july 4th week

the girls and i went down to sunset beach for the holiday week while daddy had to stay here and work. we all had a wonderful time- especially my 2 little tadpoles! :)

june pictures

summer is officially here- although for us southerners, it arrived a few months ago. june was a great month. we celebrated father's day and pop-pop and uncle brian's birthdays. maya went to her first week of camp and had a great time. it was a sports camp and she learned fundamentals of basketball, soccer and t-ball. however, i think her favorite part was eating lunch with her friends 'cause that's all she wanted to talk about! ava is growing with every minute. she is very expressive now and points and grunts to things she wants (which only i seem to be able to interpret). she adores her sister and constantly follows maya around the house yelling "ya ya!!"" (thats her word for maya) i went up to NJ to visit with the laurino family this past week, but the girls didn't seem to even notice i was gone because they had such a good time with nanny. it was a great month as you can see...............

a big day for ava- wearing her 1st ponytail and brushing her own teeth

camper maya and camper owen- cutest campers ever!

maya and catie "playing nice"

catie drives maya and ava to school

the girls conspiring on their next move.......

maya and ava riding bikes- our new favorite outdoor activity

ava's crazy bed head and her silly sister


"big kids"

maya and her green eggs (sans ham)

the laurino boys

i went up to NJ last week to visit with the laurino family and their newest addition. kim, drew, and big brother noah welcomed nicholas andrew on may 6th. he is such a beautiful baby! both boys are so happy and handsome. see for yourself!

the zoo!

we went to the NC zoo on friday with the rudd family. everyone had a great time and we saw lots of animals that the kids recognized. maya's favorite animal was the elephant. here are some of our pictures from the day...

silly summer afternoon

the girls swam in our pool this afternoon and the sillies came out! take a look!

may photos

these aren't really in any order, but they are finally posted! may has been another great month. take a look at these growing girls!

sweet maya

sweet ava

maya in her self-made alien costume

maya making daddy's birthday cake

maya making the bubbles and ava popping them (our favorite game)

mother's day



uncle ron and the girls

maya's new tree swing


flying a kite with daddy in the park


maya dressed up her sister AGAIN

maya maya ballerina

catie invited maya to be her guest at dance class today. anyone who knows me KNOWS i would never have a ballerina child, but she did look pretty darn cute in that costume- and she had a GREAT time. thank you, catie!!!

best buds

the awesome foursome has been spending alot of time together. they love to see each other and are usually well-behaved. maya and owen have been friends for 2 years now (she calls him her boyfriend and talks about their wedding weekly) so we weren't too surprised when ava and oliver took a liking to each other. take a look....

a visitor

about 2 weeks ago, i went to pull the weed in this picture. clearly i was about to remove the shade for this ginormous snake! i stood about a foot away from it before i realized what was going on. i backed away slowly and then ran inside to get my camera so people would believe me about how big it was! (thankfully, i did some research that night and it's just a large garter snake). eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

even a princess needs beauty rest

she had no idea that being pretty was such hard work! :)