just a quick post...wanted to add some of the pictures from the end of the school year. It seems like so long ago! I still have more pictures to add to this site, and I promise I'll get to them soon.

For now, though, let's talk about summer! Our summer has been busy so far. Nicholas went to Cub Scout Camp at the American Legion for a week and then the following week, he went to Science Camp at Hobart/William Smith Colleges. He enjoyed both...although they got to make cookies and homemade ice cream at science camp!

Alyssa was supposed to go to gymnastics camp at the YMCA, but they cancelled it. As a matter of fact, I think they are cancelling the whole gymnastics program, which really stinks! Oh well... I guess we won't renew our membership!

Emily has pooped in her potty twice so far! Wouldn't it be great if she trained herself completely before the end of summer?!?

Stay tuned...I'll add more in a week or so!

I just wanted to post some of the pictures I took of the kids at Melissa and Ben's wedding. I know they are NOTHING in comparison to the pictures the photographer took, but what can I say?
The first few are of the girls. Alyssa really looked like a princess in her BEAUTIFUL gown!

These are ones of Nicholas...one with his dad, one with Blake and the other as the handsome dude posing in his tux!

Later this afternoon, I'll add some of Alyssa's graduation and Nicholas's end of the year school show!

hey all!! june was such a busy month...alyssa turned 5, we had my cousin's wedding in boston nicholas and alyssa were in the wedding), nicholas had his end of school shows and alyssa graduated from pre-school.
to add to all of this, my mom's been sick and hasn't worked since mid-june. she gave us quite a scare - the doctors were talking all sorts of things. she ended up having her appendix out, but the real cause of the pain/discomfort - according to the good ol docs at GGH - was some scar tissue left over from her kidney operation years ago. go figure!
then, this past weekend, john and emily were in a little fender-bender. luckily, no-one was hurt...the story in itself is actually quite humorous. this guy hit john from behind at a stop light near the ramada here in town. he hit him 3 times - yes three!! that's not even the funny part! they pulled into the ramada parking lot to check for damage and exchange information. the guy apparently got nervous - or something - and instead of putting the car into park, put it into reverse and hit the front of our car - ARE YOU READY FOR THIS ONE??? - 4 more times. Yes, that's right - i said FOUR! long story short - john's driving a rental!!

anyways, i'm going to try to post some of my pictures from all of these crazy events in june, but in the mean time, i wanted to send you all this link:
http://christopherdumas.net/extra/Lux/
it's the link from the photographer at my cousin's wedding. the pictures are just really awesome! there are some great shots of alyssa in there - almost makes me think about having her get into modeling or acting. i mean, i know i may be a little biased, but the pictures of her are really great.
hope everyone is doing well. check back in a week or so to see some of the pictures i've downloaded from my own camera...