AJ's first game as a Mustang

NUMBER 63!! Mustangs won 40-6

...and then there's Bree's birthday!

How did it happen? My baby is going to be 12 years old. We went from asking for Barbie dolls to wanting make-up...mixed with Barbie dolls.


Bree made up with her own make-up for the first time. Feelin' hot hot hot. Her birthday day will be spent with a friend in a mani/pedi and then dinner at an Italian restaurant.

Our July Birthday Bonanza!

Rob's birthday started with a traditional Hooter's lunch...they made Rob do the chicken dance. Priceless...should be a commercial.




Then the presents.

We made Yuppy S'Mores

Yuppy S'mores= Microwaved S'mores in this doomaflagee thing that we found. The kids have been absolutely DYING to use the contraption so we finally did it after dinner. They had a ball....as you can see down below.

Ahhh....The Life of a Corporate Banker's Wife

Yep....we moved again. This move was one of the most difficult because it was so unexpected and unwanted. Rob was laid off and couldn't find a lucrative enough position in Chicago. We considered chucking our lives and simplifying on one of the islands...but admittedly, Rob and I are definitely not risk takers. Until Rob found a job, it felt like we were free falling. Eventually, Rob took a job in Raleigh, North Carolina.

My career was going well and the old historic house in Chicago was my dream. This transition has been one of the hardest of our 23 years together...I am lonely and starting over again...but I love him and will follow him to the ends of the Earth if that's what it takes. looking for a job again...praying for a teaching position in a town full of PhDs. UGH

Rah Rah the gang's all here. Rob and the kids finally joined me in our new Raleigh home.... And the work begins.
All work and no play...after eating at Kemps, we took the kids to Durham to drive. They did well...until Bree couldn't figure out the brakes and bumped AJ in the pit. Oh well...pretty good for a first attempt.

OK...so look where Bree's knees lay above and then look down to see where AJ's knees lay in comparison. LOL...the boy is HUGE!!
A Guitar Hero stand off between AJ and Naomi. Naomi won be 200 points.

An Early Father's Day

This year, we had to celebrate Father's Day on May 29th because of the move. Rob is returning back to having to wear suits so I thought a new dress watch would be perfect. Our last Father's Day in Illinois. Next year, North Carolina.