Archive for July, 2008

the fourth of july…

July 7, 2008
we started our party out with some bike decorating…
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my brother and his girlfriend paula came and helped…
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i just loved these of eric and eli…
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my two and a half year old on his big boy bike…
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brandon and eli…
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eric barbequing some yummy tri-tip

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eli doesn’t like the noise of the fireworks:)

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miss toni doing some face painting…and eli not liking the noise…

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brother being a goof ball…these were the ear muffs that eli wore most of the evening to block out some of the noise. he switched back and forth betweem these and ear plugs. needless to say, he was a little hard to communicate with, and he did a lot of shouting at everyone!

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all the kids celebrating…

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lance in awe of his “sprinkler” (that’s what eli calls them:)

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all of the couple’s in attendance…

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we had a great time! good food, good company, good fireworks. we made some great memories:)

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happy birthday to my oldest friend.
i asked my mom to go through some old pictures last night and send me some so i could post for you. this one was perfect! look at us! i can’t believe how fast time goes…now we are all grown up with husbands, and houses, and babies…i’m so glad that we are still a part of eachother’s lives, and that i can call you not just my friend, but my best friend! i love seeing you with your sweet little girls…they are perfection, and i’m so happy to be a part of your beautiful life:)
enjoy your day, wish i was with you!
happy fourth of july! for some reason, this picture seemed fitting:

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and happy birthday to jamie,

what can i say? i love you like you were my sister, and i wish more that anything we lived closer to you, and we could spend this special day with you:) i hope that you and matt have a great time in san diego, and we are all counting down the days till you guys come up here at the end of the month! maybe i’ll even make you a watermelon cake:)

i can’t find any recent pictures of your beautiful face, so you’d better believe i’ll be taking some when you get here. i can’t wait to see you!

Photobucket i just LOVE how their little heads are thrown back completely carefree…they’re own little carnival ride right in our front yard:)

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