Behind The Scenes At The Zoo

Sarah got us back access to the zoo!!
I think we enjoyed it more than the girls,
it was a fun Friday morning!!!

My favorite part:
Mr and Mrs Lion.

I'm not gonna lie,
they are pretty darn scary when
there is only a chain-link fence
between us and I can feel him
when he was growling at us!!!
Very cool though!!


Petting a rabbit

They both touched the hedgehog

The Rhino came right up to us after
he called for her and we all touched her.

The girls

Baby zebra with brown stripes.
This little one also came right
over when he called for him!

Feeding the giraffes.

Autumn's not too sure.

Neither is Maddy!

Mad and Mom

He gave the girls a stuffed animal,
a coloring book and a key to the zoo!
Great zoo day!!
Now they will probably try and
walk into the back every time we go!!

Swim School

Maddy and Autumn have been taking
lessons in the same class for a while now
and I have never brought my camera,
for obvious reasons... I'll be in the water.
Today I brought it with the plan to
take a picture of the two girls
before we got in the water.
Weeeeell, Autumn brought
her Mom AND her Dad.
So we had a photographer today!!!

Thanks Chris!

Here goes the weekly lesson:

Waiting to get in the water.

Sarah, Autumn, Courtney and Maddy

Blowing bubbles

Getting ready to go under

Good swimming Autumn!

Swimming to the turtle


Swimming to Mom from the side

Turtle kick boards

Kicking

Back floats

Back floats

Motor boats.... Mads favorite thing!

Monkey walking

Autumn swimming under water

Humpty Dumpty
I lied, this is Mads favorite!

Walking the plank.

Phoenix??

Some sneaky videoing....

Greg and I were surprised that she
knew Auntie B and Amanda live in Phoenix.....
now we keep asking her were people live,
but its kinda hard to be wrong when
everyone lives in Phoenix!

ABC's and 1 2 3

My Girls

Maddy reading ~~ Clare smiling

Last Few Days...

Maddy in her authentic Egyptian wear,

courtesy of my friends Megan and Lindsay.

(It was a trip we were planning in 2007,

for March 2008.

I never got to go because this

little girl was in my belly.

Thats why they brought it back for me!)

Clare's first pancake.

She was excited!!

Yuuuum.

Oh, how that smile melts my heart.

Maddy watching TV in our bed

while Greg was getting ready for work.

Emily & Will 8.26.2010

While we were on vacation Emily and Will got married!!

The beautiful bouquet

Emily and Big Greg

Vows

The kiss

Husband and wife





Big Greg, Emily, Will and Gwen

Courtney, Clare, M, Maddy, Will and Greg

Everybody that was at the wedding...
Mastin's and Holewinski's


While the bride and groom were
being photographed, we decided to take
some as well since it was so beautiful.

Clare and Mom

The Mastin's


Again, Maddy was obsessed with the ocean.
Carlin took her in a bit, but mostly Gigi
had the honor of freezing her little toes off!

Maddy and Hannah

Running around like crazy girls

The original Crazy



Our beautiful Babes

After the wedding and pictures Carlin
took the girls back to the house and
we got a chance to ENJOY our evening!!

We had dinner in a private room at a the Baleen.

Mr and Mrs. Holewinski.


Gwen went all out and paid
attention to every detail.
It was a beautiful table!

The cake

The cutting of the cake