We had to hit the beach at least once!

Sterling and Andy

Melissa

Stella being buried in the sand.

Sterling thought it was fun to be buried

Stella

Macy playing with her Mommy

Macy loved playing with the sand

Macy

Michelle, Julie and Macy

Melissa's family looking at the seaweed

One day while Melissa and Michelle were visiting, we thought

it would be fun to go meet Tyler for lunch at the new Cafe'

Rio in Costa Mesa. Since we were so close to Newport

Beach, we decided to go pay a visit. It's always fun to be

at the beach.

Everyone was here!

Macy and Michelle at the little waterpark

Sterling, Stella, Grace and Sam having fun in the water

Sterling and Sam

Grace

Michelle with Macy, Melissa holding Sterling, and Stella

before the waterpark

Sterling and Stella loved little Macy

Julie sang at her Senior Talent show

Stella being the little Mommy again. So sweet

Melissa can still have fun on the trampoline!

Andy pushing Sterling on the swing

Stella and Melissa on the trampoline

Stella holding Macy

Stella was looking forward to holding Macy

Stella is going to be such a good Mommy

I had all my children here for a week! I LOVED it. I love

when I can have them all together, the cousins can play

together and get to know each other better. The

added bonus to them all being here right now, was

they got to all go to Julie's high school graduation.

What a treat. I'll post pictures from that later.

Memorial Day fun

Julie, Grace, Jocelyn and Tyler jumping on the trampoline

Jocelyn and Grace. Great friends and cousins

Anna behind the glass, Tyler, Julie, Sam, Ron, Courtney and

Mel relaxing.

Delilah and Colton

Julie, Ron, ReNae and Mel

We had a great Memorial Day spent with family. Great

food, great fun. Lots of relaxation.

Holly's birthday

Today is my oldest child's birthday. For those who don't know
I had a daughter before my son Tyler, who was born prematurely
and lived for 3 days. I'm happy to know that I will have her for
eternity. And I get to raise her during the millenium. Happy
thoughts. So....Happy birthday Holly.

I'm back Ya'll

A favorite thing to do. Reading

This is where Stella stayed at the Lake. Didn't want to
touch the water. We wonder if she was traumatized
from the near drowning she witnessed last year at
her birthday party.


Melissa and Sterling. At Lake Murray

Sunday Dinner at the Rozmus'. Melissa and Andy and

kids spend a LOT of time here on Sundays.

Karen Rozmus, eating some of the yummy ka-bobs

Sweet little Sterling. What a fun and precious guy

This was a look I saw several times from Stella this visit.

Melissa, Stella and Sterling

Sterling LOVES to throw.

Stella, Sterling and I played with Playdoh

I missed Mother's day with Mel and Julie. Mel

made sure I got flowers though. = )

Grocery shopping one night.

I think I came back with a bit of a Southern Drawl. hee hee

I went out to South Carolina for Andy's law school graduation.

It was a wonderful occasion. Something to be proud of, for sure.

While there, I stayed with the Karen and Chadd Rozmus family.

Always a treat. Everyday, Melissa would come get me, and we'd

try and figure out what we wanted to get done while I was there.

I arrived on Thursday evening, and we went to Hudsons for dinner

with Andy's parents and sister. Friday was Andy's graduation, and

surprise party. Saturday we went to Lake Murray with Debra, Andy's

sister. Sunday, Church and dinner at the Rozmus'. Monday and
Tuesday, I've kind of forgotten. Probably just hung out with Melissa

and kids. On Wednesday, Melissa and Andy got an early anniversary

gift. I think they both enjoyed it. On Thursday Melissa and

I took a day trip to Aiken, SC. It was fun to just spend the

time with her and Stella and Sterling. Friday, it was off to

get pictures of Sterling, Build a Bear with Stella,

and Jeramiah's baseball game. The time always passes too

quickly. Man, did I have a good time! Little Sterling said

ma ma (grandma) and signed it too. I love getting to know

my grandkids and just loving them all I can.

I'll do another post of more pictures later.

Semester Break visit from Michelle

We had a wonderful visit from Michelle, Clark, Macy and
Clark's sister Mattie, during Clarks semester break. I
love when they come to visit. Macy is such a sweet good baby.


During their visit, Julie did something at school, which
made Michelle and Clark reminisce about the things
they did during their high school years. This was in honor
of Clark. Computer geek. ha ha


This was for Michelle. She wanted to relive her years
on cheer. Lucky Clark. = )


Sweet Macy. Mel got some time to enjoy her.

Oh, there's nothing like those sweet little Grandkids.

Senior Prom

Jessica, Julie, Katie, Marissa and Sara
These 5 have become really good friends this year.

All but Zac. I'll have to have Julie tell me everyone's name.

All but one couple

Ali and Julie

Jessica and her date, Julie and Ali, Kyle and Sara

Ali and Julie, Sara and Kyle

Tonights the night. There's been lots of anticipation for this

one night. Dress shopping, tux picking, Limo reserving. I

hope the night is everything they are hoping for.

Afterall, it's their Senior Prom. They all met at our house,

then they are going to BJ's for dinner, the limo picked them

up to drive them to BJ's, then he will take them to downtown

Disney where they are having prom. I can't wait to hear

about their evening.

Funny thing, I just got back into town today, after flying

in from South Carolina. I may be spending most of my

evening sleeping on the couch. Or maybe getting caught

up on e-mail, etc. Time will tell.