Fresca the Farmer

Goodies from Grandpa

Grandpa Mike and Grandma Toni visited last week. They brought some fun toys for the boys!

One was an awesomely cool go-cart. It needed some work and still needs a little to slow it down for the boys to ride on their own.

The other is a mini-bike. Check Zack out, he has the hang of it!

We had a really nice visit and look forward to the next. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures, the go-cart one above was one of the few. Grandpa got to hold his new grand-baby-daughter, Veronica. Francesca had fun visiting grandma Toni in their trailer and playing with their Chihuahua, Taco.

Veronica Maria is Born - August 13

My second baby girl safely arrived on Friday the 13th at 7:02 pm. Weighing in at 8 lbs 8 oz and measuring 21 inches long. She is a sweet ball of cuddles. :)

Vincent's 8th Birthday

Today's Vincent's birthday! Right now he's off with his dad, brother and two friends at the ice skating rink and the park. Here's a pic of him showing off the spaghetti and meatballs cake he and I made. Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

Francesca with a Book

I liked the way she looked in this grainy evening light.

A New Altar Server

As soon as he could after his first Holy Communion... Zack became an altar server at St. Patrick's. Here he is last weekend. He's doing such a good job and loves it!

Happy 4th of July 2010!

God Bless America!

Let's pray for our troops, politicians, and citizens!

Yesterday we taped little flags to our fence posts.

Fresca showing "Lunch" a flag.

A proud American!

Good Morning, Girl

Francesca's not a morning person...

This morning she woke up at 6am, early for her. I held her for about an hour while we both snoozed and/or relaxed a while. Here she is rubbing her eyes, actually starting to wake up around 7:15.

A few big yawns...A few adorable looks...




I think I'm ready to face the sunshine now.

Lake Tahoe

Last week we spent a couple days in South Lake Tahoe with Gramma Cathy. On the way the kids were happy to see some snow. After a few tries of finding the perfect snow spot to park at, we found one! Look at them in shorts and sandals, playing in the snow... old snow that is. Still fun!

Here we are in the lodge we stayed at for two nights. Everyone's huddled

over Gramma's shoulder to peek at the video on dad's iphone.

Marshmallows for breakfast? Yup, believe it or not!

Gramma and Francesca outside the lodge.

We all took a turn at some ping pong.

And one of the most exciting features of the stay... Snow Flowers! Gramma told us about how her dad told her as a girl to be on the look out for Snow Flowers whenever they went to Tahoe. We were able to spot a few on the way back from the lake... then right in our own Lodge's backyard, Vincent was able to snap a few close ups of the dazzling specimen.

We spent and afternoon at the beach at Meeks Bay,

Gramma's yearly childhood destination.

Here's Zack building castles in the sand.

Vincent taking a break from swimming in the COLD waters.

Francesca had fun pointing to the ducks and the geese.

And of course eating ice cream from the snack shop.

The water was sooooooooo clear!

Strawberry Face