Jessica and Gabriel play Lacrosse

She's a natural!

Happiness on Yes day

Enjoying the spanish station

Jessica must ride a bike, too!

Jessi couldn't wait to ride a bike too. She grunted and whined and pointed to the little trike under the steps until we got it for her. She loves it!

Yes Day

Balloons for baby

About 5 years ago I invented a holiday. It's called "Yes Day". All year I feel I spend too much time saying "No" and so along came "Yes Day". We chose to have the day on the day Danny and I met. We made one rule: You can do anything and have anything you ask for unless it harms yourself or others. ($15 limit on things that cost money.) So what a Yes Day this year! Daddy took off work and came along! He had some terrific ideas and we had an amazing day!!! Bellagio

Salt water taffy from Whole Foods

Ben and Jerry's "smores"

Bellagio atrium

Bellagio Fountains

Gabriel learns to ride a bike in 30 minutes or less!!!

Jessica's first time playing in the dirt. (soon to be sand box)

Schwinn Stingray chopper bike Gabriel bought from craigslist for $15

so proud

amazing boy

Sweet ride!

Holy cow- the influence of older siblings!

Roman and Gino can ride bikes now!

Lovin' the Summertime

She likes black beans!

Lots of friends

Found a scorpion

silly sleeping in the back pack

Our Garden project

Here is our plot....

Deer found the sunflowers....

topsy-turvy not so great

our front plot surrounded with wildflowers

Roman's spinach

Basil

Sugar snap peas did amazingly well in the rocks

Roman planted these sunflowers that are supposed to get 12 feet tall!

Pumpkin? Watermelon?

Parsley doing great

Trisha's strawberries are still producing!

cantelope?

Giant pumpkin

Sunflower that grew out of the garden- I think Gabriel dropped some seeds. We grew 6 that way!