Mr & Mrs Brian Reid!!!!

Will upload photos later!
It was a BEAUTIFUL day and we definitely had a blast!
Congrats to Carrie & Brian!!!

Here's what it's like...

to find out that your kid is NOT on the bus on the first day of school...

Jake's First Day of School!!!

OK! So the drama of getting off to the first day of school is done!!!
What a relief!
Jake did WONDERFULLY! I could tell he was a little nervous, but he was very brave and we're so proud of him!
It might be hard to hear in the video, but he asked the bus driver if she had my phone number so that she could call me if he had any questions. :) SO SWEET!!!
So, right now he's sitting in class and in hour he'll be eating his lunch!!! OH, to be a fly on the wall in his classroom!
These pictures are all out of order, so sorry for any confusion. I just wanted to get them on here so everyone could enjoy the videos.
To celebrate Jake's first day of school, he requested lasagna for dinner and a chocolate cake with raspberry frosting for dessert. Rudy and I have our work cut our for ourselves today!!!
So far, the house is unusually quiet. Rudy is watching cartoons and there's no fighting! I'm sad that Jake isn't with us right now, but I think I can get used to this!

Here comes the bus!!!

Putting his bookbag in his cubby

Mrs. Rock

Looking for his classroom

Following the bus to school

Waiting at the bus stop!

Please excuse my acting like a spaz and telling Jeremy to "TAKE MORE PICTURES!!" and also excuse my blubbering at the end of the video...I can't help it! My baby is going off to school all by himself! I thought I was excited for this day and that I could be strong, but as it turns out, I am WEAK! ;-)

I am not even about to try to catch up on the last several months of pictures that I haven't posted...

JP loved playing fussball...Every time won, he would run around the house yelling "Pascarella Stadium!!!"

Cassie taught me how to play "trash" then KICKED MY BUTT at it!!!

Some of us ladies watched "Message in a Bottle" and Grandad heard us sobbing so he came over and handed out tissues! ... so sensitive :)

This is the entrance to the kids' favorite beach store. Every time we drive past it, they yell and get so excited!

I had just caught Jeremy trying to make (yet another) stupid face at the camera.

Jordan and Rudy. The kids played almost non-stop all week long!

Jake played the frog game at Barefoot Landing and won the biggest prize for getting 5 frogs in the lilypad!!!!

Carrie read to the kids before bed.......so sweet!!! They love their Aunt Carrie!!!

Me at Barefoot Landing

The kids have so much fun on these trampoline things!

AQUA NERD!!!!! Carrie taught him that! :)

Crab Night!!!

I love this picture of Rudy asleep on the couch next to Grandad.

The kids LOVED playing putt-putt. Jacob, of course, took it very seriously...and Rudy just enjoyed dancing!

JP and Grandma playing Monopoly.

but, we did just get back from Myrtle Beach so I wanted to upload a couple of cute videos. We had a fantastic time! As the kids get older, going to the beach becomes a little less work and a little more fun. We came home with plenty of stories...some good - like Jake learning how to swim...some not-so-good - like Rudy getting stuck in the elevator on the first night (Ugh!!!....it was terrible!).

Unfortunately my camera's battery went dead in the middle of the week and I forgot to pack the charger, so I'm hoping that someone else in the family is willing to share their beach pictures with me. :)