RED, WHITE AND BLUE

Grandma Carol came to see Christopher patriotic program, where he had several parts. We loved having her here.

SCOUTS

Tim is now Christopher's scout master, and Christopher loves it.

On this day Christopher received a rank advancement at scouts, and I got a new mother pin from him - which I have on the left side on my shirt below. I am very proud of him for all of his accomplishments :)

FAMILY PHOTOS

My sister Vanessa with her new baby Sebastian.

Here are the rest of my nieces on my side of the family (Lisa and Javier), and cute little Anderson in the middle, and Marianne is holding their mini dog manor. At the bottom my dad when he was here last.

Wouldn't you love to have her hair? This is Alexia, one of my nieces. She's my brother's daughter (Alejandro's).

Watch out everyone!!

Don't mess with PJ - she's armed!

Wow Becky, how did you get PJ trained at such an early age to help with the house cleaning?

AT THE BALL GAME

Look at how cute PJ was sitting down patiently waiting for her meal. We ate at Bucca di Peppo. We had never been there and they have all sorts of fun and differently decorated rooms, and the food was sooooooooo delicious. Thank goodness the Pope was at this restaurant to Bless our food :)

PJ and Christopher looking at all the fun stuff around the Restaurant Bucca di Peppo.

Dan asked me that day why Christopher wasn't wearing the jersey he gave him, and he wasn't because it was too big on him. It's such a nice jersey the other day I said "christopher try it on and see if it fits you. Well, sad news is Christopher is soo skinny! I need to chunk him up so he can wear it. Dan and Laurie - the hip traveler couple. Next time you guys go to New York, sign me in OK. It was fun going to the ball game together. Now, why haven't we done anything since?? Did I tell you guys what Christopher said after your guys visit this summer? Mom why don't you have a boy? unless he is like PJ then I want a sister. He sure liked playing with her.
Notice Rick's mouth and then look at PJ...hum, do you wonder why she is making that face? (thre exception: her face looks cute no matter what! ja, ja) Becky and PJ. Chris goofing around trying to make PJ laugh.

4th of July Pictures

I know it's a bit late, but I wanted to share these with you guys, since you didn't see the pictures we took on the 4th of July, and it was a special holliday for us, since we all got together at Carol's and the whole family had not been all together for a long time.

Parker, Christopher and Tyler. Wish you guys still lived here. Christopher had lots of fun with his cousins!

Christopher and cute little Jacksen Rodney and his family.

Christopher, Tim and Dave with their guy toys.

Here is a proud uncle, holding cute Kennedy.




Rick and Becky, are you guys sure you don't want us to keep PJ?? The offer still stands, besides, you guys can make another one just like it :)

What would our family be like without uncle Max?

Boy do we have some good genes right here... little Kennedy is a crowd stopper. Watch out Dan, hope you are getting ready for when she is older- you are in trouble! Notice how cute her mom dresses her all the time, and those hair bows are just one of her accessories. After all, she is a girly girl like her mom.

Here is PJ. What a cutie, this is one of my favorite pictures. We miss you guys, hope all is going well in Turkey!

All the kids had their sacks for candy, but poor Dan was left to fen for himself (green shirt).

Rick Udy was asked to carry the flag during the parade and here he is in his Air Force uniform.

An emotional Becky after seeing her husband carry the flag.

The whole Udy clan at the 4th of July parade.

Bear

Since Bear died last week, I though I would post some pictures of her. Tim was pretty sad and even started worrying about when the time comes that Tank will be old and die.
Carol told us that even Morgan had a pretty hard time when it happened.

I will always remember one of the times we went to visit Carol and Morgan, and as we are pulling to the house, Bear approached Tim's truck. We had not seen her, and when Tim open his door, Bear was right there wagging her tail, and Tim said "Bear, you are still alive!!...it must be the good country life".