Grandma J's visit and my Birthday!

We celebrated my birthday on Wednesday. We had a lot of food, Michael made Kabob's on the grill, pasta salad, potato salad, and taco dip...yummy! Mom made me a Frozen Yogurt Pie. :) even bigger YUMMY! We all know I don't like cake, so frozen yogurt or ice cream and I'm a very happy girl!

Michael's grandmother has been in from Florida for the last couple of weeks. She joined us to celebrate my Birthday! (Lily and Grandma J share their birthday). Gwen and baby Jack couldn't make it. I'll see my family this weekend! :)

He's here!

I'm an aunt again! Jack Parker arrived this morning. He weighed in at 8lbs 30z and is 21" long. Mom and baby are doing great! Congratulations to Chris, Gwen & Emma on your new addition!

Time for cereal!

July 18th - Today was a big day! Picnic, dinged Element and then came cereal! This was by far the best part of our day. Lily was so excited while sitting in her high chair. She would pull the spoon to her mouth, chew on it and we'd have to pull it away from her to give her more food. She was even blowing raspberries on the spoon, which had cereal flying all over the place. We'll start to thicken it up over the next couple of days to see how she does with the texture, but I don't think it'll be an issue.

Ding!

July 18th~ While we had agreat time at the picnic, when we went to leave, it wasn't such a great time. Michael's car had been hit. It's scraped from the back quarter panel to the front door, and knocked off the mirror. This put a little damper on our fun afternoon. We've already brought the Element in for estimates and it's scheduled to be fixed on August 3rd.

Company Picnic

July 18th - Today was my company picnic at Lakewood Forest Preserve. It was a "sports theme" so Lily got to wear one of her Cubs t-shirts. I tried to convince Michael that she could wear her Red Sox t-shirt and Cubs hoodie, but he said "you can't mix the teams like that". I would've but her Red Sox shirt didn't fit her. ;) There were a ton of activities for children and adults. There was SO much food, drinks and my favorite, ice cream! Emma and Lily even rode the ponies. A good time was had by all.

Lencioni Family Picnic

July 12th - We went to the Lencioni Family Picnic today at Crow Island. We had amazing weather. There was a lot of food, dancing, water balloons, and laughter. I was "safe" from the water balloon fight this year because of Lily.
Here are a few random pictures taken.

Relay for Life!

July 11th - I want to thank everyone for their continued support of me and my team in the Relay for Life. This year was our 12th year and over the last 12 years we've raised over $80,000. As always, we had a great time, got to catch up with everyone and a "dirty" cake made an appearance. This year J was the recipient of the cake to celebrate his 50th birthday. Steve was the brave one to order and pick up the cake. :) Toni didn't make it out this year because she just had baby Lucas two weeks prior. This years team consisted of: J Buell, Steve Steres (who brought Carly and Addi), Jennifer Rattner, Jen & Dave Randolph, Terri Miller, Michelle Rice, Christy Newell (she brought James and Jaxon) and myself.

Michael was in Milwaukee, so we asked Grammy and Papa to watch Lily so I could participate in the Relay. They were kind enough to bring Lily over after dinner. I didn't bring my camera, but I know a few pictures we're taken. I'll post them when I get them. This was the first time I didn't spend the night, believe it or not, I missed it. I look forward to the Relay every year. Next year, Michael and I will make sure that we don't have a schedule conflict so I can stay the night again. Grammy and Papa did offer to keep Lily over night, but she hasn't been sleeping thru the night lately, we think it's from teething. Thanks again everyone!