Happy Birthday Madison!

Madison turned 9 years old on June 4th. She growing up to be such a sweet girl. She is always considerate of other people. She loves to play the piano and is doing great with her karate too. We are so glad she is part of our family.

We decided to go with a cupcake cake. It's made out of cupcakes with frosting over them. No cake-cutting, just grab a cupcake. We will definately get one for Emma's birthday too.

Riding her new bike!
It was fun playing the Wii with everyone. Grandpa Giovando wanted to get one for himself.

Fun with cousins!

David's brother and his family are moving down the street from us from Utah. We are so excited to have family so close.

While waiting for their house to close, they stayed with us, then grandma and grandpa, and now us again.

We don't mind having them here with us,but I'm sure they will be happy to have their own space.

Meanwhile, all the cousins are having a blast together!

busy week

There hasn't been much going on until this week. Tyler had his 8th grade promotion, Curtis got his hair cut (believe me, this is a big deal!) and Jeremy turned 18! We also have Madison's 9th birthday on the 4th and Emma's 8th birthday on the 24th and her baptism on the 28th. This is going to be a busy month for sure!

Tyler and his friend, Ariel. She is why he commandeers our phones for hours to text.

Before....

After! Six inches gone!

Happy Birthday to You!

Jeremy and his friend. We find him sleeping on our couch or in Jeremy's room almost every day. I guess we've kind of adopted him, or vice versa.

Trebuchet

You know those cool things in the movies that fling huge rocks at castle walls? Tyler (and David)built a model one for his science project. It was pretty cool. We had fun flinging golf balls across the street.

Tyler, Madison and Emma earned their Yellow

Belts a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of work, we're very proud of them.

Way to go guys!

Laguna Beach

Having fun in Walmart on the way!
It was a little windy, but sunny and nice.

This is the puppy we took to CA.

When we decided to breed our dogs, I wasn't expecting to get to travel because of it. We sold our last puppy to a very nice lady in Long Beach, CA and we offered to take the puppy to her if she paid the gas. So we took the kids and dropped off the puppy and then went to Laguna Beach. It was a short trip, but it was fun!

Tyler, Madison and Emma started Karate and they earned their first tips for their belts. They are on their way to earning their yellow belts.