We're #1 on RockBand

We're (I mean John) is #1 on RockBand!!! #1 out of ALL the people that play Rockband...that's our band- Afflicted SIXX, awesome John- Congratulations!!!

RIP Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite legendary news anchor for CBS passed away Friday at the age of 92.

Disney Memory

Great memory! Dinner @ the Liberty Tree Tavern with Minnie Mouse & friends. I remember being so happy to get out of the rain & sit down for a nice warm meal before Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party. The kids had a ball meeting all of the characters...I believe this was the night Dave developed a crush on Minnie.

Father's Day

We went to IHOP (John's pick) for breakfast on Father's Day. The real reason for this post is to showcase this particular talent/thing John-Robert does @ any restaurant he can. He builds things out of jam/butter tubs...maybe he'll be an architect or engineer. :)

Father & son on Father's Day. I didn't intentionally omit a pic of Rae & Daddy, but she was pouting and wouldn't let me take her picture. :(

Happy Birthday John-Robert

John-Robert turned 6 on June 19th. He pretty much wanted the same thing as Emma-Rae...Kaitlyn & Zachary to spend the night & then we went to the movies the next day & saw Night @ the Museum the Battle of the Smithsonian- it was hilarious. I surprised John-Rob with an EXTRA special bday present this year...a kitten! He has named him Edward & loves him very much!

John-Rob didn't even want to put him down to blow out his candles!

I have a few videos of his bday that I wanted to upload but for some reason blogger keeps giving me an error tonight...maybe some other time!

Sam & Ali's Wedding

Sam & Ali got married June 14th. We had a great weekend with family & friends. Rehearsal dinner was Friday night @ the Blue Fish, cookout @ Mom's on Saturday, & the wedding on Sunday downtown @ the Cadre building. Admittedly I took a very limited amount of pics...I really don't even have one of Sam & Ali in full wedding gear (the photographer said no flash photog & I kind of "lost" my camera after that :) We're so happy for Sam & Ali- Congratulations!

Mom & Cameron- chief crane caretakers with some of the strands they strung @ the Blue Fish before everyone arrived, they did a great job!

A close up of a crane on the table @ the Blue Fish.

The happy couple- Ali & Sam!!

Centerpieces in reception area

Rae & Rob...having a ball!

My brilliant Aunt Susan suggested a walk to get rid of the wiggles while we were waiting for the ceremony to start. We walked down to the Peabody, we just missed the ducks so we had to go to the rooftop to see them in their duck palace. Aunt Susan took this family pic of us on the Peabody rooftop.

Daddy/daughter dances- Dave & Taryn and John & Rae

John-Rob walked right up to his big sis & asked her, very formally- may I have this dance. It was so cute!

The girls were gettin' down with Stacy & Dave!

Cute cousins- Alyssa & Emma-Rae!

Happy Birthday Emma-Rae

Emma-Rae turned 9 on June 1st. Zachary, Emma-Rae, Jordan, Kaitlyn, & John-Robert...before we lit the candles. Emma-Rae specifically asked her Daddy to make her bday cakes this year, this one is her fave...red velvet!

Emma-Rae invited Kaitlyn & Zachary for a sleepover for her birthday. The girls BFF ready to settle down & watch a movie.

Three rows of BFFs tucked in for the night...Kaitlyn & Rae, Rob & Zachary, Gigi & Kaygen (lol)

Another bday request...instead of a "kid" party Emma-Rae wanted to take her BFFs to the movies, we saw UP it was great. They are posing here with the Harry Potter poster- kind of funny because we're going to see HP today.

Catching up AGAIN

I'm behind again, I confess...no posts since May. We've been VERY busy. Kids got out of school the end of May, June started with Emma-Rae's bday, softball games, Sam & Ali's wedding, John-Rob's bday, & our family reunion in Utah...whew! I thought things were starting to settle down but now soccer is starting up and the summer is almost over! Kids go back to school third week in August. Guess I'd better get on it & get things brought up to speed before John-Rob gets that golf club after me! :)