This little guy keeps appearing on the lilac bushes outside our door. He was here a while ago and we hadn't seen him until recently. I'm a bit uncomfortable with how large he's gotten, but Joe is of course fascinated and thrilled. Go figure.
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
This little guy keeps appearing on the lilac bushes outside our door. He was here a while ago and we hadn't seen him until recently. I'm a bit uncomfortable with how large he's gotten, but Joe is of course fascinated and thrilled. Go figure.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Say Cheese!
I don't have the wedding pictures on hand to put up here, but I do have the photo booth pictures (which I think are a bit more awesome!). I think having a photo booth at a wedding reception was such a neat idea! These are some of the favorites that I walked away with.
The wedding itself was really nice. The ceremony was outside, overlooking Lake Michigan, and we couldn't have asked for better weather! It was bright and sunny and the perfect temperature! Karen looked absolutely gorgeous in her grandmother's wedding dress and she and Mark did a great job blending their religious traditions in both the ceremony and at the reception. I was particularly excited to get to help in the breaking of the glass! Everything about the day screamed Karen and Mark and yet was so simple. Basically, I loved the whole thing! Hopefully I'll have some more pictures soon, although I don't have many since I was busy running around the whole day and Joe was off watching the U of M football game...
The wedding itself was really nice. The ceremony was outside, overlooking Lake Michigan, and we couldn't have asked for better weather! It was bright and sunny and the perfect temperature! Karen looked absolutely gorgeous in her grandmother's wedding dress and she and Mark did a great job blending their religious traditions in both the ceremony and at the reception. I was particularly excited to get to help in the breaking of the glass! Everything about the day screamed Karen and Mark and yet was so simple. Basically, I loved the whole thing! Hopefully I'll have some more pictures soon, although I don't have many since I was busy running around the whole day and Joe was off watching the U of M football game...
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Relaxing My Butt Off
Things have finally slowed down around here and I was able to enjoy my first real day off. It was awesome. I watched Michigan play football like a real team and then went and bought some storage bins and such to help organize what should be my art studio but is more like a pit of doom. I haven't quite made it through the whole mess, but I got a good start and am pretty pleased with my progress thus far. Unfortunately I work tomorrow, but I'm not being greedy. One full day off was rather pleasant; I would even venture to say sufficient.
Anyhow, I have pictures from the wedding weekend, but here is a teaser to get you excited!
Anyhow, I have pictures from the wedding weekend, but here is a teaser to get you excited!
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Off to the Mitten
I'm headed off to Michigan for a wedding weekend. I should have some fun stories and photos from that, but for now, I thought this was an appropriate "send off" picture! --the flower Joe's parents sent me for my birthday! Isn't that the greatest thing you've ever seen sent from a flower shop?!?!
Saturday, September 05, 2009
You Fish, NOW!!!
Football Saturday's are back! So not only does that mean I get to curl up on the sofa and watch Michigan football (which is thus far looking rather impressive) but it also means more blog posts for you lovely readers! So yes...this is my second post in one day! This has not happened in...we...let's be honest, probably a year. I'm lucky to get a post a week up here now, which is sad. But I'm hoping that after the wedding next week, things will slow down--plus I should have some pretty wedding pictures!
So now I've got some more pictures to catch up...starting with Jimmy's visit to Bar Harbor. We made a fantastic dinner with mussels, clams, lobster and corn--all the good stuff. We started with this:
And wound up with this!
And it was delicious!
I'm not the biggest seafood fan, but I do enjoy a good lobster and some mussels every now and then. I also enjoy actually digging for the clams and gathering the mussels. It's so gratifying to be able to find your own dinner--not to mention it's free! It was a really gray afternoon when we headed out to Hadly Point and the tide was out particularly far-much farther than I've ever seen it. Clam digging was especially easy with more exposed beds, and Jimmy turned out to be a great clam digger, so we wound up with a lot of shellfish.
(notice the matching Michigan t-shirts!)
We also were lucky enough to see some dolphins and a seal swimming around just off shore. It was the first seal I've seen and I couldn't believe how close he was to the shore. We also found some gigantic whelks and a number of baby crabs. Needless to say, we saw a lot of sea creatures in a small amount of time.
It was great afternoon followed by a filling dinner that left us all a bit seafood-ed out. And if that wasn't enough, we went on a fishing trip the next day and came home with 4 more lobsters, about 6 crabs, and a bag full of pollock and mackerel. It was another great day-thanks in part to the seasick patches Jimmy brought for us. The majority of the boat wound up sick from the choppy seas, and we were just about the only ones still fishing at the end of the trip.
All in all, we had a great time with Jimmy! It's nice that so much of our families has been able to come visit. I'm always so excited to share this place with anyone and everyone that wants to come out!
So now I've got some more pictures to catch up...starting with Jimmy's visit to Bar Harbor. We made a fantastic dinner with mussels, clams, lobster and corn--all the good stuff. We started with this:
And wound up with this!
And it was delicious!
I'm not the biggest seafood fan, but I do enjoy a good lobster and some mussels every now and then. I also enjoy actually digging for the clams and gathering the mussels. It's so gratifying to be able to find your own dinner--not to mention it's free! It was a really gray afternoon when we headed out to Hadly Point and the tide was out particularly far-much farther than I've ever seen it. Clam digging was especially easy with more exposed beds, and Jimmy turned out to be a great clam digger, so we wound up with a lot of shellfish.
(notice the matching Michigan t-shirts!)
We also were lucky enough to see some dolphins and a seal swimming around just off shore. It was the first seal I've seen and I couldn't believe how close he was to the shore. We also found some gigantic whelks and a number of baby crabs. Needless to say, we saw a lot of sea creatures in a small amount of time.
It was great afternoon followed by a filling dinner that left us all a bit seafood-ed out. And if that wasn't enough, we went on a fishing trip the next day and came home with 4 more lobsters, about 6 crabs, and a bag full of pollock and mackerel. It was another great day-thanks in part to the seasick patches Jimmy brought for us. The majority of the boat wound up sick from the choppy seas, and we were just about the only ones still fishing at the end of the trip.
All in all, we had a great time with Jimmy! It's nice that so much of our families has been able to come visit. I'm always so excited to share this place with anyone and everyone that wants to come out!
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