Robert's Birthday Party

Today is my little cousin Robert's birthday! we celebrated by going to their Grandma's house and swimming, drinking really yummy lemonade, and having fun with fellow cousins! I had a lot of fun, and I think all of the kids did as well. The cupcakes were REALLY yummy, and I was really tempted to eat another one, but I didn't. Robert was really cute with his presents, because he LOVES cars(The movie ) and he is going into preschool and we got him a cars backpack, Clare ( his older sister ) got him a Cars Lunchbox and I think a thermos, and we also got him car stickers, so he was really excited-it was super cute. The water was really nice too, and the weather was pretty good, so swimming was good too! Happy Birthday Robert!

 Katie, Annelise, and Arianna having a blast in the pool!

 Okay to me this is a really funny picture because there is on of ME in a swimsuit like this when I was her age at the exact same place eating a chicken nugget!

 Elyse-Robert's older sister

 Yummy cupcakes!

Robert and Elyse

Cousin Sleepover!

Yesterday my Aunt Laura had a big cousin sleepover, and I had TONS of fun! We played bocci ball, this really fun version of hopscotch, made this super cute bags, watched movies, had snow cones, and a bunch of other really fun stuff! IT was AWESOME and I can't wait to do it next year!

Birthday Party!

Yesterday Clare McKenna had her birthday party, which was lemonade-ice cream themed! It was loads of fun, and we did things like make fresh squeezed lemonade( which was SUPER yummy! ) eat ice cream with plenty of toppings, and play games in the backyard. Later, all of my mom's side family and some of the McKenna's family friends came over to have a BBQ and watch fireworks!

 squeezing the lemons

 the lemonade stand!

 toppings . . . yummy!

 All of the girls

Room re-decorate!

All afternoon since about 3:00 we have been re-decorating our rooms, and right now it's 5:00. Mary Catherine got a new bunk bed( late birthday present ) and I got the boys' bed and everything is all switched around and beds and frames are lined up in the hallway and I feel like I live in a factory or something, hahaha everyone is so busy and bustling, and it's SUPER hot out ( we played outside ALLL morning and early afternoon), after mass, and we came in to find . . . more heat! But it is nice because you would never believe it but we have had rain or overcast for a few months! My room is really cute! In about an hour we will be heading over to the hotel my cousins are staying at to visit, eat ice-cream at Cold Stone, and go swimming at the hotel!

COUSINS COUSINS COUSINS!!!!!

Next week all of my cousins are coming for the week from California, and am I excited! The Fuegman's and The Delorenzo's are visiting for a week and we are doing a bunch of fun things including going on a hike with this SUPER fun naturally-made-by-god rock waterslide that is FREEZING cold, going kyaking at Lake Washington, and maybe even getting nails done with all the girls! My Aunt Angelique and Uncle Tom arrived today with their kids Hannah, ( 11 ) Isabella ( 9 or 10  ) , Sierra ( 7 ) , and Jake ( 3 ) . I am SUPER excited to go see them, as well as my Uncle Patrick who is arriving tomorrow with his kids Christian, ( 9 ) Annabella , ( 10 ) Scott , ( 8 ) and Sophie ( 6 or 7 ).  So I will have a JILLION pictures for you to see, and I am really excited if you haven't noticed! Hahaha.

Thanks for reading,


MG

St. Monica's

Today we drove all the way down to Mercer island to go to the 9:30 mass at St. Monica's catholic church! It was really nice to see our friends from the retreat, we hung out there for about an hour after, and I met a really nice girl named Grace and hung out with my other friend from the retreat Gillian. It was a really nice mass, and I would really like to do it again in the future...

Thnx for reading!

MG

Seattle Sefair . . . Pirates Arrival!

Yesterday at Alki Beach in west Seattle some guys dressed as pirates came on boats and shot off cannons! It was really fun, and we dressed up as pirates! Our outfits were from scratch too, not the cheap kind you buy at the store, and we got prizes for the best costume! Here are the pictures . . .

Ballet

Last night was the parent/kid meet for Twin Lakes, you don't have to go, and I actually had plans to, but at the last moment( I'm talking last moment last moment ) I decided to go to a ballet/hip hop/modern dance recital...it was AWESOME!!!! Some of my cousins were in it, so it was nice to look for them during the performance, and unfortunately you were not allowed to take any pictures, but I did after the recital.  :) My cousin Clare was a jellyfish, and Catherine was a dolphin, and I can't remember what Laura was, but their costumes were amazing.  My favorite part...SO hard to decide! I LOVED the jellyfish ( espec. the costumes ) and the hip hop dances as well. ARRGGHH it's so hard to decide! Anyways, here's the pics and thanks for visiting!

MG