Whew!

What a week! We made it, though!

Last Sunday, Father's Day, we were up early to take Tony and Karyn (my sister) to the airport for their trip to Washington DC with some of Tony's students. It also happened to be Tony's and my 6th wedding anniversary! (WOW...6 YEARS!)

That night, the kids and I went with my parents to dinner with my grandparents for Father's Day. We went to Kruse and Muer in Rochester Hills...we had such a good time! We sat outside on the patio and both kids were wonderful and we just had a wonderful time talking and enjoying each other's company! My grandparents just love seeing the kids, and I love the fact that my kids will know their great-grandparents, just like I remember mine!!

Our air conditioner was broken (of course!), so the kids stayed out at Tony's parents' house during the week. I went to work during the day and then out to their house in the evening to see my lovely children! They were in the pool and outside all week, so both of the have some very nice tans! Bradlee's hair is even more blonde (if that's even possible!) and Emma's got some pretty good tan lines where her swimsuit hits!! They just love the pool...

On Tuesday I took Emma to see "Up" at the theater, then we went and got ice cream! After ice cream, we went to Target and picked out a birthday present for her friend, Maddy. We both really enjoyed the movie...it was very cute. She remembered several things from the movie and would repeat them throughout the week...we had a nice time, just the two of us! Here's a picture I took of her pointing to our movie!!

The rest of the week I spent getting ready for our Relay for Life in Davison. Not only was I the Accounting/Registration chairwoman, but I was team captain for our team "The Family". I must say, I was very pleased with the fundraising we did. Overall, we raised over $1600 for our team, and helped the American Cancer Society raise over $101,000 for our entire Relay!! I didn't get to spend much time with the team and the kids, which I had anticipated, so we "hired" two of Tony's students (well, one is a current student, one is a former student...they are sisters) to help us out and watch the kids. The reason I put "hired" in quotes, is because when we asked them how much they would want for the entire day, their response was, "That's okay, just take whatever you would pay us and donate it to the American Cancer Society!" How awesome is that? They were not only AWESOME babysitters, but we had so many compliments on how wonderful they were with the kids!!! Here are some pictures of our fun times at Relay (I'll post some more when I get them from Emily, one of the babysitters!)!!! Our theme was "Cancer doesn't take a holiday!"....so we had different themed laps.....ENJOY!

Bradlee kicked off our themed lap of "Happy New Year!" by being Baby New Year! He had a sparkly red, white and blue hat on as well, but that didn't last too long!

Emma got to dress up as a firecracker for the "4th of July" lap!! She got to spend the night with us and had a BALL!!!!!

So the theme of this lap was "Pilgrims, Turkeys and Indians, Oh My!"...so My mom wore the "piligrim" hat Emma made in school this past fall, carried the stuffed Beanie Baby turkey that my sister, Karyn, had, and then had on her CMU ** CHIPPEWAS ** sweatshirt!! She stayed up the entire 24 hours to help our team....we seriously would not have been able to do as well as we did without her!!!!

This is our friend, and resident SURVIVOR, Deb! She helped me out in the banking area and on our way to one of our drops, she looked down and said, "Oh, I have my shirt on backwards!" LOL So I had to take a picture...especially because it was 7am and we had been up for a LONG time!

We haven't set a date for next year's Relay yet, but if you are interested in joining our team next year, we would love to have you! We really have a great time...and the best part is that we are helping in the fight against cancer!!!

Hope you all have a great week! This weekend should be fun, since we're going to see the DSO (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) at Greenfield Village (it'll be our 4th anniversary of going!)!! Will post pics soon!!!

Happy Father's Day!

What another great week we had! Last weekend was Fenton's Relay for Life, so I took Emma and Bradlee to check it out, since Tony had to DJ. It was so fun! Emma was able to play on the bounce houses, eat ice cream, get her face painted and then fell asleep on the way home!

Bradlee had a great time as well. Before we went to the site, we stopped at McDonald's for dinner. Bradlee was quite content munching on some french fries while Emma and I ate our dinners...then it was his time to eat!

This was a busy weekend, as well. Tony had to DJ on Saturday, so Emma, Lynne and I went to yet another Relay for Life...this time in Frankenmuth! It was a smaller Relay (about 20 teams), but Emma was able to play on bounce houses again and decorate a sun visor! She just LOVES these Relays and I'm very proud that she knows what they are all about!!!

On Sunday (Father's Day), he left for Washington, D.C. with some students from school. We celebrated Father's Day on Saturday morning with our families together and then went shopping afterwards (just for baby food!)...We got Emma a "movie-playing cart", which Emma sat in and watched, while Bradlee fit perfectly in the back part...Tony pushed! They looked so cute walking up and down the aisles, I had to take a picture! :)

So since Tony was in Washington, D.C. today, which also happens to be our 6th wedding anniversary, I took the kids with me and my parents and headed down to see my grandparents for dinner. We wore Emma out pretty well and she fell asleep on the way home....and yes, she wore the crown all day long!! (There were also bracelets that you can see on the one hand and a necklace that broke earlier in the day!)

Well, it's going to be a crazy week, with Tony gone and OUR Relay for Life on Saturday! Emma's so excited to spend the night with us! I will definitly be posting some pictures of all our fun! If you are interested in making a donation to our team, there's still time!!! Just go to my Relay for Life Website and click on "Donate"!! Thank you, in advance! Please keep us in your prayers and I'll post more next week, once I've recovered! :)

Emma's First Tiger's Game and Lemonade Stand!

We had quite the busy week! We spent most of the week nights at Tony's parents' house, preparing for a garage sale we had this past weekend. On Tuesday, Emma and I took Tony to Comerica Park for a Detroit Tigers game...it was his Father's Day gift! He has been talking about wanting to take Emma to a game for some time now, so when I received discount tickets at work, I decided to go for it! We had a great time! Emma was quite bored, but Tony took her for a walk to find Paws (the mascot) and then I took her for a walk a little later to ride the carousel. Unfortunately, whenever she's bored, she thinks she's hungry...so that night, she ate pizza for dinner (before we got there), peanuts, Cracker Jacks, cotton candy, part of Tony's cookie, a Sierra Mist and a pretzel with cheese sauce. Needless to say, she passed out on the way home!! I really don't know who was more excited to go, Emma or Tony!!!

Tony and I took over 2 PACKED van-fulls and left at the end of the weekend with 2 garbage bags!! We made almost $400 in just the two days we had the sale! How awesome!! We were so surprised and very happy... we were trying to think of something for Emma to do to keep busy during the sale on Saturday, so we set her up a little lemonade stand...Emma and I decided that it would be by donation only and the money she earned would go to Relay for Life ("to help sick people get better")...wow...that little girl made $47.00 selling lemonade! I am so proud of her and she is so excited for Relay for Life now!!!

Bradlee, on the other hand, was rather bored:

That is, until BATH TIME! :)

We had a great week and are looking forward to the last day of school (Wednesday) and Bradlee's music class starting (Tuesday) and then Emma is taking 2 music classes, along with her gymnastics! Of course, Emma's also so excited to swim in her pool and in Tony's parents' BIG pool! LOL Hope you all have a great week!