Whitney's 1st Birthday

 

This Saturday, we celebrated Whitney Julianne's 1st Birthday.  She is my cousin, Stephanie's first born.  She most definitely enjoyed her princess cupcake and has the pink and purple frosting stains to prove it. :)

Here's the happy fam, Steph and W.J. with "Enemy" and Dayton and Livi enjoying their cake. :)

And here's Mom, with her telephoto lens, capturing all the right moments...<3

Today is Jordan's birthday and I am bringing Dayton AND Livi to her party.  Wish me luck!!!

So far, I've got the gift wrapped and Livi bathed and dressed...Now I just have to get myself ready, pick up Dayton, and THE CAKE!!! :) :) :) The Volvo is going into full-on Momma-mode today!!! :)

Grad Weekend Part II

This past weekend was my cousin, Katie's graduation party.  We all had a great time despite the rain. :)  

 Dayton played football with my cousin, Emily, who he calls, "Enemy." :)

My cousin, Jackie, and Olivia :)

My Uncle Mark, (Jackie's Dad) and Livi :) and Auntie Pam (Mark's wife) with Dayton. :)

 Kenny, tending the fire...and looking adorable with his tootsie pop ;)

A bunch of my cousins, my sisters and me, with our Mimi (my Dad's mom)

My cousin (and fellow Bruins fan) Chris, with his niece (my cousin, Steph's daughter) Whitney :)

Dayton with his "Uncle Nick." 

Ready for this one?? He's my cousin, Amanda's (Uncle Mark and Auntie Pam's daughter, and Mikey and Jackie's sister) boyfriend...who is also my sister's step brother-in-law...I think...HA HA HA 

It's a small world when you live in a small town. :) :) :)

Dayton "vroom vrooooooming" on the four-wheeler :)

"Enemy," Manda, and D :)

And then came the fireworks and sparklers that my Uncle Eric had to set off and light rain or shine
NO MATTER WHAT!!  It was a fun day with family. :)

CONGRATS, KATIE!!

Graduation Weekend

This weekend my Brother-in-law, Ryan graduated from Palmer High School.  We had a fun family party and attended the graduation.  We all had a great time and we are all very proud of Ryan. :)  K's mom is OVERJOYED to have her youngest son graduate. "I'M DONE!! I'm DOOOOONE!" she told us repeatedly.  It was her graduation/celebration as much as it was his. :)

I made my mom's traditional graduation cap cookies.

They are chocolate covered graham cookies with Reeses cups underneath and a tassel on top.  The pieces are affixed with chocolate frosting and the final product is DELISH!! (so I hear) ;)

I also made potato salad that was the talk of the party. :)  K told me to buy it made from the grocery store and I was appalled!!! I made it from scratch and everyone LOVED IT!! :)

 

We attended graduation and looked on as Ry received his diploma and all the grads celebrated...

 

After the ceremony I snapped a pic of the whole fam and the three CRAZY brothers. :)

 

When we got home we waited for Ryan to drive his car home and then we ambushed him (and his car) with silly string and poppers and clappers and I used a bull horn to announce his graduation to the neighborhood.  He was mortified but the rest of us thought it was great fun!! :)  All and all it was a great day spent with K's fam and we are all very proud of Ryan (and my mother-in-law Kate, of course).  

 

I'd also like to congratulate my cousins RICHARD and KATIE for their graduation from my alma mater North Brookfield High School.  We will be celebrating with them this coming weekend. CONGRATS.  I'm so proud of you both. :) :) :)

ThriftyGirl

Did a little thrifting today in between having lunch with K on his lunch-break and the gym (I think I may be sweating profusely until at least November). I found some sweet stuff.



The handled platter is in perfect shape and it's nice and sturdy. Also, it sits up on about one inch legs which is pretty cool ($5!!) And I got a couple T-shirts, including the "Italian Stallion" one for K, which is pretty awesome if you ask me. HA HA!!
I got a couple of cute little bug plates for my friend, Karen, who just bought a house (YAY!! For her!!) as a little mini-housewarming gift. :)
And I found this super cool little statue that I just love that appeals to my eccentric aesthetic (and my color scheme). :)
And I got this ballerina painting for my mom. I though that it would appeal to HER aesthetic. :)







While browsing, I found this...had a good little chuckle and snapped a pic on my cell phone. I sent it to a few of my friends via text message with the caption "Something very wrong with this?? Or juuuust right???"

We B-LIEVE

My Dad brought his three girls to the Red Sox last night. :)
When we got to our seats (after purchasing our first round of beers) we were aghast to see that our beloved Sox were down 3-0 in the top of the first inning!! (I wasn't THAT shocked since out pitcher was Dice-K and like I always say, "Daisuke Matsuzaka is like a box o' chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.") ;)
Dad, always the beantown sports pessimist, acted like it was all over, but we sisters, we B-LIEVED!! And we were right!! The SOX won 6-4. It was awesome!!
So, far I'm 3-0 this year and on pace to attend one game a month. I hope to keep it up!!! :) :) :)





Tonight K and I are waiting for Game 1 of the NBA Finals to begin. It's the Celtics against the Lakers to extend their epic rivalry. All I can say is...BEAT L.A.!!!!

Memorial Day Festivities

We had a family cook-out yesterday to celebrate Memorial Day. We had a blast. AND...Grammie came and spent the day with us. She hadn't left the nursing home since she moved in so we were all SOOOOOO excited to have her there. :)
Here are some pics of the days festivities.