Jade's BDay

 Yesterday Dayt and I water colored

and made birthday cards for his mumma...

I hung this line so that now we can dry and display our "art."

Happy Birthday to my baby sister, 

Jade.

We had a fun family dinner...

I brought a watermelon cake

because it reminded me of when Jade was a little girl

and she'd have watermelon themed birthday parties.

It always rained...as it did today. :)

Dayton definitely enjoyed his cake...

What a goober!!

But don't worry...

he didn't eat it all.

We saved you a piece. :)

Happy birthday, my sweet Sis.
Love you.

Tomorrow...pics of LiviGracie in her party dress...

stayed tuned, my friends. :) :) :)

SundayMundayFunday

Yesterday was my baby 2nd cousin, Violet May's baptism.

 Isn't she the cutest??

We all went to the service and then had some fun in the sun...

Vi's like "Grammy!! I want to swim!!"

She got to play in the water in her turtle with Grammy 

as her GreatMimi looked on. :)

I spent the day with Dayton today, as usual,

but I'll get back to that tomorrow...

We have to be sneaky, you know.

His mumma's birthday is tomorrow. :)

Tonight K and I had dinner at home...

 I was inspired by a recipe for Eggs Baked in Tomatoes with Crisp Prosciutto

at Almost Bourdain

(here's theirs...)

Here's our "coffee table for two" 

where we sat on the floor and watched the Sox game...

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 It doesn't get much better than that...

especially because THEY WON!!

BTW they got a walk-off (Josh Reddick's first of his career)

against the Yankees last night!! :) :) :)

Babies, Family, Good food, K, 

the Sox, winning,

and BLOGGING!!

All of my favorite things. :)

update :)

Since we've last visited...

Jacoby Ellbury 

got his first and second walk-off hits for the Red Sox

on back to back nights!!!

(and did I mention he's a hottie??)

Speaking of hotties...

Tom Brady turned 34

and for his birthday...

we all got football!!

The NFL lock-out has officially ended!

Hallelujuh!

I didn't know what K and I were going to talk about all winter!! ;)

I did some thrifting.

 All this loot for $8.50

The bird cage will be a surprise gift for my Mum

after I paint it white.

Shhh!!! Don't tell her!!

"Why the fish bowl??" you ask...

Introducing...

Nemo Blue!!

Dayton's and my new pet. :)

Have a happy weekend all!! :) :) :)

chef Livi

 

new fave pic EVER

Livi got the word that Dayt was "cheffin"

and she wanted in on the game... ;)

ummm...YUMMM!!!!

"Dayt the Great at Eight"

That's what I call my Mondays. :)

DooDooBird Dayton and I spend these days together...

today was a particularly fun one. 

We set out to do some shopping and errands,

as we often do.  But, today, I only had only one (pink) car seat in my car.

Hence Dayt's "I want my BROWN car seat" meltdown.

AUNTIE C. TO THE RESCUE!! :)

A few Dunkin Donuts napkins, and a little ingenuity...

a happy Dayton makes. :) :) :)

HaHaHa

We headed out and did some shopping.

I wanted to buy some organic ingredients to use with my farm fresh produce.

Dayt and I cooked a super yummy lunch

in my increasingly cute (although K would say "cluttered") kitchen...

We cooked up some zucchini and summer squash 

(after letting some fresh garlic sweat) in organic extra virgin olive oil...

Dayton is quite the chef...

~Lookin' good, Kiddo!!~

We added some fresh basil, salt and pepper...

and mixed it all together with organic rotini

 Delicious!!

AND we even packed some up for Mumma. :)

What a GOOF!!

And what an awesome "D the G at E!"

:) :) :)

best men

Scotty was Kenny's Best Man at our wedding,

seven years ago today.

Last week, he asked Kenny to be Best Man in his upcoming wedding.

They are two of the best men I have ever known.
(right up there with my Dad, Granddad, and Mike Lowell)

They are both loyal, wonderful, funny, handsome, strong men

who love their gals. 

What more could you ask for??

I'm so glad that they became friends back in 3rd grade,

and that we've all become best friends over the years.

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life...

A portion of your soul has been entwined with mine. 

A gentle kind of togetherness, 

while separate we stand. 

As two trees deeply rooted in separate plots of ground, 

while their topmost branches come together, 

forming a miracle of lace against the heavens. 

~Janet Miles

heat wAaAaAaAaAve...

It's hot and hazy...

But we ain't lazy!!

It's been between 95 and 105 degrees this week,

but that doesn't slow us down (too much)!!

We've been walking, "strolling," ballin', 

swimming, and buying local fares...

and yeah...takin' pics!! ;)

This has been my view almost every morning...

Beth and I have been taking the kids on power-walks around town.

We sweat and they "stroll." 

(get it??...in their strollers) :) :) :)

We've been swimming and swinging...

and learning to blow bubbles. :)

Today we explored Klem's Farmers' Market

held by the department store Beth works for.

We had fun, even though it was a scorcher.

I got some beautiful vegetables...

I can't wait to start preparing, cooking, and EATING!! 

I also got some home-made pesto...

Linabella's Pesto and Garlic Farm

makes this awesome pesto.  I'm so excited to start creating new dishes with it. :)

I bought my own fresh basil, too.

(hopefully, my black thumb and I can keep it alive...)

Well, I hope everyone can...

and beat the heat!!

~Wipe the sweat off your brow and think about 

shoveling...scraping...shivering~

I love this SwEeEeEeEet Summer heat. :) :) :)