Haylee/Jim Birthday Celebration

A beautiful day to celebrate birthday's...

us gals drying off after going down water slide

To Tailgate or NOT to tailgate....

July 24th Karen was generous enough to grab tix to the Summer Series concerts at the Susquahana Bank Ctr.  Train, Gavin Degraw and The Script played...all were very good, but TRAIN was awesome...anyway, we had decided to tailgate prior to the concert...the only thing was, we opted to not tailgate where all the crowd was...we chose the parking garage...we had it all to ourselves...and the best part, we had no lines getting out of there (the other parking lot was jam packed after the concert)...totally a WISE choice!!

Here is OUR spot...nice and quiet



Staci and Karen point to where the crowded tailgate was....



Birthday din-din

Today is Haylee and Jim's birthday's...unfortunately Jim had a play off game, so us gals were on our own for dinner...Haylee chose filet mignon, mashed potatoes and green beans for dinner...so off to the market we went and I got to cookin'....we sat in the dining room with our fancy glasses...and for dessert the girls each picked out their favorite slice of cheesecake from the bakery...the party will be low key on Saturday but fun!

Ash wearing her 'fake' eye glasses...and Haylee, ready to grub

Pedi's

What better way to start off your birthday than with pedi spa treatments...:)  Happy BD Haylee!

Ashlee (who couldn't stop laughing-very tickelish), Haylee and Ryleigh

Late Night Fun...

Thursday the kids/cousin's headed to Jungle Jim's water park and were wiped out...us adults, not-so-much...3am came very quickly...so we did a repeat Saturday night (2:30am)...now who's wiped out?!

EATS & Summer Fun...

While Ash is in Lancaster with her cousin Tommy for a few days, Haylee gets to enjoy a few days home with her cousin, Bella...all happy eaters!

Eating my Words...

Have you ever made a statement about something that you firmly believe in, only to have to end up eating your words?!  Well, that's ME...and I will admit it!  I had my Pantech (regular, non-internet-GASP, I KNOW!) phn for 4 years...Jim would try and get me to go look at new ones, but I refused...why would I waste my time, I'm quite happy with the one I have.  But, eventually wear and tear has taken a toll on my good ole' Pantech, so, I knew it was prob a better idea to upgrade.  I was never going to indulge in a smart phn tho...I mean, why do we need one?  We have a computer, laptop, iPAD and iPOD all at home that do all the same thing...EXCEPT MAKE A PHN CALL...hmmm, isn't that what a cell phn is REALLY for?!

Well, this high tech generation is a bit too indulged if you ask me... I realized there were kids 9yrs old and younger that had iphones...and then there's the ever annoying lunch/dinner outting/gathering with family or friends, and you sit there in silence while everyone is totally engaged in their iphones for Facebook...I felt so out of place!  Just about everywhere I went (stores, bus stops, shops, gym, etc) everyone had one too, and everyone was totally engaged in it (not paying attn to their surroundings).  Then it dawned on me...
if you can't beat 'em, join 'em...so I did...Now AT&T didn't have much of a selection left of regular cell phones (why would they when everyone has iphones), but yet a pluther of iphones...and with that, I introduce my new Samsung Galaxy...I caved...luckily my best friend has the SAME one so she can teach me how to use it...:)

As for my 8 and 10 yr old...I have to set some bounderies...they can wait even tho their whole generation seem to have iphones...my daughter is starting middle school, and with that, we got her a regular cell phn. because the only purpose for her to have it, is for me to get in touch with her...if she wants the internet, well, she can go home where we have an abundance of internet access devices that I mentioned above...I told her when she is 16, then she can upgrade to internet phone..and just think, by then they will have probably invented something totally new and better...no doubt!  So for now, I eat my humble pie...and I am finally in touch with the 21st century!

Girls' Beach Weekend!

complimentary wine and cheese in our hotel lobby for happy hour



Island drinks @ the Purple Parrot



several shots before we did our karaoke

a fun couple

delish dinner at Dos Locos

best bartender at Obies...he hooked us up with so many drinks and shots...a super funny guy

geeks


We decided to step outside the box this time around, and stay in Rehoboth instead of Dewey, and I must say, we had the BEST time!!  Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Dewey girl at heart, but it was nice to knock it down a level and experience a totally different atmosphere!  We had great food, tons of drinks, dancing, karaoke, and alot of laughter...can't wait til next year!!!

DANCE!

Lyndsie invited Ash to a sleepover and to join her in dance camp for the day...it was animal print day!  Ash was one happy girl!!

Birthday Celebration for Christopher

Kid Zone

Jess & baby Jackie visit the Fillibens

Vaca

enjoying our last night on the lake

Indiana Festivities Recap

Finally headed to celebrate the 4th of July celebrations the 'Winona Lake' way.  They have the BEST neighborhood...everyone is so fun and nice, and someone is always having parties...they start the day before the 4th with a rum punch party, followed by another outdoor party with a band....then July 4th is the big brunch with made to order omelets, mimosa's, bloody Mary's...followed by a big parade with free candy, ice cream, and face painting...then followed by another party on the lake to watch fireworks.  The day 'after' the 4th is yet another party...a pig roast with a local band...and the most amazing fireworks set off right on the lake, right in front of our house!!!  And of course, in btwn all the parties, we were out on the boat, tubing, or on the wave runner.  Must say, hands down, an awesome time!

Happy 4th of July

The 'after the 4th' Party - Indiana

Didn't get a chance to get pics, as my camera died...but Patty's neighbors host an annual pig roast with a ton of food, bev, and band...followed by the spectacular fire works right on the lake, right in front of her house...
BUT, here's some fun lake pics of our daily water lounging dayz...

Ash ready to plunge

Ryleigh and Haylee ready for the tubing ride