Julianna

I just wanted to post pretty pictures of Julianna since my blog has been

"Annelise Heavy" lately!

I was just testing my new camera, and she proved to be very difficult to capture since she NEVER stays still!!!

I LOVE you Julianna, but you are wild!

Firginia Beach

We have been to Virginia beach twice this year and both times we take just Annelise, she calls it "Firginia Beach".

The main reasons we went were

1) Meet baby Joseph

2) Juan and Rob were running in the Virginia beach half marathon

3) Juan had a job interview

PLUS...We LOVE going, because we LOVE Rob and Katie (and now Baby Joseph) so much!

We had a short stay there but still managed a trip to Bush Gardens.

On the Last day Rob and Dada took her on the boat to see dolphins jumping in the ocean!!!

She was so excited to tell me all about it!

I am so happy that she loves "Firginia Beach" so much because Juan's interview went well and it looks like next summer all the fun things we did on our short vacations will be part of our "regular" weekends!!!

Thanks Rob and Katie!

We can't wait to be neighbors and be a part of your beautiful son's life!

SB convention in Vegas...An Inauguration!

Being a stay at home Mom has made me realize what a jerk I was all those years that I thought stay at home Moms were "Lazy"! I was in serious need of a break,when Dina from my Moms playgroup asked if I would like to go to Las Vegas for a short trip..."Yes I will go...well hold on, let me run this by Juan." He of course wanted me to go and have a good time with the ladies, so that was exactly what I did!!! We had sooooooo much fun! We are all already planning for next year!

The picture of the luggage is just a reminder of how much stuff that Jess and Jen packed for a three day two night stay (you can't see it but Jen in back has a big one behind Dina).

(That face on Jess is because we were already pretty happy since she gave us all drink coupons on the plane! (8am), thanks Jess!)

Sunday morning in Vegas was pretty dead since everyone is sleeping or flying home. So we took it easy and got massages at the spa. After dinner I was so sleepy I took a nap (7pm) then woke at 9pm to go down to the casino to find the rest of the gang in a crowd at the craps table!!! They were all super excited because they were all up a hundred or so!!! I quickly get out my $50 I budgeted for gambling (I know pathetic) and got $10 in chips on the craps table! It doubled ... bam..again bam! This was exciting!!! Dina was the one throwing the dice so we were all screaming and the crowds were coming. I have never gambled before so I was pretty out of the loop on what was going on, but I knew I was winning because the dealer kept doubling my chips!

That first night in the casino was so much fun for all of us because we were all making money.

After that night we all started to slowly lose money but still had a ton of fun playing the games shopping and EATING at the buffet for 24 hrs!

My time with my family is precious, so when I spend time away from them I want to be sure it is worth it! It was!!! Girls, thank you for an awesome time!!! I got to know each one of you sooooo much more in this three days, then in the last three years of play dates. You are amazing Moms and I can't wait until next year!