Happy Birthday Grandma Joyce!

Happy Birthday Grandma Joyce!

Tomorrow my mom turns 70.  That doesn't seem possible.  We had her over for birthday dinner tonight.  Kathy & Emmie also came.  The weather is finally nice here in hot Phoenix so we ate outside.  It was lovely.  We had fun and lots of laughs.  Here are some photos and a little video I took with my new fabulous iPhone.  Actually, the phone is much faster and has a much better camera/video function, but other than that I don't see how it's so superior to the iPhone 4 (although it is a vast improvement over the 3 which is what I had).
Looking good Mom!

 Grace made and decorated the cake all by herself!

 So I haven't figured out the sound element.  If you watch Tommy, you can read his lips and sing along, plus he makes so funny gestures and eye rolls because he doesn't know I'm taping.

 Grace wouldn't smile normally.  What else is new?

 Cheesy smiles.  No one would cooperate. Except Tommy, what else is new? :)

I couldn't delete this for some reasin, so just ignore the following....

Homecoming

October 15, 2011

Last night was the Brophy homecoming carnival.   No, there was no date involved.  Tommy went with friends and from his limited responses to my questions, I think he had fun.
I have some flu bug so I wasn't taking pictures, but my friend took this picture of Tommy with her two sons before they left for homecoming.
They are all so darn handsome!

Our Buggy Vacation

October 12, 2011
First let me notice that they keep changing this Blogger thing.  Starting to get annoyed.
We went to Rocky Point over the long weekend.  Weather was nice, water was warm and blue and we relaxed with each other and friends.
We were also attacked by a million bugs.  Mosquitoes probably, but so small and stealthy it was hard to identify.
I'm still itchy.
Here's the highlights in pictures.  I didn't bring the fancy camera because it is sandy and it is still Mexico.
So I apologize for the original iPhone quality pics (hope to get that new version on Friday).

The beach...ahhh

 Grace on the beach

Family kite flying...

 Tommy avoiding the Moma-razi

 Tommy & Tom flying the kite...our condos are in the background

See how far out the tide goes there? Its cool because the water stays so shallow for a long way out.  

 Me & my guy

Guess whose feet are whose? (Answer at the bottom of the post)

 I love this picture of Grace.  I think I'm going to blow it way up.

 I was being artsy here.  I noticed the interesting pattern of the windows in the condos with the ocean in the background.

 This was the best activity: the floating trampoline.  I found it nice just to lay on in the water.

Feet from left to right: Tom, Tommy, Grace, Karen.  Yes, I have the smallest feet in the family now.