Caviar and the Drive-In?

Group date night, tonight. Had a blast!
We're such foodies!

The Menu:
Calamari Salad
Shrimp
Chicken Salad
Cheese and Crackers
Strawberry and Peaches in rose`
Caviar

The Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum
...and another movie we didn't stay to see

Fair Lights! Group Date Night!

Does it look like I'm having fun here?

I dare say, I wasn't at first.
...I was freaking out!

If I wasn't freaked out enough, the girl next to me started flipping out. So, I'm on the SUPER SHOT, freaking out, with the girl next to me freaking out. SO, we're freaking out together at the same time, but before you know it the ride is over.
I'm shaking. my nerves are a mess, but hey there's certain sense of wonder that I even made myself do it to begin with!!! YAY ME! ....er yay Jason for giving me the ARE YOU TO AFRAID LITTLE CHICKEN LOOK!

This was taken towards the end of the night. It was just sitting there. It looked safe enough, and no one was in line!

Mike and I taking in Jason on the ride no one wanted to go on with him.
Do you see how our gaze is fixed upward? I was not going on that ride!

Jason loved the ride. Jinnifer loves the picture!

Millbrook Vineyards

Mike and I drove up to Millbrook, NY today.
We had a wonderful tour and tasting at the local vineyard.


This was one of several pictures we attempted to take on our own. I'd like to point out: I shared this with my sis-in-law Liz, and she was fascinated by the cloud that looked like a kid waving. Pah ha ha. -There's actually a statue inside the deck we were sitting on.

Gotta love the window behind us, reflecting the sky, hills, and vineyard.

The kiss

Today I find myself thinking about all of my wonderful friends. Since I've met them I've noticed the girls greet with a hug and kiss to the cheek. The guys greet the other guys with a hand shake, or a what's up kind of manly hello!

So, as I think about my friends, my thoughts go to the cheek kiss. When did this start? Where did it come from? I've seen it as a little kid and more so in the last couple of years.

How did I function before I met all of these, my grown up friends?

My friends are great and they bring out the feeling of home, the feeling of putting roots down in a place. I haven't felt that feeling since I lived in NE. It's that feeling you have when you've been in a place for so long. Growing up in NE everything felt familiar. I moved away in 2004 and haven't had that until this spring.

I've missed that wonderful feeling of belonging to a place, to a group of friends, and now on top of all that....I'm seeing someone that makes me equally happy about life.

Just when you think your life can't get any fuller, something unexpected occurs and life is overflowing!

gushing!

lovely!

beautiful!

Happy Birthday Carley!

that was

a great

b-day

party!

Steve-n-Sue, Congrats on your first home!

Love the master bedroom, with it's smoke stained walls!

This is a picture to remember the before, 'remodelling'.

Can't retire as a nanny!

I'm not going to retire just yet! I met thing one and he asked me to be his nanny, how could I resist?

Little Man Noah is the name of his game, and we're going to have a blast!

It's just for a few months. should be fun!

Tommy's a big bro!

Baby Kieran, 3 days old, was welcomed home today!

Thank you Tom and Noreen
for letting me share
that moment with all of you. Dinner was wonderful!

Tommy's a big brother. I think he's equally shocked! I'd been holding Kieran for a little while.

Tommy, was getting upset and wanted me to play with him.
I suggest a story for both of them, and he jumps up on the couch. So far so good, no really, we were doing great sitting there on the couch. Tommy hasn't held Kieran yet, so I ask him if he wants to? Daddy's and Grandmas are quick with there camera's. I LOVE THAT!

Here we are Tommy's holding his baby bro for the first time!

...check out some of my old blogs(see link below),
Tommy has gotten so big!! 18 months going on 5!

Jinninay: A day in the life

Jinninay: A day in the life