SurfSide 2009 - annual beach house stay

We have been having approx a week long stay at a beach house with the "Chierighino" side of the family, for a few years now. Here are some highlights of our 2009 trip to Surf Side TX (June 5 - 12th) since the beach house we stayed at in Bolivar TX had been practically annihilated. Also a link to the whole HUGE photo album. http://thevadonfamily.shutterfly.com/47
Veronica got stung by a jelly fish on our first day in the water! The jelly fish were BAD that day!We colored on butcher paper taped to the picnic table on the patio, we had a couple of layers going! (Conald papa gino, Quentin, Julian, Valerie, Mom Karen mama gino
We played with water balloons (Valerie, Veronica, Quentin, Julian)
We played all kinds of games this one being Texas Holdem, and everyone seems to be "picking something, lol. way to pose family! (Corey, Kelly, Paul, Rick, Meghan, Conald, Mom Karen, Candace)
We played in the beach water (Veronica, Rick, Julian, Valerie, Quentin, Conald aka Papa Gino)And the Grand Finales!! every family within the Chierighino family, had matching shirts!
top - Rick and Corey
on bench - Candace, Conald, Amanda w/ Valerie, Karen w/ Veronica, Paul, Megan, Quentin, Ryan and Julian
Kaley on the bottomand us being silly!!

Hello - intro

well since it is so easy to have all my blogs in one place, I decided to convert the website version of my girls updates, into a blog version of our whole family(also friends and extended family). I think the setup is alot easier to update and keep current, and also easier for family and friends to follow this blog and get the updates.
I have taken a break from my main blog that I started on blogger, and this one will probably start out slow. I have pictures all over the place, and need to figure out where to start, and to get the pictures online for you to view.
lets start out with a pic of everyone in our immediate family - these pics taken during the first part of June 2009, during the annual "Chierighino" family beach house vacation.
Valerie, Me (mom/Amanda), Veronica, and Paul.... and of course in the next pic the BEST dog in the whole world, our wonderful Boxer, Merlin!! who is turning 8 this Sept of 09