Filliben Memorial Day Party

Usually Jim and I host this at our house, but this yr we thought it would be best to do it at my parents, since my mom was having a hard time w/o my dad, we brought the fun back to her house...AWESOME time!!!!!

Girls' Night IN at D's

Nothing better than a handful of friends, gathering at a friends house, sitting in a screened in porch, drinking margaritas, mojitos, and wine...munching on sushi, chix salad, dips...and laughing til our bellies hurt...BEST time 'in' ever...Thx D for hosting and having us...love my friends!!!!

Happy Hour, the "RICH" way

A great time at Karen & Frank's house...:)  A great way to start off the Holiday!

Deck Dinner

NO PHOTOS, PLEASE...LOL...so, ok, just a journal blog...Staci, me, Diana and Raegan (kids) gathered at my house for some grilled chix over spinach salad and grilled veggies...of course w/ some wine, cosmos and mojitos... Nice way to kick off a fun-filled, long Holiday w/e!  Pics to follow of them for sure...:)

Kids enjoyed the ice pops, hot dogs and soaking up with the hose (and neighbors pool!)...and only ONE meltdown...nothing a few treat bribes that Auntie Raegan couldn't take care of...I'm soooo on to you Rae!  LOL...

Road Trip

Me, Rob and my mom took a road trip to Indiana to see Liam receive his Confirmation...it was an important visit because my DAD was Liam's sponsor...so we all wanted to be there, for this...ALSO, I hadn't seen my sister since my dad's funeral, and she had ONE MORE chemo left, so I actually decided to come on this trip at the very last minute and surprised her...and BOY was she surprised!!! 

We had a GREAT time as always...

Their awesome lake house

Makin' ice cream

A cool birthday gift...the Blizzard from DQ...

Ash's Par-tay

A little rain cant keep this crew from fun...the cousin's had a blast in the bouncy, rain and all...and Ashlee had the best 6th bd party ever!

The Great Debate

Many of you know, I'm highly opinionated...so when I saw this article, I had to indulge!  I too agree that Facebook is NOT for children.  Most parents who allow their children under the age of 13 to have an acct on FB obviously do not even know that FB has an agreement that no one under the age of 13 is allowed to have an acct on FB.  I know personally several under the age of 13, who are on FB...which means, they lied on their acct just to get on this social network! 

I found this article spot on...http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/underage-facebook-members-75-million-users-age-13/story?id=13565619
I think kids today are growing up way too fast...are gaining access into things they shouldn't be getting into, and computer use is really something that should be monitored.

Personally, my kids are allowed on 3 sites...Justice, Nickelodeon, and Play Pink.  They ask me before they even go on it...they do not have free range to go on it whenever they feel...the internet is a scary place for kids but I think FB is def not children friendly!  Again, just my opinion.

Point to Point, 2011

A gorgeous day filled with great friends...then some fun at LIME with Bryen!!!  Thx Joe for getting the spot and making it all possible!!!