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Sunday, October 23, 2011

1st Trip up North!

Our friend John invited us up to his cabin this summer. We had so much fun hanging out in the cooler weather. Sydney loved being able to play outside as it's been so hot in Phoenix, that we have been stuck inside!! John calls his house a cabin because it's in the woods on a golf course - BUT - it's huge and amazing!!


John and Sydney

They have a kids club house on the property that Sydney got to go spend some time at. She loved it! This is the fort they made.

This is the view off of the back porch. Greg is getting us bloody mary's from the drink cart:)

View off of the back porch

Back porch - beautiful!!

Lulu!!

Daddy in his happy place!


John and Daddy on the front porch!


The Great Room!!


The Kitchen!

Our bedroom

The kids camp Sydney went to!!

The kitty tale she made at kids camp!


Mommy golfing!


golf course!!



Starting her young!!




What a great trip!!
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1st Day of Vacation Bible Camp

I signed Sydney up for her first vacation bible camp at Scottsdale Bible Church. She loved it!! She went for a week at the end of July!!



My little stinker!!
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Minnesota 2012


At Mankato Fun Days parade! Jolinda, Dad, Abby, Sweetie & Ally. What a great day!!


My family!!

Sydney and Ally!! Best buddies just like Ally's Mommy and I since the 5th grade!!



My nephew Cory and his son Kai!!


Sydney finally realized that if she waved to people in the parade, they would throw her candy!!



Abby and Sydney on the rides



Grandpa Nick and Sweetie!!



She had so much fun on the rides!!


My childhood friends, Nikki and Jolinda!! They will always be my soul sisters!!

Me and my uncle Jimmy!

Nikki, Tavia, me and Jolinda - friends for 30 plus years!!

Friday, July 15, 2011

More Minnesota Pictures!!

Here are more pictures from Minnesota. I am unable to put all of the pictures in one post due to the program I am using to download the pictures to my blog.


Sydney and Grandpa Ramy really bonded during this trip!! It was very sweet to watch!

Sydney took this picture:)

During this trip, I was able to reconnect with a very dear and old friend, Jolinda. Jolinda and I became best friends on my 1st day at a new school, in 5th grade. We remained best friends until well after high school. Life then got in the way and we lost touch for a bit - but now we are reconnecting and loving it!! This is her youngest daughter, Ally. It was beautiful to watch our girls form a friendship with each other!!


After Greg left to go back to Phoenix, Sydney and I drove down to Mankato and spent a couple of extra days. This picture was taken at Nikki's house. A few of my girlfriends from Mankato all met at Nikki's house on Friday night to reconnect. We brought our daughters with and they all met and played together for the first time. It was so cool to see our kids play together!! In this picture they are making homes for their new fire fly friends that they captured. This was the first time Sydney had ever seen one!! It was so fun watching her catch them - brought back lots of memories of when I was young and used to catch them.



Here are the beautiful Mommies!! I have so many awesome memories with these awesome ladies. Love you all (Jolinda, Nikki, Gina, Laurie, Me & Tavia).


Funny faces with our girls!!


Sydney and Nikki's girls!


Love it!!

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More Minnesota - Visit to Grandma's House

We had a wonderful visit at Grandma & Grandpa Ramy's house while in Minnesota!!


I LOVE this picture!

Missing you Mom...

This is Sydney's fashion girl pose!!

Mad Cow - or Mad Daddy!!




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Fun at the Lake in Minnesota

I was so happy at how well Sydney took to the lake while in Minnesota! She loved being on the boat, in the water, and tubing! The 1st time she tubed was with me!! And, guess what, it was my 1st time tubing also!! We both laughed so hard, I cried!! Then she tubed with her Daddy, which of course they both loved!! Then, she tubed all by herself!!! She is so brave! On the 2nd day there, Mommy got more brave and went water skiing!! 1st time on ski's in over 20 years!! I got up on my 3rd try and did pretty good:)

Enjoy the pictures!!

Sydney, Ella & Lilian.

Swimming with uncle Jeff and Ella!

So brave!


The Mommies!!






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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

S Y D N E Y

Look who learned to spell her name today!! This is the 1st time she has spelled her name all by herself!! So proud of my little 3 year old!!!