We ate and drank poolside:

Had the giggles:

Lit firecrackers:

Some (not all) ate watermelon:

If you use the wrong knife, you will get yourself into trouble (said in Count Dracula voice)

Some ate Chocoflan:

Then it got really late:

It was a relaxin kind of day:

Hi, it is me again…..posting pictures from a long time ago…..

Memorial Day weekend spent with friends…

Jules eating a gigantic, colorful doughnut!

Cutie Sam:

I actually drank a beer!

I let Ben eat this horrifying candy that looked like a rat – GROSS!

Our friend Tony….he just loves babies!

The kiddies in the hot tub.

Better shot courtesy of Joe. Thanks!

I had the pleasure of attending a beautiful Baptism last Sunday at St. Patrick Church in Bayshore. It was a special day for Kris & JoAn’s twins… they were so sweet in their outfits and I didn’t even hear them make a peep. The celebration continued with family and friends in another part of the church. We enjoyed homecooked food and meeting up with some old friends.

this last one is my friend Leslie (she dances flamenco too) holding my little cubby. She dazzled him with her sparkly earrings!

Thanks guys for such a great day!

How is this one?

Mad dash after Joey!

The girls

Plus one boy makes 3

Jumping fun

and of course a hug to re-energize.

Stay tuned…

Daddy helping Ben with his work gloves

Looking at the task at hand

Finding the perfect one

Joey, still looking for the right one

Got it!

Off to find more

stay tuned…..

Will go into more detail tomorrow while Ben is at school.  I’ll have three hours to do stuff – WOW.  For now,  here are some photos of the kids from our BBQ on Saturday.  I apologize that I didn’t get them all and I didn’t even pay attention to shooting the adults – Where is my mind?

I thought these were cute:

Monsta and the chicken

Sam with the cutest little pout

Chris showing off some swimming skillz

Jules bravely jumping

Rach striking a pose

Melissa and Andrew showing LOVE

My friend Bea called today and asked me if I would be interested in going to see Jason Mraz at Jones Beach tonight.  She just so happened to have free Box seat tickets.

 My answer:  uh derrrrr, YES!

p.s. sorry I’m bailing on girls night but Jason Mraz, box seats uh derrrrrrrr.

Another shot from the twin shoot I did.  I’ve always loved the small details.

If you missed the other shots, look here

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I’m shooting my good friend’s four year old tomorrow at the Arboretum.  I can’t wait because he just loves to smile and his lashes go on foreva!

Have a great weekend.

This past Wednesday was the first night that my Mom (Sherry Palencia) was teaching at Jones Beach Bandshell.  She didn’t think we were coming but we ended up surprising her.  She was thrilled!  She had a fantastic turnout.  About 400 people came out to dance with her.  There was a full moon and the weather was perfect.  Everyone was so happy to see her there.  My cousins that I don’t see very often were there so that was really great too.  Ben stood on stage most of the night.  He was directing people where to go and holding the mic and dancing around.  It was pretty cute to see.  We have video of him but I couldn’t get the card to download the files for some weird reason.  Maybe Craig can figure that one out.

 Last night after we put the monsta to bed I spotted the bunnies.  They were out.  I got a pic and here it is.  Can  you believe that they are this BIG?  I can’t…what is it, two weeks?

Check out that beautiful and delicious cake made by Sylvana!

Could not resist posting these.