Monday, June 30, 2008

daniel and patrick also got haircuts!

daniel got his hair cut!! he looks great. he was ready for a cut. he feels like he lost half his hair (i think he did!). i hardly recognized him in his baseball cap at his all-star baseball game tonight. it will take a little while to get used to it. soooo much better for the warm summer though!












patrick also got a hair cut!!! (i don't have his picture). he left for efy (especially for youth) this morning for the week. if you don't know what efy is, it's a church camp for mormon youth ages 14-18. they have pretty strict guidelines for dress and appearance and patrick's hair was too long. patrick went wtih three other boys (dillon, blake and jeff). his roomate is dillon doria. he had to get up at 4:15 this morning. we met at dillon's house and then they went together to the train station. the 4 of them took the train to santa barbara and then took a ride in a taxi to the university of santa barbara where the youth conference is. patrick said the train ride was fun (there were cute girls on the train also going to efy!) all aong the way from san diego to santa barbara at the train stops, kids would get on the train that were headed to efy. there are about 400 kids attending this session. i'm sure they will have a great time and i hope patrick has some memorable spiritual experiences also!

my beautiful flower girls!


on saturday pat's nephew, chris keeran got married. aubrey, julia and chris and rommyna's daughter alani (not pictured) were the flower girls. i curled their hair and it took a long time! aubrey thought i would never finish, but it was worth it because their hair was sooo pretty!

chris and rommyna got married at the immaculata, a catholic church. it is probably the most famous and beautiful catholic church in san diego. it is really something to see...the stained glass windows are pretty amazing!

the reception was a "sit-down" dinner. we had halibut with lobster sauce, mashed potatoes, and steamed vegis. yummy!! there was a dj and we were all dancing together...the adults, the cousins! it was really really fun!! rommyna was absolutely beautiful!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

corey and emily graduate.....first- corey's graduation pictures


what a fun and memorable week we had. my brother steven, his wife andrea, and their two kids ashley and andrew, got here on thursday, june 5th. corey's prom was on friday. my mom, my sister shelly, and her four kids, kailey tyler, megan, and emily mae arrived on sunday, june 8th. we had soooo much fun while they were here. we went to belmont park, fuddruckers (thanks frank!!), the beach, in n out, swimming at steve and andrea's hotel, and of course the necessary trip to lolitas! i loved every minute of it..being together like that is just the best!!!

on top of all of that and most exciting were the graduations of corey and emily. emily's middle school graduation was first on wednesday. she wore a pretty pink dress and she was so happy and excited!! it was really fun to have so much family there and cheering for her. after her graduation and to celebrate both graduates, we all went to shogun kobe; it is just like benihanas (maybe better!) and we had a fun and yummy dinner. we took up two tables of 10...of course our '5th daughter' olivia johnston had to come along!! (love you olivia!)

corey's high school graduation was on thursday. she was excited but nervous!! all of the seniors in sound unlimited and music machine sang the national anthem and they sounded beautiful. it made me cry! we took a ton of pictures of corey with her family and friends. that was fun!! to see all of them so happy and with the excitement of their futures ahead of them...you could really feel it! corey has two friends in paticular, devon and caitlin, that graduated with AMAZING honors. they inspire corey...thanks devon!!!!

it was a special week that i hope, especially corey, will treasure! thanks to my family for taking the time, energy, and money to come and celebrate with us! it truly would not have been the same without you here!!! we love you!!

emily's graduation


dinner at shogun kobe


more cousin pics

andrew (steve and andrea's son)


corey (17), patrick (16), emily (13), kailey (12), daniel (11), aubrey (9), tyler (8), julia (4), megan (3), ashley (3), andrew (19 months), and emily (8 weeks).


kailey, tyler, megan, and emily (shelly and ryan's kids)


julia and ashley (my youngest and steve
and andrea's daughter)


corey, patrick, emily, kailey, daniel, aubrey, tyler, julia, megan, ashley, emily and andrew

Monday, June 9, 2008

Corey's Senior Prom

wow! what a day getting a 'girl' ready for prom!! get her hair done...get her makeup done...buy shoes...buy earrings...get ready...it was a fun mother-daughter day!! a day i will always remember.

corey had a great time at her senior prom! she went with four other couples and they are all in either sound unlimited or music machine together. they all met at the lake first to take pictures and then went by limo to an italian restaurant for dinner and then to the prom. what a great group of kids for corey to go with...cameron and veronica; matt and jennifer; henry and robin; jonathon and corinne. corey went with justin and what a gentlemen justin is! he was so good to corey and could not have been a better date! (Cindi you should be soooo proud of what a special son you have!)