What do YOU think?

Is this the new way of fishing? Did they all fall asleep like this? Could they be looking for the BIG one? Your guess is as good as mine!


Frankie 9 (almost 10 ) Dexter 6mths lets hope the dog stops growing soon!

Babe look how pretty!!!!

I can't believe this thing caused this much trouble! Dan got here at 3pm to start this job - it's now after 11pm

Oh my poor walls and ceiling.....


OK it's up with no electric but it's hung and hasn't fallen yet!

It took me over 30 min to hang all the crystal but I didn't break any!!



TaDa Let there be light!!!! It is sooooooooo pretty!!!! It really works with a real switch :) Hurry home to see it - maybe I will make you a nice dinner to eat under it...lol OK I will make a nice dinner but we aren't eating in here :)

Oh Sophia!!!!

Naked baby butt is always to cute to pass up!! She'll really appreciate this when she's older :)



I am telling her she needs to get a diaper on and brush her hair which is forever a mess


She responds by eating a rock



I tell her its bad so she offers it to me to eat!

Caught Red Pawed!

Poor Dexter just trying to soothe his painful puppy teeth and gums with a little chew on Uncle Louis' shoe but he got caught


Awww how could you yell at that face!!!


Now you can guess what Dexter is telling Abbey after Louis walked away - I am thinking it had something to do with the shoe not being worth it because it stinks

Of course Abbey is blind as a bat now and didn't even see the shoe. She actually was sleeping through the whole incident. Still look at that face....he's sad now!

It was a BIG bug in Vermont!!!!

It's bedtime and I am exhausted but I need to pee. So I go into the bathroom and just as I go to leave this big bug appears from the shower stall. OMG this is the freakish bug I have ever seen and I have seen some bugs in my time. Yes, you could say I am a bug expert :) OK so back to this blood sucker - The antenna's were tremendous the whole thing was just gross.


Look at it!!! This thing is crazy - $10 bucks to the person that can tell me what the hell it is


Now I call Steve in to the rescue (stop laughing!) So after the screaming stopped he attempted to get the bug! First you can see the paper towels in a ball on the floor and that wasn't good enough or he couldn't get it so then he grabs a hand towel. Well the bug won't get off the towel so he proceeds to dunk it and that doesn't work



Now he takes it and runs to the back door and throws the towel at the door


Now he did a whole crazy "freak out of the big bug" dance but I only caught the tail end. Keep in mind this was late and all the kids were sleeping and I was laughing hysterically!

Another Pepe becomes official!

Yesterday was Frank and Lori's wedding and it was a perfect day!! As I type this it is almost 24hrs since the drinking began and Steve and I are moving at a snails pace! It always nice to get to see the whole family in one place since we don't get together as often as we should. Here is a list of my highlights from the night!

1. Well behaved children (all 13+) YIPPEEEEEEE! Aside from the goldfish incident in the church pew and the broken pearl necklace in the morning they were perfect!

2. The best men speeches!!! Good job boys!

3. The dancing and drinking!

4. The ride out to the wedding hall!

5. Pictures on the beach IN THE SAND WITH CHILDREN!!!

6. The drinking and the dancing

7. The video montage with a revised picture of the 4 sister in laws!!! I totally knew it could be done Lori!

8. I want to say the food but I drank more than I ate (oh but the venetian hour ROCKED!)

9. Oh the ride to the hotel after the music stopped (seriously Frank and Lori we had the envelope box and might have swiped one or two but you need to tell us whats missing to get it back)

10. Toilet papering the hallway with the drunks and trying to keep them quiet and then laughing at them when I told them they had mistaken Jen and Shawn's room for Frank and Lori's - Bring the NOISE...Noise :)

Playing in the rain!

It poured cats and dogs for the early part of the day then the sun came out. These 2 had no faith that the sun would shine and thought it would be a good idea to try and cover the ski and boat in the rain



Like a big kid playing in the rain

Cheryl the Kamikaze

All the toys are here - the boats, the canoe, the kayak, the floats all the bells and whistles! My father in law has finally bought the big one - The Jet Ski!!! It has been a blast! Now he needs to get another because I am no passenger and need a playmate in the Lake Saint Catherine Waters



Getting warmed up!

Here we go.......





Oh boy!






That's right boys thats me -MOTHER OF 4 - airborne!!!!

Vermont in August 2008

I am excited to report that even though our week so far has been a bit of a washout Steve was able to make the trip with us due to his case being settled and even though he has had to worry about it and work and pace the floors for hours and lose his blackberry on one occasion and wake me in a panic and have his parents and me search the house for 30 minutes only to find it under the couch - it has been a good time. Sophia is crazy and won't sit still and as much as I have begged and pleaded with her to start walking it doesn't look like she wants any part of it. Samantha is having a blast with all the kids and has come out of the water long enough to eat and sleep. Bella is Bella and the center of attention! She's in love with Jeffery which reminds me I need a picture of the 2 of them so years from now I can remind her! Steven has been in the water a lot too which is good because last year we had an incident with a fish biting him and we weren't sure he would go back in. Oh and he went in the tube and LOVED it! The thing that he loves the most though would be the jet ski - he has no fear and whips around the lake at 50mph like its nothing. He keeps asking to take it out alone (shhhh Steven we'll wait till Grandpa goes home and let you sneak it out)

Sophia loves the slide

OK before any of you try to report me or send me nasty emails the kid was loving it. She wanted to keep doing this "again and again and again" If she could have gone further into the water she would have








Trying to get a picture with the 5 of us was....well the pictures speak for them themselves.

Rising Tennis Star and Cheerleader

Steven had tennis camp this past week. He's really good playing it on the wii so he wanted to play for "real". He really enjoyed himself - I think we have the next Agassi on our hands






look at that follow through....



While Steven was hitting the ball around Samantha had cheer camp for the week. She too had a great time and is looking forward to being apart of a squad in the fall. (Oh she's on the right)




Sam getting her certificate