Planning is in full force for our vacation to Long Beach/LA/Santa Barbara in late June.  I'm getting so excited!  I have purchased tickets to see the Mariners play at Dodger Stadium.   How cool is that?  We get to see our own team play an away game.  It would be even better if they didn't suck donkey balls by the time June rolls around.  Right now ( Read more... )

My sister and I have birthdays just three days apart.  This year my mom decided to take us on a girl's weekend and we chose San Juan island.  We had a nice time!   

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Dominick's party was July 12th.  We had 5 kids over and they played with squirt guns and water bombs and had a great time.  Note to self: 2 hours is too long of a party for 8 year olds.  They were extremely bored the last half hour.


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We're going camping tonight and ya know how things are suppose to be really laid back and not a big deal?  Well it was that way up until about five minutes ago for me.  Now I am thinking I will only have a couple hours to get ready tonight as we are leaving at noon from work tomorrow.

I made a batch of potato salad but I roasted the potatoes so they ( Read more... )

Monday I had to register Dominick for summer vacation at the BGC and pay a deposit for every week that he will be there so we had to consider our summer plans already!  We don't travel a lot so it isn't like we are taking a three week trip to France or anything but I am pretty excited with what we have come up with so far.

May 3rd Apple Blossom ( Read more... )

 It was a blast!  The kids got along and were well behaved for the most part.  By the last day they had had enough of it but 4 days of walking and crowds and walking some more can really get to ya!  These are in no particular order whatsoever.  Enjoy!

my mom lookin like a gangsta

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We had a good time!  On Sunday we went to the Mariner's game.  It was so hot that Kip had to go out and buy me sunscreen and a hat.  We bought Damian a t-shirt and a Seattle hat.


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