The Russo's

Gianna turned 5 on August 18th. The kids were out of school for her birthday, so we got to spend the day together. The morning started with birthday toast.   She opened a few presents  Nana stopped by with some balloons and candy  We went to lunch and Daddy met us   We went to the mall for her to do Build a Bear   She picked a rainbow leopard and named her Flower We love our G Girl!  After the mall, we went to jump at Area 51 and some of the cousins came  All the kids had fun trying out the different areas.  The night ended with us eating Chinese food, because that's her favorite   And that's Papa watching the man make sushi behind the counter :) On Saturday the 20th, she had a Shopkins bowling party at Quarters Entertainment The birthday girl with all her cousins. It ended up being a family party.  She was so excited...

The first day of school was August 8, 2016 Gianna - Kindergarten  Hudson - Second grade  They were up and excited about the first day back   Daddy went with us for the first day to walk them in  We dropped Hudson off first by his class and he sat by a friend. He didn't want me to take his picture.  Then we walked sissy to her class.   She sat down and told us bye like a big girl. After we walked out on the way to the car, I just cried and was emotional all day. It is so hard to believe our baby started school!! I couldn't wait to pick them up that afternoon.  They went to school four days and school was cancelled on Friday due to heavy rains. Then the flooding happened in Baton Rouge, so they were out for a week. Going back was hard for them and they both cried. I guess the week off messed them up, plus things were crazy after the flood. Josh and some of his family went out and helped rescue people by boa...

We found homes for our kittens and decided to keep one. He's a very sweet and laid back boy. He lets Gianna do whatever she wants to him and doesn't mind at all. We named him Dusty. Everyone is shocked that Josh let them have another cat! They grew so attached to him and Daddy didn't want to break their hearts.  Josh put up the pool, but after 2 years of it sitting it had a few holes in it. We found a bigger pool on sale so we upgraded. It's been so nice with the hot days. Gianna can touch and now she is swimming under water. She is taking in a lot of water too :) We swam at my mom's neighbors a few times with the cousins  They wish they could all have these from Cabela's- not going to happen in the living room ;) we made and decorated cookies  Making fun inside games. This was a track for a remote control dirt bike  This was Gianna's ticket booth for Finding Dory movie nights   One week we ...