CONGRATS to Madison!!

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We are so proud of Madison! She hit the stage with confidence! She did her tap routine to

Zip a de do dah competing with dancers from all over the country! Madison glowed on stage and hit all her turns… we are so happy for her! My friend Deb came to watch along with her daughter Moran who will be competing next year in our dance studio little petite lines… thanks Deb and Robbie (dance teacher) for coming to Boston! And Aunite Christine for being our cab and MiMi G for coming along for the ride! Daddy would be so proud of his little girl... Daddy knew she would of done a great job... even if he wasn't there to see his daughter light up the stage with this top ten finish! He was there at regionals with her winning smile back in the spring.... LOVE YOU HUN!!... xoxoxooxox

...these 40 candles almost melted the ice cream cake...

...we wore a piece of daddy around our neck today.... he was close in our heart...

...we let 40 love notes go... daddy will get his mail soon...

...later we hit the beach... daddys favorite past time...

...we brought daddys beach chair... and we thought about him all day long...

...kids had a blast with thier old buddies....

...we ran into PaPa Gary, Jordan, Colby and Raven... a mini reunion of friends from our old neighborhood...Dave would of loved to have seen all of you!...

Happy 40th Dave...I LOVE YOU!!!~ Michele

July 4th ... summer of 93' ... I met Dave!

15 years ago on July 4th … Dave and I met on the beaches of Newport Rhode Island. I can remember it so clear like it was just yesterday. Handsome tall blue eyed guy looking all smug/ cool with his curly hair all gelled and styled…hanging with all his buddies at 2nd Beach!…This group of guys stole the show down there that year! THE RED HOUSE on the corner was the most famous rented house of all… occupied by the most entertaining good looking bunch of guys us girls have ever seen!.. Soon our blankets and theirs met .. Dave was a little shy .. And took him a few hours to come eat our food...(I KNOW…hard to believe that one!) As the others were all diving into our coolers and bags of chips..… (Dave’s childhood friend Kevin) began to put on a show... with his crazy little antics and practical jokes & spoofs on his friends... then turned them on us!.. They had us cracking up for the rest of the summer!!!……..I was most interested in this quiet one with the du-rag … Dave actually started that trend there that summer... I can remember getting the scoop from one of Dave’s good friends... Finding out what his status was?… single?? … YEP!… and the rest was history! ….I will always remember the laughs the good times... lemon ice, Christies outside bar and grill where we actually officially set up our first date ... while Dave was chowing down a chicken sandwich ... leaving me to chat for minutes with his good friend JJ ... he stuffed his face and finished it down with a beer... then we got to know each other better …. I will never forget the question I asked him… “what is your last name again?”...YUR-GITE-IS????? (I often would talk to myself repeating Yurgaitis in my head over and over again wondering how that would sound?.... Michele Yurgaitis? Michele Yurgaitis?.. Going from Davis to Yurgaitis?..even if I thought his last name a bit strange... I knew I was going to marry him... and often thought my future kids would always be last in line... but that’s ok… LOL…)…the parking tickets…slice of pizza and a shared diet coke…“A dinner and a movie“…. "FRAZZLE" ROCK on Sundays…I feel sick…the drive through window at POPE STREET….what do you have to eat?…climbing out windows… is there any room in here?… meet ya later…can I use your bathroom?, "yours is cleaner.. “You look like Bo Derek from the ankles down“..…beach sand… I’ll walk you home… coming back next weekend?…I have to watch my dog? WHAT DOG????…fake teeth… are those your real blue eyes?...white jeep with the splash.. and the list goes on and on and on…summer of 93!….I miss you Hun and will never forget... X0X0X0

...celebrating our Dad's life... THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!!

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Thank you to Kevin Lacilla and Tom Daddona for opening up their heart and home in celebrating the life of my husband/father… their childhood friend Dave Yurgaitis. This Wine tasting event benefiting the Yurgaitis Children’s Education Fund in honor of my children Chase, Madison and Carson. All your hard work and dedication, making this happen goes beyond words.. Thank you… to both of you for all the love and support you have shown to my family. Also Thank to Keri for all the beautiful special touches you displayed throughout your home. You always know how to “do it up”…thanks so much xoxo… To all the areas finest restaurants who donated delicious hors d‘doeuvres, wine donations and brewed beers… and that wonderful jazz band for coming.. And Thank you for all the family and friends who attended this event who sponsored golfers and bought wine ...mingled and shared stories about Dave with us…

THANK YOU ...and with much love… Chase Madison Carson and Michele…

day out with the cousins at Lake Compounce!

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We got together with our cousins Zack and Griffin... it was the first time in a long time all the kids got to hang together... we got there early am.. and left just before the park closed! ..it was a day of junk food .. water rides... and roller coasters..... WE ARE TIRED!!

...i SCREAM for ICE-CREAM!!

...the music you can hear from neighborhoods away.... the kids have bionic ears when it comes to the DING DONG CART!.... brings back memories of last year when the truck would pull down the street quite often and Dave would say..." ohh nooooooooo NOT AGAIN!!.... the kids usually would run to Daddy and pull his wallet off the counter and hand it to him... "pick from the dollar menu kids"!!... LOL.... always had to laugh at that... cuz the kids always wanted the ones with gumballs for eyes.... and those were always more expensive!!!.. well the truck came down the street the other day.. I think the first time of the season.. and the kids were thrilled... I let them get what ever they wanted... and told them they had to share with Daddy!!!

United Health Care Family Day @ Lake Compounce

UNITED HEALTH CARE family Day!

Thanks to all of you at UHC for inviting us to attend the Lake Compounce event a few weeks ago! Thanks Joanne for introducing us to a lot of people Dave worked with… it was a hot day… the kids enjoyed the water park area… as Joanne and I took cover under the one and only shaded tree area… "J".. you were a trooper!!!… thanks for being there with us.! Xoxox…. Uncle D and cousin Sam came too and had a blast!!!