Loretta's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Loretta!

We had a gorgeous day for Loretta's party and so many friends were able to join us. There was a pinata, water balloon toss, sprinkler time, impromptu water slide, water duck duck goose and dinosaur cake!

Blowing out the candles is serious business - you should always have your game face on!

Loretta had such a wonderful day and wanted to send a thank you to all of her friends and family:



We had a beautiful Memorial day too, complete with parade, picnic and pool time. I put together Loretta's new picnic table from Grandma and Grandpa and John put together our new child bike seat for Caroline and I took both girls for a bike ride, Caroline in her new seat (helmet over her eyes, but still loving it) and Loretta in the bike trailer.


That's all for now!

Holliston 5k

We had a gorgeous day for our annual Holliston 5k road race benefiting Children's Hospital of Boston. It’s a great event for a great cause created by Barry Kriegsman, a former patient of Children’s Hospital Boston. This particular event is special in our hearts b/c it always falls near the date that Meaghan’s niece Brianna past away in 2005 and it’s a way of honoring her memory. I sent our registration info out early (in hopes of getting a t-shirt). Well, John and I ended up being number 1 and 2! We didn't feel up to the task! People kept asking us what we had done to get those numbers, ummm, just anxious to pay I guess!

John pushed Loretta and did really well, finishing fifth in his division in just 24:37! My time, on the other hand, was nothing to be proud of, but I ran the entire race without stopping so I'll take it. Plus, I'm requesting there be a division added for Mom's who have had a baby within the last 12 months and is pushing said child the entire race...As far as I could tell, John and I were the only runners pushing children so it was truly a family affair.

This year they added a 1 mile kid’s race and Loretta participated! She was the youngest (by quite a bit) but she hung tough and finished strong! We're very proud of her.

First Haircut!

Caroline got her first haircut! Just a trim to keep the fly aways out of her eyes. Her hair is really starting to curl in the back just like Loretta's did. The girls had such a great time with their grandma, grandpa and uncle paul while John and I were in Florida. John and I had a great time (he worked while I checked out shopping and the pool ;o) but we had great dinners together and one whole afternoon when we walked the city and found the beach. We saw a horse shoe crab and a stingray.

On Friday we got our long awaited tattoos! Such a great experience, but OUCH!!! I had forgotten how painful they are. John was a champ though and he had to sit for 3 1/2 hours! Mine was more like 2 hours. So worth it though, John's crest is AWESOME and I'm very happy with my piece as well. We've decided they are our Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts to one another.

I already miss my family, I didn't get to spend enough time with them b/c they had to leave yesterday. But, I'll be home in July and I know how 2 months can fly by. I'll get to catch up with Chris, Trish and Jordan then.

That's all for now!