im on a boooooat.

this past weekend we celebrated our friends birthday by renting a boat. it was such a blast. we cruised over to peanut island and got to see west palm from a different angle that you normally don't see from the road. it was such a relaxing day on the water with great friends. 

getting ready to unleash the boat....

 the birthday boy and his lovely wife. 

love these two!

still not sure why i'm wearing two hats? lol. 

you can always count on lots of laughs and lots of food when you're hanging out with all of us.

it was so nice to be surrounded by our lovely friends on our last few days here in west palm beach.

 it's going to be really hard to say good-bye to our friends. *tear*

two of the coolest girls. ever.

for the past few months i have had the pleasure of nannying two amazing girls. 

today we had to say "see you later" (i don't say good-byes well, lol) as they left the country and we leave next week for philly. 

i'm really going to miss spending time with their amazing family!

 taking a homework break for pool time and nutella....of course.

 love this chicka!

i am going to miss these two so much! 

packing and tutti frutti

so we have been busy this past week packing up our apartment. we leave next week for philly, and i am still shocked on how fast time has gone by. we enjoyed some quality time with our friends recently by going to the norton arm museum and eating tutti frutti. our favorite. 

there is something about picking different flavors of yummy frozen yogurt and multiple toppings that i just love. 

i hope everyone had a great 4th of july. i spent my day with some amazing girls at a water park, and a bbq and fireworks for dinner. such a splendid day! :)

simply delicious.

so yummy.

back to the reality of packing. almost there.

all snuggled up to watch the storm outside.

 i get excited over buying a new trash can. i am pathetic. 

mr. harriton

so i have to dedicate this blog to my brother-in-law lorenzo. stef and i surprised him and his mom by coming to his high school graduation. they were both really happy...we even made his mom cry. hehe.

over the past 8 years i have seen lorenzo grow up to be quite a young man. it was so exciting to see him walk across the stage and begin this new chapter of his life. 

so proud of you lorenzo!

it's offical.

 lorenzo and monica

brothers and sisters

philly willy

these past two weeks stefano and i were visiting family in philly because his older brother got married, and younger brother graduated high school. yay! 

we are packing up our belonging and heading up to philly in 14 days. craziness. but amongst the wedding planning we were able to explore and prepare for our move. 

carlinos. chicken salad sandwich and fruit smoothie. enough said.

 rey and hilary's awesome cat liam. he will just randomly lay like this throughout the day. and he even does tricks. 

 the little brothers being spiders at the park.

 started painting the new house! 

 going to lorenzo's graduation with my sister---so fun to say this now :)

 being amish for a day in lancaster.

 we discovered a 5 acre dog park that is absolutely beautiful. can't wait to take shilah

these little love birds are enjoying their honeymoon, but their wedding was so wonderful. more pics of it to come. 

mango addict

there are many good things about living in florida, but one stands out among the rest. 

mango tress.

 its heavenly. 

stefano ate six in one morning. im so proud.

ruff. ruff.

ok i promise that every blog post won't be about our dog. ;) but i have been dog sitting and couldn't help but share these cute pictures i captured. 

found these two cuties all cuddled up after my shower.

 reading. 

nap time. sal passed out on our suitcase. cutie.

shilah finally learned how to jump off the side of the pool. groundbreaking.