Pop-Pop Ray's Sweetheart

Pop-Pop Ray (My Grandpa on my mom's side/ Emma's Great grandpa) gave her his football charm. In the old days guys would give the necklace to their girlfriend to wear. Since Emma's middle name is named after him and she is his sweetheart, Pop-pop Ray thought Emma should have it. The "W" at the top is for Winber High and on the bottom is his last name, Torquato. Emma loves wearing her new necklace. If I would let her, she would wear it day and night but she needs to be careful with it... is it from 1941.

Tree Swing

After swimming at the pool tonight, we went over to Blair's house. Aren't tree swings so much fun?!

Baby Girl

Sean and Kate Flanagan are having a GIRL! They had their ultrasound this afternoon and their baby girl looks great.

Softball

Saturday morning started off with some donuts with Pop-Pop. Then it was off to watch Michael play in a charity softball tournament. He hit two home runs(1 over the fence and 1 inside the park) and had a nice diving catch. He had the biggest cheering section there.... Emma was always waving at him and saying Hi DaDa. After the games we went swimming and had Chinese.

Morning at the Zoo

Daycare took all 8 kids to the zoo for a morning field trip. Thanks to both of their teachers for making it such a special day.

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Best Day

I took the day off from my stressful job. If some of you don't know, my bank (Cooperative Bank) was taken over by the FDIC and then bought by First Bank. To say the least it have been stressful. However today was be best day. The kids and I had an action packed day. In this order we:
Went for a walk and feed the ducks
Went to the dollar store to pick out junk for the movie
Went to the free summer movie- Veggie Tales
Went to lunch
Got Emma a passport
Met Ali, Walker, and Salem at Wrightsville Beach- played for 3 hours
Took a dip in the pool
Dinner
Play with kids in the neighborhood
The End!

Nice

It is always nice to have dinner with Pennsylvania friends.

Jack and Mommy

Cotton Candy Girl

Isn't she cute with this cotton candy? I absolutely love the stuff. I remember going to any event as a kid with my dad and him buying me cotton candy.

Happy 5th Birthday Walker

I was there the day Walker was born and now there for his 5th birthday. Walker's baseball party was so well done. Ali had the kids play all kids of baseball games with great prizes. The food was ball park style.... Hot dogs, soft pretzels, cotton candy, cracker jacks, chips, peanuts, etc.

Camping in the backyard

Hot dogs and Smores.... yummy. While Emma and I were asleep in our nice beds, the boys were in the tent out back.

Splash Pad

I ran over during my lunch break to see the kids at the Splash Pad. It is located on Bess Street in downtown Wilmington and it is FREE.

No School

The kids have been with my parents during the day since school is closed this week. Boy have they had fun. Movies, pool, story-time, parks and..... a day trip to Myrtle Beach. Z and Kaylee were vacationing in MB so my kids went down for a visit.

Hugs

Steam Pot

One of my favorite meals is a steam pot. My mom made one for us for 4th of July. It was so yummy. I have a special request from the Flanagan's to make it when they come to visit us next month.


Steam Pot for 10

30.5 cups of water
1 cup old bay
2.5 lbs red potatoes (cut in half)
2.5 lbs kielbasa
15 ears corn
5 lbs large shrimp (I put extra old bay on them and let them sit for a few hours)
crab legs- can be frozen

Bring water and old bay to boil
Add Potatoes - cook 15 minutes
Add Kielbasa- cook 5 minutes
Add Corn- cook 5 minutes
Add Crab Leg- cook 3 minutes
Add Shrimp- cook 5 minutes or until pink

Grandma Time

Pictures from the 4th of July

My brother and Jack playing in the pool.

Grandma, Emma, and Madison

In their 4th of July swimming gear

We had a wonderful holiday. We spent the morning over at the pool, followed by a steam pot lunch. That evening we went to the neighborhood party. Wow what a party. Great food, a DJ, and awesome fireworks. Couldn't have asked for a better day.

4th

What are you doing for the 4th of July? My Uncle Mark/Deb and my brother/ Shannon/Madison will all be here. We plan on going to see fireworks. hang by the pool, go to the beach, eat strawberry pie and a steam-pot. And have lots of LAUGHS!

Man of the House

Michael is on vacation so Jack is the man of the house!