Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everybody! Yes, I decided to dress up the pups. I found these super cute costumes at Target and was so excited to put them on Moose & Maui. But. . . they turned out to be waaaay too big and the store didn't have any smaller sizes left. So after much running around trying to find the smaller size, I settled for the big size for their halloween photo shoot. The costumes are so big that they won't be able to wear them tomorrow because they can't walk in them, but it was fun to snap some pics and laugh at how cute they were. For those of you who have tried to take good pictures of active dogs, you know its hard. . .well. ..trying to get good photos of two silly pups with costumes on is even harder!! :-)Here's what I came up with. . .
Maui is a Ladybug and Moose is a Chicken :-)


My little bug. . she looks very nervous, but cute!


Moosie the Chicken . . he was not happy about the hat :-)

Head of the Charles + Newburyport

This past weekend, Alex and I went to the Head of the Charles. For those of you who don't know, the HOC is a huge regatta in Boston that happens every October. Rowers from all over the world come to compete and take on the infamous Charles River. I try to go every year, but this year I had extra incentive, as my community rowing association in Simsbury had two boats competing! GO FVRA! :-) Anyway, I drove up to Alex's house in Hamstead NH first and we enjoying spending Saturday at the HOC and Sunday in Newburyport, MA. Newburyport reminds me of Essex, CT. . .it is so quaint and fun! The pictures of this weekend turned out to be a series of Alex shots and boats from a distance :-) (I didn't have a long lense with me this time, so I don't have any crew action shots. .too bad!!)Enjoy!!
Boston - The Head of the Charles

Lesley is where Alex and I met. . .we took a walk down memory lane before heading to the race :-)

Alex in Haravrd Yard

Newstand at the "pit" in Harvard Sq.

The red line was our home base for 2 years. . .:-)

The famous Weeks Bridge

Teams at the starting line waiting to begin

An alternate view. . .can you tell the Weeks is my favorite spot on the Charles??It's so pretty :-)

Caramel apples. . .YUM!! There was so much yummy food and free stuff to be had along the river!!
Newburyport, MA

Call all starbucks lovers. . . .Is this not the cutest starbucks ever?!

Alex "posing like a model". . How cute is she!!! :-). . .brick walls seemed to be a theme this weekend.

Life.Is.Good ....great store, great philosophy

The snowboard bench

And to end the weekend. . .a beach walk on Plum Island

Sweet Emma & Sofia

Emma and Sofia. . .they're my girls. Well, not actually but I'd like to think so. They happen to be my neighbors and the cutest, most beautiful, spunkiest girls in my life (but I'm not biased :-)I've known the girls since they were tiny little muffins and their parents, Heather and Pedro, have become good friend of ours over the last few years. I was so glad to finally get to their house for a mini photo shoot of the girls (we only had about an hour this time), but we had a blast playing outside, riding bikes and playing dress-up in the fairy house :-) Emma and Sofia are so carefree and creative. . .I love it! So here are a few of my favorites from this little shoot. . .Hopefully there will be more to come this Fall!

Emma in her cheerleading dress-up outfit

Her "pom-poms" and heels :-)

Miss Sofia

Kisses

Hammock Fun


Emma throws her heels in the bike basket and hops on. . can't ride well in pretty heels!


Sunflower Seeds!


Princess

I think this is my favorite. . SO little girl

Princess next to her castle :-)

Taia & German Turn 27!

Taia and her husband are exactly the same age. . .same day, same year, almost the same time. To celebrate their birthday the family went out to a great Spanish restaurant in West Hartford called Barcelona. The tapas and Paella were amazing!

Blackberry. . . or Pinkberry??

I just got a (pink) Blackberry Curve and have no idea how to use it!! I'm excited though because I can organize my life and blog right from my phone! If anybody has a Blackberry and has any tips for me please let me know. . .this thing is confusing!!

NY State Fair + Brooks & Dunn

I'm just now catching up my blog from when Phil's parents were here. . . . .
Before we went to Niagara Falls, we stopped at the New York state fair in Syracuse and saw Brooks & Dunn in concert. The concert was amazing and the fair was great as well. . . It was very much like our "Big E" here in New England. Nothing like artery-clogging fair food! Coralie was blown away by the "millenium fries" (see pic below! :-)



"Millenium Fries"

She's thrilled!

Brooks & Dunn Hot Air Baloon


Brooks

Brooks & Dunn singing "I Believe"

Here's to you, Alex. . .

In all my blog posts since April of this year, I have failed to make mention of my very best friend, Alexandra. My life would not be complete without her friendship. . .we have shared so many fun times over the past few years and she is the one friend who truely "gets me" and forgives me even when life gets busy and I haven't called in weeks :-) We first met in the fall of 2004 at Boston's Lesley University. We lived together in a beautiful red, Victorian - style house that had been turned into a dormitory. It was situated on a quiet street next to Harvard Law School( how lucky were we?? :-). We instantly clicked and were attached at the hip until I left Lesley in my Junior year to get married (!!) and transfer to a school closer to my home. She has since continued to finish her 4 years at Lesley - persuing a degree in Elementary Education, but moved back to her home in New Hampshire. So. . .we are now about 21/2 hours from each other which makes it much harder to get together. Though our lives are different now, we continue to be close and get togther whenever we can (not often enough!)Here are a few pictures of us over the past couple years. We are hopeing to meet at the Head of the Charles Regatta in October. Thanks for your continued support and friendship, Alex. . .love you!!

Applepicking in Granby, CT


Hiking up to the Heublin Tower with the pups

We got kicked out of the grocery store for having Baby Moose in Alex's purse! :-)

Niagara Falls

This past week we took Phillip's parents to Niagara falls. I had never been myself, so it was quite fun! A long trip, but worth it. On the way there, we stopped in Syracuse New York and went to the state fair. Cotton Candy. . .Corn dogs. . .yum! We had an all around great time. Here are a few pics. . .more to come :-)


Beautiful!



John checking out the falls

John & Coralie

Phil & I

Love the Rainbow!!!








The view from our hotel room!!

The view at night

...and in the morning