Tuesday, February 24, 2009

We did it!

We did it! John and I were married on Saturday Feb 21st, 2009! Here are few photos, more to come!




Tuesday, February 17, 2009

racing and spa day

This group of fun and fabulous women and I used my upcoming wedding as a great reason/excuse to go to portland and have a decadent foot soak. It was heaven. Thanks so much for going with me!
Mom and Laurie at lunch

This is Johns race car, re incarnated as an 'ice racer'. Pretty mean looking huh? Making the transition to an 'ice racer' means that the tires have been changed to include heavy duty studs and chains. This also means that he had to fix whatever was ailing at the end of the summer race season (which he did). The ice racing happens at Moosehead Lake every saturday for about a month or so as conditions allow. John's went last weekend and had a blast until he blew a tire.


Our wedding is only 5 days away! I will post lots of pics of the event next week.


Thursday, February 5, 2009

word search

the right words escape me. this past weekend our lovely families and friends threw us a wedding shower. i knew the wedding shower was in the works but was completely blown away by the love and support we were 'showered' with. we say 'thanks' for so many everyday things that it hardly seems powerful enough to properly convey our appreciation.



John's 'little' brother Mike surprised us by making the trek from Massachusetts


Neighbor, John and Dad visiting after the party


Nellie looks exhausted after the party. actually I am betting that she had a belly ache. while the party was underway, Nellie took an entire container of onion dip out of Roses bag, opened it and ate the whole thing. Mom found her in a snow bank finishing it off. yum.



Char (John's older sister), me and Rose (John's mom) before the party. Char, Rose, and Veronica (behind the camera) were the party planners.




after the shower, life long friend, Monica brought her 3 month old baby, Tyler, and her husband Trevor to visit. i don't think Tyler and Lizzie had met before this. here are Emily and Monica and their families.




i only managed to register for a handful of things. while the party goer's may found this annoying, i am SO glad i did not have the wherewith all to register for more. why? above is just one example. our family and and friends made or picked out the most thoughtful, beautiful and generous gifts. we have so many new family treasures as a result. the painting above was created for us by friend 'queenie' (click to go to her blog). for now this masterpiece will reside in our model home, but only until the minute we have a new home to put it in.