Weekend Wrap-up...

Why is it that you can't wait until the weekend.... and then when the weekend arrives it passes in the blink of an eye.... always too quickly.  Well another weekend has come and gone at the Herdoiza's and tomorrow marks Monday... and I'll be looking forward to the weekend again.  Do you see the cycle??

Steve and I had a great weekend.  We were able to go to dinner and catch a movie.  That makes 2 dates this month.  AWESOME! Steve golfed this morning and I hung out with the kids and spent most of the day doing laundry.  This evening I finally got some pictures and mirrors hung and it is now 10:46.  I will have to share some pictures of my ever-evolving living room and dining room.  Slowly...slowly... it is coming along and I'm really liking all the changes. Did all of you have a busy and fun-filled weekend?  I hope you got everything crossed off of your to-do list!  Now without further ado...here are some of those old photos I thought I would share....  2 cute kids hanging out on the stairs...

Nicholas made these glasses at school... this was one of the many projects that were being sent home at the end of the year... the glasses were very colorful and very funny.... I had to share them with you... Really.... and they say the frames are the most expensive part of buying new glasses.... Nicholas might be on to something here.... except you might have a slight problem if it starts to rain... wilting frames!

So the same day I saw how cute the kids were on the stairs..... I had to get into the picture too... You know how much I like the self-timer...

Ok... so we had to do a little repositioning on the stairs.... Now you can see all of our faces...

A little closer up.....

I just love this picture of Steve and Amanda.  Steve was going to the Andover girl's tennis banquet and Amanda had decided to join him.  I caught them just before they went flying out the door.  Thank goodness my camera is always close by.

Edited in black and white.....

Do you remember that last post about Nicholas and his crazy sleeping position?  Well most nights he is scared of something and he makes his way into our bedroom, or Amanda's room, or sleeps with his covers over his head... he likes to be hidden.... I think it keeps away the "wild things" he continually dreams about... or the asteroids or volcanoes that are trying to get him as he runs to Franklin Tennis club?????  Anyway.... one night Steve came into our room after checking on the kids and told me I had to see this.... look carefully.... this is Nick's bedroom... it is a little like "Where's Waldo?"

Here is the aeriel view.... Nicholas had barricaded himself in a fort like enclosure surrounded by his protective pillows and stuffed animals.  I wish the picture did justice for the small amount of space Nick had crammed himself into.  We eventually made him get into bed where we pulled the covers over his head so he could get a good nights sleep.  What a funny guy!

Hope everyone has a great week.  Monday brings us 4 days closer to another weekend.  Until later......

A Visit with Aunt Michele...

Before the entire month of July passes I thought I would share some photos from our visit with Michele last month.  It was so great to see Michele and we miss her so much.... we will have to plan another trip to Florida soon. 

Gabby had been sick nearly the entire week Michele stayed with us.  Here is the first day we were able to get out of the house and we headed for the zoo.  Here you see Gabby reading the map... planning our itinerary while Nick and Amanda walked through the dinosaur exhibit.

When would everyone get back???  Gabby was ready to move on and see the giraffes...

There was a lot of construction happening at the zoo... a new lion habitat was being built, the polar bears were not swimming in their usual exhibit.... we were a little disappointed... however, we did see the giraffe's getting fed... Can you see them in the background? 

The polar bears were outside enjoying the 80 degree heat instead of cooling off in their pool.  CRAZY!

The kids slept in the family room on an air mattress while Michele visited.  They loved it!  Nicholas loves when he gets to sleep with someone... then no monsters can get him from under his bed or inside his closet... or then he doesn't have bad dreams.  When I came downstairs one morning... this is how I found Nicholas sleeping... Michele and I were cracking up... could that possibly be a comfortable sleeping position???  I guess Nicholas thought so!

A trip to Carvel for ice cream...even Gabby gets her own kid's size cone.  She will no longer share with anyone... she wants to indulge in the whole experience...

How Sweet!

Hope everyone has a fun filled weekend.  Until later....

Just Blog Something Already!!!!

Unfortunately..... time is flying by and it doesn't appear as if I can keep my New Year's resolution to blog more frequently.  I keep thinking I need to document what is happening NOW.  I feel like I'm so far behind with photos and stories.... so tonight I just decided.... blog something.... you have to start somewhere.  Soooo..... we had a wonderful day on the lake today.  Friends of ours invited us over for a barbecue and boating on Orchard Lake.  We had a great time and the kids had a blast tubing and fishing.  I think Nicholas caught 3 or 4 fish and Amanda caught a couple too.  We were invited to come back soon and the kids are already requesting more tubing and boating. 

I didn't get any pictures of the afternoon... however I did get a couple shots this morning and early evening.  Enjoy!

I'm trying to fill my last picture frame on my family wall of photos.  I think I may have found the photo.  The kids are all looking towards the camera and all are smiling!

Just a pretty photo of Amanda....  She loves to have her picture taken lately.... she comes up to the camera and strikes all kinds of poses...

Caught Nicholas grinning....

Looking out for his baby sister... these two play sooooo well together.  Gabriella just adores hanging out with Nicholas... playing cars... chasing one another.... rough-housing.... building forts....dancing....

A cute photo of Amanda and Nick before we left for the lake....

Steve and Nicholas have been working on building this rocket model.  Steve They took a couple weeks to build it and paint it and now it is ready to be launched.  Nicholas is posing proudly with Steve's his masterpiece.

So..... this evening we went to a field to launch the cool rocket....Nicholas was REALLY excited!  Unfortunately, it was taking a while to get things set up.... so that is why I was able to take so many photos tonight.... then like everything else in the Herdoiza household we ran into a minor problem.... the rocket was not launchable... it would not ignite....Houston....we have a problem!!!!! Steve and Nicholas were really bummed.  (**After returning home and rechecking the rocket and ignition system...Steve realized that it required 3AA batteries that were not listed anywhere in the directions or on the box.  So tomorrow I will buy some batteries and hopefully tomorrow evening we will have a lift off!)

See what I mean when I say I have a back log of photos that I haven't posted.... I wanted to share these in APRIL.... you know around the Easter holiday...or a week or 2 after the holiday.... not 3 months after the holiday.  Here are the kids looking enthusiastic about coloring Easter eggs.....  Maybe I'll start sharing these old photos a few at a time...

Until later..... Bye... Bye....