Oh say can you see?

Although I was born in Canada, I have to say, I am proud to be an American. There is something special about this land that touches my heart and brings tears to my eyes everytime I sing the "Star Spangled Banner" or see the flag flowing in the wind. And this year we celebrated all day, starting with a huge pancake breakfast and ending with fireworks at the city center! Here are a couple pics from the day!

Kailey and Kelsey Nay

Jada and Lizzie Nay (Two peas in a pod!)

Happy Birthday Jada!

Our Jada doll is now 5 and is proudly telling everybody about it! So to celebrate, we had a family birthday party on her birthday and will be having her friend birthday party on Wednesday (so stay tuned for more pictures).

Kailey explaining what should be happening next...always the big sister :>

Naina and Grandpa Mohamed

Great aunt Lori and uncle Bruce came to celebrate

Aunt Gihan came as well

My kids love aunt Kjarsta

I told Jada to pick out her favorite outfit for her party and here is what she picked...

Happy birthday to my precious little girl! Thank you for the privilege of being your mother. You bring such a sweet spirit in to our house, I love you!

Happy Canada Day!

If I were in Canada right now I would have finished a lovely pancake breakfast and would now be participating in the Raymond parade. Which would be followed up with a lunch in Grandma's backyard consisting of ham, "scalped" potatoes, rolls, and homemade Rootbeer! Here's to toonies, Big Turks, and Coyote pancake mix, eh! O Canada!

Junie B Jones

We were so lucky to have "Junie B. Jones" visit our Borders store in Redmond. Kailey was pretty excited to see her and have her sign her books. So, I got together with a couple other moms and off we went!We even got to see the "stinky, smelly bus"
Then Kelley Nay and I decided to go for ice cream with our kids...can we say CRAZY!
Jada, Kelsie, Kailey, Trevor, Lizzie and Gabbie!

Happy Father's Day Shawn!

I just wanted to take a moment to feature Shawn on this blog. I mostly focus on the kids because let's face it, with four of them, they occupy most of our lives! But Shawn is a great dad to them and he deserves to be recognized. So, thank you honey for all your love, help and support to the kids and me!!! We love you!

Million Dollar Pyramid ~February 2006

Bionic man ~June 2006

Waterton ~June 2006

Raymond ~July 2006

Lake Chelan ~July 2007Sammamish ~December 2007

Baby Ethan ~April 2008

So many good times! Thank you for the memories!

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my!

Jada made her first debut on stage as a munchkin in the "Wizard of Oz" play put on by her preschool. She was a little nervous but was able to come out on stage this year, much to the delight of her fans. Last year she was a lost boy in the "Peter Pan" play but was unable to overcome her stage fright, which resulted in a solid performance of not budging from the side of the stage. We are so proud of her and the progress she has made! She really enjoyed herself and knew all the songs and the actions...she even practiced her munchkin giggle (which was so cute)! Jada was so excited to wear lipstick and eye shadow!!! Good job Jada!!!

Kailey's Fan Club

So, who needs cheerleaders when you have a family like ours!

What a trooper! It's tiring watching baseball...Daniel, aunt Gihan & uncle Tamer
Kailey, you are loved!