Memorial Day

May 30, 2010 - Another holiday that my mother-in-law graciously let both Parisi clans "crash" her pad to have our holiday fun. I was obviously having such a good time that day that these are the only pictures I took that day. It was at the end of the night and our "two peas in a pod" cousins, Rachel & Macy, were playing in the baby doll crib grandma Penny has in the playroom.

I do not know what they were playing but the pictures that ensue are some of the cutest and funniest I have seen of my niece! Her faces over the next few photos are absolutely priceless...
Cringes & giggles...
AWESOME!!! Absolutely awesome! That's all I can say about this picture...makes me laugh every time I see it! Man oh man I love these two!!!!

Mother's Day

May 9,2010 - We spent Mother's Day (after church) at Grandma Penny's. It was a wonderful afternoon spent together with family and friends...as you can see from the above picture the older kiddos and cousins were enthralled with something on the computer. It never ceases to amaze me how a small technological device has such a "magnetic" pull.
The little ones (Macy, a family friends daughter & Rachel) spent their time outside in the backyard. There were a few moments like this one where I would look out to check on them and all three would be sitting so sweetly on the bench just watching the lake and enjoying one another. Definitely one of my favorite photos of the day!
The grill master hard at work!
Uncle Jeff loving on baby Mckinley (7 months old).
Sweet picture of Uncle Mark & our nephews, J.P. & Garett.
Not so sweet picture of Uncle Mark & our nephews... well... Garett still looks sweet :)
Mark's momma...Grandma Penny & Mckinley
The two red heads checking each other out...
My momma...Grammie!

We are soooo grateful to our mother's. We love you so very much! Thank-you for all you do for us. Happy Mother's Day!

Elementary Chorus Performance

May 6, 2010...Marin and Morgan were both apart of the elementary chorus throughout their 3rd & 5th grade school year. This was their end of the year performance which we took a group picture of at the end of the show.

Of course no Parisi photo shoot is complete without a "funny face" picture which the music teacher graciously agreed too...we love great teachers!

Our two song birds!

Megan's Art Show

Megan and her art teacher Mrs. Herbert with her artwork that placed "Best of the Best" at the Sarasota County Student Art Show on May 3rd.

Meg and Daddy in front of her art piece at the exhibit hall.

Mckinley and Mommy give a quick smile for the camera while waiting for the presentation to begin.

Macy giving Megan a hug before she heads up to be acknowledged during the presentation.

Megan's winning artwork! Great job Megan! We're so proud of our little artist!

Happy Birthday To Me...

My yummy cake...

My man and my baby...

My sweetest of sweets...

My birthday loot!

Turbo Kick Training

The weekend of April 17th we packed up the whole family and drove to Gainesville to do my TKB training at the University of Florida campus, it was a super fun overnighter that we made a little getaway out of it. We drove up the night before spent the night and while I was in my class/training Mark took the kiddos to the pool all afternoon (with a little break to sweetly bring me lunch then back to the pool) then after I was done we had a great dinner and drove home. This is a quick photo of Alli giving us the "low-down" on some TKB moves.

Me with my AWESOME presenter Alli Vaughn!

The whole gang!

Meg Turns 7!

Our beautiful birthday girl!

Think she was excited to receive her stamp set?!

The birthday girl LOVES dolphins...so her dolphin cake was a must.

Making birthday wishes are serious business!

Blowing out the candles! Happy 7th Birthday Megan! We love you!

Easter At Grandma Penny's

April 3, 2010...All the cousins with the Easter Hunt treats!

Grandma Penny filming the kiddos during the Easter festivities...

Morgan & Garett :)

Uncle Daryl checking on Morgan's progress during the Easter egg hunt.

Uncle Jeff helping Macy gather her eggs before all the big kids get them.

Easter 2010 Continued...

Macy's Easter eggs from the hunt.

Uncle Daryl giving Macy & Rachel a good push on the tire swing...

They LOVED every minute of it!

Daddy/Uncle Mark heading out with Macy & Rachel in the kayak. It was the perfect day for a trip around the lake.

Mckinley couldn't handle the excitement any longer and took a little cat nap on Aunt Teresa :)

Baby Brady's Blessing

Our good friends, Paul & Meghan Schulte, who are a super amazing couple and awesome friends had their first baby. Baby Brady. He is such a joy and a blessing. I remember talking with Paul & Meghan when Macy was an ity bitty about when they would start a family and how they weren't sure because Paul's schedule was just soooo insane. With his work at a major wheelchair company that kept him traveling and also as a captain of the Men's Olympic wheelchair basketball team. Needless to say life was BUSY...but beginning of 2009 they started on their amazing journey to parenthood and on March 28, 2010, Mark was honored to stand in Brady's blessing circle at church along side Paul, Paul's dad, the Bishopric and some close friends. What a wonderful day that was!

Pround poppa with his beautiful boy!

What a sweet handsome little guy he is!

What an amazing family the Schulte's are...they are such awesome examples for us and we are so grateful to call them friends!