Emma and Abuelita are so fancy.

Emma and Abuelita got pampered this afternoon.

They went to visit Natalie (Paul's girlfriend) at the nail salon.

She gave them wonderful pedicures and they had a great time.

Thank you for a fun afternoon Natalie!

Emma's first week of Kindergarten!

Emma started Kindergarten on Tuesday!

She is having such a fun time.

 On Monday we went to her meet the teacher day.

Mrs. S is so nice and Emma really likes her.

Emma picked out her outfit for the first day of school.

She had lots of fun shopping with me.

Emma was a lucky girl and she got to be the line leader.

We all went to drop Emma off on her first day.

Elle cried and so did I.

I was able to hold it together until I got to the car, but then I lost it.

Emma said "I have to take a picture because it is my second day of school."

Everyday is a special day!

On her third day she said "Mama, you have to take a picture of me because I look like a cowgirl in these pants."

Today it was my idea to take a picture because Elle was so excited to take sissy to school.

I am so proud of Emma and so excited for all of the fun things she will learn in Kindergarten!

Ladies night out

Sunday night I went out with Ashley, Wendy and Brigitte for a fun ladies night.

We had a gourmet picnic in the parking lot and then saw Gloriana, Sheryl Crow and Rascal Flatts.

We had such a fun time!

Something old

Emma found this dress in her closet.

GG Margaret and GG Bob gave it to me when I was a little girl.

The other day Emma said that it was her very favorite dress and that she had to wear it shopping.

 Something about her in my old dress is pretty sweet.

It is also pretty sweet that Elle said "too" (me too) and joined Emma in the picture.

These two are pretty darn cute!

Elle is becoming a regular in timeout.

Last week Elle started a trend of being in time out more often than ever before.

On this particular occasion it was because of this...

She drew on Emma's sheets with a pen.

Emma had put the pen in a "safe" place and Elle found it while I was busy in the kitchen.

The very next morning she was in time out before 7:30 am.

It is a good thing she is cute!

Emma's haircut

Emma has been wanting a haircut for months.

We told her that she could get it cut before she started school and she was so excited.

She felt so fancy going to my hair lady (Tera).

Tera did a great job and Emma looks adorable with her new haircut!

Andrew's 5th Birthday Party

Last week we celebrated Andrew's 5th Birthday!

He had a super fun party at Chuck E Cheese.

The kids played their little hearts out and were exhausted from all of the fun.

Happy 5th Birthday Andrew!

Peter

I have worked with Peter for 17 years.

He has been an amazing boss.

He has always believed in me and taught me to believe in myself.

He is pretty darn amazing.

He now works at City Hall and I miss him terribly at the center.

 Peter is famous for his sayings, so we took note of our favorites.

Peter's very first day at the center October 1997 and his last day at the center August 2014.

Even though I miss him so much in the office, I know that he will continue to be a part of  my life.

Emma is already talking about how she needs to go visit him at his new office.

Seattle

August 6-10

We had a fabulous trip to Seattle.

Wednesday

We had an early flight

Doug did some work

Emma had 17 tea parties with Grandma Cherie

Elle played with every toy in the house

We had dinner with Grandma Cherie

Met up with the Kok family for frozen yogurt

Saw the beautiful new Kok family home

Thursday

Emma had 7 more tea parties with Grandma Cherie in the morning

Doug worked

We had a fun girl's lunch at the American Girl Store with Grandma Cherie, Lauren and Val

We went to Jasen, Gabby and Breanna's home for a play date

Had a yummy dinner at Uncle Greg and Aunt Linda's

Went swimming at their house

Friday

We met up with Aunt Cindy, Val, Lauren, Hadley, Ben and Carson at Remlinger Farms

Rode lots of rides and had so much fun

Went to the Kok house for a bbq

Spent time with all of the Remilinger Farm gang as well as Kevin, Uncle Mike and Ryan

Val and I met up with Katie at Redhook for some drinks

Doug was sweet enough to come and pick us up

Saturday

Emma had another 10 tea parties with Grandma Cherie

Elle decided to make herself at home in the doll's crib

Grandma Cherie and Grandpa Bob hosted a fun bbq

We got to spend time with lots of cousins

Grandma and Grandpa watched the girls while Doug and I went out to dinner with Val and Kevin

Sunday

We went to church with Grandma and Grandpa

Spent some time in the backyard

Went to Uncle Mike and Aunt Cindy's boat

Took a trip to Jetty Island

Had a fabulous dinner on the boat and the dock with fresh crab, yum!!!

Had some snuggles with Grandma and Grandpa

Monday

We flew home bright and early

Went right back to work

We had so much fun and we are so lucky to have such great family and friends in Seattle!

Thank you everyone for such a fun trip!!!

Park of the week 10

Saturday August 2nd

Our last park of the week for the summer was Sunset Park in San Marcos.

We went to celebrate Maxwell"s 1st Birthday and we had lots of fun playing in the rain, eating yummy food and playing with friends.

Another Friday at the bay

Friday August 1st

We spent the day at the bay with cousins and friends and had so much fun!

Some of us were lucky enough to hang out all day and the rest of the group joined us after work.

We had a fun surprise and found out that Rachel, Heather and Landon were also at the bay. They came and joined us and the kids had so much fun together.

 We stayed late and had a bbq and a bonfire.

These three ladies were exhausted and passed out right away on our way home.