelle and her Prince Charming aka Daddy had Tea for Two at the church. Isabelle was so excited all day. Prince Charming was excited too!!! About getting to dress up in a fancy dress, have big girl tea, and all with just her daddy.

I look at Isabelle and she amazes me daily. She is caring, honest, loving, full of spirit, and beautiful. I'm so proud of her and all her little talents. Having Isabelle has made me a better person. The other day she wanted to stop and take a moment to pray for a squirrel that a gotten ran over by a car. She says when she grows up she wants to be a Mommy just like me. I tell her that it is the best job in the world.

Our trip to Branson

This was the relaxing part of the trip. Not the 5 hour drive there. Can you say SCREAMING child in back seat that just wants out of his carseat. You feel like a trapped animal. There is nothing you can do to make him happy and you just have to hope that the madness will end soon. And it did. Finally! After about an Hour and a half of crying. And poor Isabelle is right next to him. Covering her ears.

This was the next day riding the tea cups with Isabelle. We had the most fun!!!

Hasten riding the tractor. We could not get him off this thing. He loved bouncing around on it. Future Farmer.
The next Danica Patrick. Isabelle loved driving the little go carts and would cut other kids off so she could get in front. She kept saying " I won that race."
Shopping at the outlets in Branson. The kids are trying to escape. They thought the horse would get them out of there. LOL!!!

My little cowboy playing dress up with sissy.
Getting into lots of fun stuff!!
Isabelle playing dress up. My pretty little princess.
This is Isabelle post boo. She fell off the monkey bars and bit almost through her bottom lip. She thought she could go across by herself. She learned this lesson the hard way. I doubt it will be the last time! I think it was more traumatic for me than her. She didn't even want to leave the playground after it happened. She said " I'm OK! I just want to swing." I love her carefree attitude. I strive to be more like that.