Hooray for...

baby Rowan Helena McFadden, Mikayla and Brian's yellow baby is a pinkie! Mikayla had pro skill and delivered without meds, and according to certain witnesses, did not show up to the hospital until she was 9 and 1/2 centimeters dilated...which was around 2am-ish and her doula didn't show up until 1:30am-ish...Mikayla is a warrior! I can't wait to meet their little miss...

and Del Mar fair fun! We had family day at the fair, we got there right at 10am and like true fair goers, and the consumers that we are, the first thing we did is walk the tents full of fair wear...and we made our purchases...a corn dog (Jeff tried to sneak it, but I totally caught him), some stuffed pillow pets (yes, we already have one, but money burns a hole in Jeff's pocket and he loves his Lilly), beef jerky, and we bought Lillian a very nice (and expensive) silk comforter. Jeff and I have one, we've had it for years and it's amazing. I tried to buy Lillian a regular comforter...but that didn't work out right. The silk comforter is so thin but always exactly the right amount of warmth regardless of the season. Ok, it's not a infomerical...although I could write a whole documentary on our bee experience...maybe coming soon...anyway, here are some photos from the fair today...fun fun...

Dahlia's in the garden zone, my favsGrandma Joanie does the hula
Lillian's Canoe Ride
Whale Ride with Friends...Finn, Teagan, and Lil
Weeeeee!
Chaperone Dad...
Ferris Wheel Family Fun...
or Steering Wheel, as Lillian refered to it
Ahhh, remembering what we used to do on the Ferris Wheel
She makes faces like her dad...

Hope your Sunday was fun...xo - ag

Houston we have a problem...

Look who decided our backyard was the bees knees...




Did I mention that my husband is allergic to bees??

Night on the Town

Yeah, Jeff and I joined some friends for dinner and too many drinks last night. It was fun to be grown up and enjoy the company of others...I got some great photos of my husband boozing it up....I will have to post soon (since the office is still not back together and who know where the cable is to download photos).

Today was a beautiful day at the beach. Lillian got to play with her friends and that always makes her happy...

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful Sunday...xo-ag

Here's the photos...a group shot a dinner

and the final shot of the evening...

To get to your friends house

...you have to drive up a big mountain and then all the way through Australia. Just in case you get lost, Lillian can show you. xo-ag

Happy Birthday Fun!

My little niece Malley turned one today...it seems so crazy, I feel like she is still just a little baby! I can't wait to watch her grow over this next year...she really is the sweetest little girl.

We got to celebrate with Malley at a lovely tea party...Greta made a very fancy table...the works, saucers even. It was very fun! Yeah Malley!

Today was also my last day of school, 8th graders promote tomorrow, so I don't have to detain them in my classroom any longer. It's always bittersweet, the last day of school...you're glad it's over, but sad because there is that comfort and expectablitlity(is that a word...if not I made it up) about it. It was a pretty fun year, and I do enjoy being in the classroom.

Tonight is a nice night...Malley's birthday...summer...ahhh! xo -ag

True Blue...

Yeah, so color week got rough near the end...maybe 7 days was really too many...I was good up to five, and it was super fun to know that there were new posts to read everywhere I looked...thanks girlies for playing along.

I also learned that the act of blogging is very time consuming...maybe that is why I do a poor job. I write a post, add some photos, and then I re-read it about 10 times to make sure there are no grammatical or spelling errors...then I post, look at it and decide I need to change it about...so about 4 hours later I am done. I guess I need to rethink the amount of effort I put forth...I was never this thorough in English class.

So Blue...

Here are the photos for Blue day, I had them ready, just lagged on blogging... Here is Lillian in her pretty blue dress at Aydan's 5th birthday party. Very fun carnival themed party with games, popcorn, nachos, and face painting. Finn got his face painted like a tiger, so guess what Lillian choose...a tiger...Roar!

Happy Mohawk Monday

Coming Soon...
Finally, My Blue post from color week...I have the photos...I just lost a week.
The reflection on Color Week
Mikayla's shower fun!

But for now you get Mohawk Monday...it was all Lillian. I worked today but rumor has it that she sported the Mowcock (as she says it) all day while she was shopping with my mom & sisters at the Forum...I'm a bit embarrassed...kids, gotta love them...xo -ag