Roll out the red carpet

Cousin Jason played with his new Flip camcorder in NJ. He assembled a wonderful cast and crew - excellent work for this first time documentarian.

Quote from Jason - "Apparently my water level selection skills need to be more in tune with my slip 'n slide audience's desires."

Our kids rule at skee ball. One quarter lasts a long time.....

Toothless!

Seamus is officially falling apart. He has now lost two teeth. It makes me feel so old that my bones ache (but let's be honest, it's mostly my heart that aches - how can he be this big?).

We love him - missing parts and all. The tooth fairy brought him 2 bucks a tooth - Finn is now thinking of ways to knock his teeth out to get in on the business plan.

Dad's Day and James' Birthday

I was able to be with my whole family (Mom, Katie, Anne, Andie, Kiddies, Pat, Jason, Robin) for Father's day. I can't imagine a better way to spend it - sending out lots of love to our Toms on this day as well, so it was nice that I could be some sort of "stand-in" for the day. We even hit the boardwalk for some fantasticness.

































For my birthday - I took the family to a waterpark! It was AWESOME - maybe a new family tradition. It was perfect - little something for everyone - lazy river, hot tub, Kowabunga Falls - perfect. I spend quite a bit of time convincing Seamus to go on rides with me - there were a number of BIG rides that required two people. Kind of a foreshadowing of things to come...but with roles reversed. To top off the day - we spent the evening with Uncle John, Maureen, Megan, and Katelyn. We were very happy that Katelyn had recovered from her bubonic plague so we could be a-visiting. Fantastic company and tasty Portuguese food - our Dougherty summer tradition.

The family gave me a new camera so enjoy the pics! The video is kind of slow action - but the boys love Videos on Blogs - so here we go! (I'll get better at the camera usage - I promise)