Happy Father's Day!

James and Sandy came over tonight with the girls for a Father's Day BBQ. Katie, Juli and Livi had a great time playing on the slide and swing set while the grown-ups snacked on some yummy BBQ food. Joseph and I made pulled pork for the first time and it was so good! I can't wait to have some of the leftovers, :-).

Katie trying to go under Juli to get over to the 'drive'

Livi could do it easily since she's smaller.

Success! Livi takes the wheel!

Monkey girl!

My camera died since I hadn't charged it after the concert last night so I don't have too many pictures, :-(.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Thanks to my boss, we got tickets to see the Phillies play the Braves tonight at Citizen's Bank Park. Joseph and I had never been to the new park yet (always say 'we should do that' but then never go!) and Katie had never been to a ball game at all. I wasn't sure how she'd do b/c she's not the kind of kid to stay in one place for long but surprisingly she sat in her seat (or somewhere near it, lol) almost the whole game and was somewhat interested!

Heading In... It was really nice in there! It's no Vet's Stadium though, LOL.
I had lots of good times at that old stadium. Hopefully we'll make many more here!

They gave Katie a certificate because it was her first game. :-)
We had awesome seats! This was our view:

Katie hammin' it up for the camera!

Foul Ball!

Daddy and Katie

Grounds CrewJoseph put Katie on his shoulder's during the 7th inning stretch.
As you can tell, she did NOT like it one bit!

Katie wasn't too sure about the Phillie Phanatic. She said he scared her.

She started to poop out around the 8th inning but she stayed awake until we were half way home.

Hmmm, how will all of the people up top get down from all the way up there???Katie and Mommy

The last pitch - It was a shut-out!

Congrats to the Phils! Final Score 5-0

Bubble-licious!

We got an automatic bubble maker last night because Katie can't blow the bubbles the old-fashioned way yet and she gets so frustrated. I try to blow them for her to pop but then she wants to try and can't do it and a melt-down ensues. She loves the bubble machine though!

Katie's super cheesy smile

My unintentionally artist picture

Got tired of bubbles, moved on to chalk

Katie's serious working face
(She must get this from Daddy because he has one too that I always tease him about.)

Speaking of Daddy... our artwork

Play Time

It's not all work and no play around here! After we were finishing digging, Katie played on her swing set while I collapsed in a chair, LOL. Then it was off to the bath for both of us...

Katie saying "Hello out there!"

I don't know why, but I love this picture!

Katie giving me her "biggest smile ever"

Uh-oh Daddy, Katie has a boyfriend!

Jared's 5th Birthday

Tonight we went to Chick-Fil-A for Jared's 5th birthday party. Katie had a great time playing with Jared, Angie, their cousins Logan, Isabelle and Elliot, and the other kids. She barely came out of the playland the whole time we were there - just to refuel with chicken nuggets and cake!

Ready to party

Chick-Fil-A... Yummy!

Katie and AngieThe Birthday Cake

Light 'Em Up...

... and blow 'em out!

Eating cake is SERIOUS business!

Back away Logan, she's mine!

Coming down the slide two at a time
(at one point there was a 6 or 7 kid pile up in there!)

Hey where'd Jared go?

Don't worry Katie, I've got your back!

Princess Lessons

Sunday Matinee
Watching the Cinderella movie, getting some pointers...

Stuck On You

Yesterday I went into the kitchen for a minute and when I came back I found this...

Katie decided to decorate herself! When I asked her why she had all those stickers on her face, her response was "I'm funny, Momma!". Yeah, a little bit... :-)

Biker Chics

Yesterday afternoon Joseph took Katie to the park because the weather was beautiful (around 60 degrees!). I picked up Juli on the way to meet them there so Katie and Juli could play together. After the park, Juli came back to our house to play some more. Joseph showed Juli his motorcycle helmet and then she and Katie wanted to try it on. If you thought it made Joseph have a big head, wait 'til you see the girls wearing it! :-)

Time for a snack after all that playing at the park
Juli and Bubble Head, :-)
How cute is she??? :-)Oh my gawd, this thing is so heavy!I better hold onto it so it doesn't tip me over!