A summer morning photo shoot.....

I would pay money for Claire's hair :) Someday, she'll love it as much as I do.
John and his friends have all taken a vow of no haircuts until school starts. Look at the sideburns dude...(hee-hee)
It is nice to see these moments........

Partying with Hannah Montana tonight !!!!

Claire is at Audra's for a sleepover/Hannah Montana movie night. Tracy supplied John and I with 3-D glasses so we could watch too.....WOOHOO !!!!!!!

A few more fun shots......

Love this picture of Claire by the pool....
View coming down from the Gondola.....YIKES !!!!!!!! It was WAY COOL !!!!
Fun on the lake....no, that isn't me :) LOVE daisies :) These are all over Lake Tahoe....

Lake Tahoe......

Lake Tahoe is beeeee-utiful !!!!! Had such a great time !!!!! Love the hot tub. The pool water was as cold as snow melt, so the hot tub rocked !!!! Elvis IS alive !!!!!!!!!!
We took the Gondola (the kids renamed it Gonzola or Granola...haha) to the top of Heavenly. The views were breathtaking....about 9800ft. We hiked a lot up there and ate lunch.....FUN !!!

The view at the end of one of our hikes :) The kids totally dug the lake. FUN times !!!!!

All Aboard........

We will definately do this again. What a FUN way to go and visit Grandpa and Grandma. Loved not having to drive home after a full day of sun and swimming.

Love our old train station :)
here we go aboard :)
Fun in the sun.....
John chillin' out on the ride home with his new hat and new mp3 player ......

From the Big Top

We had so much FUN at the circus !!!!! This clown with John's hat was a kick. The stilts were a trip !!!
These motocycles in this cage were unreal. At one point there were 7 in there !!!!! The flying trapeze.........

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the elephants !!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Grandpa.....we LOVE you !!!!!!!!

Birthday FUN !!!!!!!!!

Rock on John !!!!!!!!! Guitar Hero is WAY TOOOOO much fun !!!!!! We have had a blast with it !!!!
Claire and Audra at the movies....with John and his buds :)
Love this shot during the movie !!!!!!!
John and his cake :)

John and Giana :)

FUN b-day celebration !!!!!!!!!!!

8 is GREAT !!!!

My John is 8 today !!!! You are such a great kid !!! You have a huge heart and can't push your sisters button like it's no ones business...haha !!!!! LOVE you to pieces !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut and color......

ahhhhhhhh......

Mo posted hers so I had to post mine :)

Canoe Ride !!!!

This was such a fun, family thing to do. The water was clear and smooth...I like that :) Here is John and Claire. Our friends, who we went with, stayed on shore with their little one (Dad and Megan went out on the canoe) and she took some pics with my camera. Thanks Trish :)
John and I had the guide with us. She asked when we were getting our quick lesson in the beginning if anyone wanted the giude with them....my hand popped up in a flash....haha !!!!!


John taking a cool dip after our ride.....goober :)

Happy 4th !!!!!!!!!

So pleased with our parade turnout this year. We have several new familes in our neighborhood with young kids....YEA !!!!!!!!! FUN morning !!!!!!!!!!

Lookie what Claire made....

This morning, from scratch, by herself, blueberry muffins...with blueberries we got at farmers market yesterday.....YUM !!!!!!!!!!!!