Fun Family Weekend

This weekend my parents, sister Marylise, brother-in-law Richie and niece Nicole were in visiting. We went scrapbooking one night and I made two pages. Then off to Gillian's College for Rob to be her patient during her final. I am not sure who wanted to hit him more me or Gill he talked and commented through her exam, instead of being the nice quiet patient LOL.
 Then went to Pasadena for lunch where we ate at Jakes land mark restaurant and to stroll along Colorado Blvd. 
Then back to Redlands we had Brayton's mom Judi for dinner to celebrate Frosty's first birthday. I had a wonderful weekend and really enjoyed getting to spend a long weekend with my niece Nicole before she heads off for college.

My scrp pages for this month

The Kids taking a break on the way home

Our One Year Old Birthday Boy

Redlands Bowl and the Night of the Irish

This past week we went to the Redlands Bowl to see our friends Steve and Mary's daughter dance.  She belongs to a competative Irish Dance group and she did great they were there to join the visiting band from Ireland who were also very good.  The bowl has always been a big part of Redlands and always brings great shows for us to watch.
Also Mary's grand daughter was visiting from Vegas and she joined us as well.  Charles and Rob loved having her there.

Yucaipa Regional Swim and Picnic

What to do when the temperature reaches over 100 run for the water. We with Mary, Mario, Jacob and Alex. They have great water slides which of course all the boys went on including the "big child" Charles, they all loved it.   So today we went and played in the water for a few hours and then had a picnic lunch before heading back home.  Yucaipa has a man made beach area so it is clean and the deepest it gets is 7 feet which makes it really nice to go to and relax.

On My first trip to Mississippi I saw these beautiful trees full of white flowers.  I soon found out that they were Magnolia's and they had the most wonderful smells.  I was so excited when I moved to my town of Redlands and found out that many of our blocks have beautiful Magnolia trees.

I love my scrapbooking...

So now that we have had a few weeks home after running around and having fun I decided to scrap all my pictures.  30 something pages later my summer vacations have been scrapped up to now. SO here a few samples of my pages. 

Fourth of July

Well this year we went to the Gutierrez's again for a BBQ and fireworks.  We sit on her lawn and have front row seats to the UOR firework show.  We had lots of fun.  The kids and adults played volleyball and football and there was plenty to eat and drink.  As always it was a wonderful way to spend the fourth.

Friday July 2nd 2010- Chicago Vacation Day Seven

Rob and I riding a Segway

Today we headed out to the Museum of Science and Industry. This is known for being the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere. There was so much to see we managed to see, The Great Train Story, The Coal Mine which took us 60 stories below ground and You an exhibit that had so many fun things to see and do. We all had a good time at this museum. Then back to the hotel and one last Chicago Italian dinner at Giordano’s and then time to pack to go home tomorrow to my Gunny Girl and Scarlet. We loved Chicago and for sure would come back and visit again.  PICS to follow.

Thursday July 1st 2010- Chicago Vacation Day Six

OFF TO SEE THE CUBS ON THE TRAINViews from the top of the Hancock Building

First Happy BD to Gillian and many more. So today we headed to the world famous Wriggle Field home of the Chicago Cubs Baseball team. It was a beautiful stadium and it was pretty cool to see the roof top bleachers that surrounded the field. It was cool but we had a great time, they lost but it was still a really fun time.
Then it was back to the mile for dinner at a family owned Italian restaurant called Volare. It was really good I tried a new dish called Pollo Vesuvio which was chicken with oregano, white wine, garlic, peas and Vesuvio potatoes.
After dinner we walked the mile again, and ended up at the historic Hancock Observatory building. The views were beautiful. PICS to Follow.