Cal Ripken, Jr. and Kelly

I recently attended a luncheon with Cal Ripken, Jr., formerly with the Baltimore Orioles (but you all should already know that LOL!)

Okay, I didn't actually attend with him but I was able to speak with him at a reception beforehand.

He was really funny and joked with me a lot about the O's and raising kids.

After the lunch we spoke again and he graciously signed lots of things for my boys that they had given to me that morning!

Hope you all are doing well and I can't wait to
see some of you over the summer. Love Kelly

GO O's !!!

let summer begin

here are some pictures i took of miss. m while at my parents neighborhood pool. the water was just a bit to cold that day, but i think she enjoyed it...if anything, she looked cute in her suit!

More pictures!

We are so enjoying mom being here. Her time here in HI is coming to an end. She has been a HUGE help here - I love having her in the same time zone! Anyway, we went to the beach this afternoon just to relax for a little while and wouldn't you know, I had my camera!! Here are a few pictures of the kids...
Will probably have some more tomorrow - we are headed for a cookout on the beach!
Aloha!
charlotte

new pictures of madilyn rose stroud

hey everyone~

here are some more pictures of the divine ms. m! i just figured out how to put the pictures on the computer without needing a CD!! ENJOY!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Just wanted to say Happy MOM's day to all the wonderful mommies out there keeping our great big crazy family running.... I would love to hear what everyone did today! I am so lucky that that mom is here visiting and we spent a fun day. We went to church, then to lunch at Chilis and then to get pedicures. A quick run to Starbucks for Frappachinos finished out the day. Here is a picture of our finished product.

A royal affair...

Ok, since it seems to be a bit quiet on here lately, I will grace you with some photos of 9 princess that we had on Saturday to celebrate Griffyn's 5th bday. Although it was April 10, we waited for mom to get here to help celebrate. Now, I know, you wish you could have been here to have some tea, but you can enjoy from afar with these pictures!! Enjoy!!

Rendezvous in Philadelphia

Hi Everyone,

I had a conference in Philadelphia two weeks ago and was able to meet up with Aunt Audrey, Uncle Bill, Poncho and Michele. We had a great (although too short visit). I can't wait to go home for the wedding in October. School is almost over for the semester!!! I will finish in about a year or so. I will be FINALLY be finishing a Masters in Clinical Psychology and a Masters in Neurodiagnostics (also a psych degree but this one allows you to do testing).
I hope to see a lot of the family in October.

Love,

Carmen