Happy Birthday Mama

Dinner at Bacio tonight with our families for my mama's birthday. We had a great time- the kids stayed at home so we could have a nice adult time with family and friends.

I love my mama so much!!!!

How do you find the energy, Mama
To do all the things you do?
I never understood how you were a chauffeur, teacher, cook, friend, nurse and confidant to me when I was a kid and still all these years?
I now see it was love, Mama
That made you come whenever I'd call,
Your inexhaustible love, Mama
And I thank you for it all.

Now let's talk about my dad-
this trick has gotten him through 60 years of laughs (his own and people under that age of 8). How does one realize that they can balance spoons on their noses? Such talent!

Michael Jackson "Thriller" Tribute

This is the greatest tribute to Michael Jackson. I love this video of 1,500 + inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines.

RIP

BEND IT

This is the last day of soccer. I am glad it's over- it's getting really hot out and the girls a sweating! I am so proud of Lola and how well she has played and payed attention to what's going on during the game instead of how she started the year off by bending over to pick flowers. This is Lola's first team sport and I hope that she'll do good at and enjoy it because it's great exercise and it's a super way to make friends. WAY TO GO GIRL!

Lola and Peyton

Pretty girls

Emma Watson Teen Vogue

The Harry Potter starlet, is the new face of Burberry. She's designing with the help of Karl Lagerfeld a clothing line designed exclusively for teens AND donating every penny earned UNICEF. Not only beautiful, talented but a philanthropist. What designer is she wearing here?
LOVE LOVE LOVE it! --------------->

On acting in the future:

"There's not, like, a burning passion in me that I have to act and I don't care what I do. Until something comes along that I feel as strongly about as I did Hermione—like, I felt that it was life or death—I don't want to act again." {Emma Watson}

Big Island Camp

Today was Josh's first day of Big Island Camp on Lake Minnetonka.
It's a week long camp that is located on the Island- we drop them off at Mtka Yaught Club and the kids take a boat to the island.
They spend the day there, exploring, collecting rocks, searching for arrow heads, and learning about nature.
This camp rocks!!!!!
I highly recommend it, it's sounds like so much fun- Josh had such a great time, he wanted to go again another week and he's not such a outdoor dude.

Father's day bedtime

Father's day dinner

My mom and aunt Jenya made dinner for our families for Father's Day at our house. I've been doing father's day for 8 years, Andy's sister does Mother's Day. We hired a Georgian chef to grill dinner- I wish I took pictures of what he made- so good! Look at the pictures below of the yummy apps they made.

We planned on eating in the backyard on the lake but the weather was so unpredictable that we had to bring it inside...not the same!

Me and Mo

Maureen and Jeff came over tonight and we went cruzing around on the lake. Had dinner and drinks on the boat- so much fun! They are a fun couple that we love getting together with...endless laughing, loads of funny stories, and a budding bromance (Andy and Jeff).

Day at Ikea

We went to Ikea to buy fold out chairs for our father's day brunch we are having tomorrow. I love it there but Andy has panic attacks when we walk around- he can't stand the maze- I think it's brilliant strategies- keeps you walking in circles keeping you a prisoner, in hopes you find one more unnecessary thing you may think you need.

The girls loved playing here- there's so much to do, so much to see, so much stuff!

Inspiration

http://www.kattaca.com

Chasing rainbows

What I love...

{showers}
{napping}
{thinking}
{boutiques}
{eating}
{laughing}

Water Sprinkler

We had a such great night. Lola had a soccer game tonight. I'm not sure if they won or not but it was fun watching the kids play. Lola has amazed me at how well she has done this season- I hate to admit this but I didn't have a lot of confidance in her because the very first day she stopped to pick up flowers while she was kicking the ball during practice. She has shown that she is a great team athlete and she has a bit of skill. Lola isn't a natural born athlete but I think within time with some guidance she may surprise us all.

To get back to our evening...

We met our friends and their kids at the country club for dinner (Tyson also had a soccer game). Awesome dinner, well behaved children, perfect warm night out. After dinner we went out back to the golf course so the kids could run off some last minute energy before we went home for showers and bed. All of a sudden as they are playing all the sprinklers on the course turn on and our kids ran for it. Now when I'm talking sprinklers they are giant sprinklers- they were drenched and we didn't care...hearing how excited they were- was so worth it.

A night on the boat

We had such a great time tonight on the lake, I love that we can just hop on our boat and cruz around for a few hours and enjoy our family time. There's only 4 nice months out of the year here, so we all have to make every minute count. We are so lucky to live in a place where we can live like this.

The weather was warm, the kids were relaxed,
the sunset was beautiful
We lived a great day!

My friend Amy

It's my friend Amy's birthday and I made a great banner for her with this picture on it. I forgot to take a picture the banner but here's the picture I used. I took this picture when they came out on our boat last year. They had such a great time on the boat that the following week they got a boat of their own. That day changed their lives- it's amazing how a boat can bring a family closer together. They found their peace and we found a fun boating family to hang out with.

Camp

When did my girl grow up so fast?
First day of camp for Lola...look at how happy she is?

I hope she has an amazing time-
Did I pack enough
bug spray &
sun block?