an update

ryan succumbed to peer pressure and took the girls camping last weekend with some other dads and daughters.

here are the girls playing in lake ontario.

they had a fantastic time!

 here's aftie and her wonderful violin teacher, miss teagan. 

yes, miss teagan is as young as she looks, but is quite accomplished and the perfect sort of teacher for our little perfectionist.

 ry and i celebrated 12 years of love on the 13th. 

we had a little dinner at jojo's bistro. 

mmmmmm.

then headed off to the movies.

a fun night spent together.

 these two painted step-stools. 

i cleaned up the mess.

we've also been to erie, pa to spend a couple of days with our sweet gruwells, while ry was traveling.

went to the beautiful presque isle...a very fun beach on lake erie.

the girls are finishing up the last weeks of tennis lessons.

ella has a silly, giggly friend sleeping over tonite.

ryan came home from a work dinner tonite to find

two moms,

one baby,

four little girls,

one cute little boy,

popcorn kernels,

and two little people playhouses

on our bed

and the movie "soul surfer" playing on the tv.

SuRpRiSe! 

(while the cat's away, the mice shall play)

we are embracing the last weeks of summer and even have a trip planned to idaho for the annual fair and rodeo!  yee haw!

we are so grateful that our kind and gracious friends who have a warm pool and live two streets away ALWAYS invite us over to swim!!!

thank you chiapelli family!

it's been a great summer.