kings and serfs

as i mentioned in the last post, we have the rosebroughs to thank for introducing us to the fab game of "kings & serfs".  here are marybeth and myself as the king and queen.  i have to say they have more creative hats than us!

 mauricio as my queen ;)  we all knew he would show his true colors eventually.

 ha ha ha! i am the king!!!!

 linda and marybeth as the lowly serfs.

 trouble making serfs.

 king marybeth enjoying her reign.

 the most  handsome serf of the evening.  sorry zach, i am referring to the guy above.

 although the rosebroughs have great hats, our impromptu serf gear at the hotel was pretty fantastic.

you can't beat a disposable hotel shower cap and a leftover plastic cookie package!  sarah is such a good sport.

catching up in the worst way

i have been the mother of all slackers in the blogging department. every time i have tried to do it the stupid site wasn't working, computer didn't have the pics on it, blah, blah, blah.



so here is the beginning of my catching up. i am SO behind that it would bore you all tremendously to put it in one post. i know that all of you lead such boring lives yourselves that you will be sitting on the edge of your seats waiting in anticipation for my coming posts. =) enjoy!

savannah's first day of 3rd grade

GRACIE WITH HER TEACHER, MRS. BAKER

SHE IS THE BEST!

what kindergartner is complete without a jonas brothers backpack?

okay this was totally impromtu. while i was taking her pictures she says "kindergarten, yahoo!

the middle schooler on her first day.

one of our family friends, titi, and her ADORABLE baby!!! he was quite yummy and seems to have an eye for the older women.

gracie insisted we have a doggie birthday party for her stuffed dog bella.

some fun pics from the summer by the pool.

Fun with Friends!

we had a really fun visit with some friends of mine from high school. rhonda, jeff and their adorable daughter, shanen came all the way from missouri. as you can see from the pics, we had lots of fun while they were here. the girls adored shanen and thought she was really cool. they came and stayed with us for a few nights on thier way to a caribbean cruise. oh la la! thanks for coming to hang out with us. we had such a great time! let's do it again soon!

of course the puppies were a big hit!

and so were the big ones! shanen thought it was cool that gunnar likes to swim with us.

popsicle tounges.

rhonda treated all of the girls to manicures! that was a real treat. although this scarey asian dude kept trying to pick up on rhonda! umm...how do you say "take a hike buddy" in vietnamese?

okay excuse the carol brady hair! i am in desperate need of a trim.

everyone all prettied up!