excitement...and empty wallets

This evening we purchased one of these:



Weber Genesis with a SIDE BURNER. YAY!!!

and one of these:




to go with this:




...which is being currently being installed in our backyard (!!!)

celebrating

This weekend, I was able to join 18 other women to celebrate my Aunt's 50th Birthday Bash up in South Deerfield, Massachusetts. It was a wonderful time of love, laughter, and of course, tears. We were able to visit an 8,000 square foot butterfly conservatory that was absolutely AMAZING! It felt as if you were in a rain forest with bright, beautiful butterflies fluttering all around. We also visited the Yankee Candle FLAGSHIP STORE!!! I was in heaven and did quite the damage but we're stocked with candles for the next year!

WET DOGS AND BLACK NINJAS

OUR TOWN WAS ON THE NEWS!!!

287 North was closed at the exit before ours from 5AM this morning and they say it will be until about 10PM tonight because of an overturned HAZMAT truck. I saw the truck and the miles upon miles of idling vehicles with my own eyes at 7:30 this morning. It was a commuters nightmare...the evening rush hour traffic had a 10-mile backup on 287 with every back road tied up. Ouch.

You can catch the story at this link:

http://news12.com/NJ/topstories/article?id=211222

We're alive...

I promise! Sorry for the lack of posts - it has been a busy 3 months!

We FINALLY got our wedding album, painted/redecorated the bathroom (before and after pics to come), Jon got his wisdom teeth removed and also 16 stitches on his shin...











We're spending Mother's Day down the shore.. so stay tuned for more pics :)