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Happy Father’s Day 2018

June 17, 2018

Spending the day with family playing around at the pool and then enjoying grilled pizza dinner is a fantastic way to celebrate Father’s Day. It certainly was a Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!!!

Autumn, Hunter, and I are thankful for you each and every day.

We are thankful for all of the support and silly jokes. Thankful for taking the time reading an extra story at bedtime snuggles and playing around in the pool. Thankful for going on walks and sneaking in an extra show before bed time. We are thankful for everything you do.

The kids love you for your ability to make them have fun, feel heard, and feel safe.

I love you for all of that, and for the moments that I stumble upon when you are Autumn are joking around, or when you are taking a little snooze with Hunter. Those moments are the best.

Glad we were able to enjoy the day at the pool and then our delicious grilled pizza. Anything and everything we do with you is great.

Grampa Rice

December 19, 2014

We were so lucky that Autumn was able to met her great grampa this past summer.

She happily sat on his lap as he cradled her with his massive hands. It was so great to see Autumn with Price and his mom Elaine and her father all together. Four Generations.

Sadly he passed away just a few weeks ago at the age of 94.

Price went to the memorial in Maine today and is having some family time this weekend.

Marshall L. Rice Sr. lived a long and happy life. He did a variety of jobs from being a solider to a business man to a lobster man. He lived all over from Massachusetts to New York to Hawaii to Maine. He was even at the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He loved Sunshine, Maine so much that he even opened a campground so that others could enjoy its beauty as well. He will be greatly missed by his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and the others who’s lives he touched.

Although Autumn won’t remember getting to meet her great grampa, we can show her these sweet pictures and tell her all about him.

We would see Marshall whenever Price and I visited his mom’s summer house in Maine. He would come over from his house down the road to have coffee and crossword puzzles with Elaine at the kitchen table or the table in the dining room. It was always so lovely to hear his deep voice discussing answers with Elaine as she read the clues out loud. His weathered, yet gentle, large hands gently held on to a floral teacup of coffee. In between the crossword puzzle answers he would talk about the current events on the island or about his past. It was always so nice to soak in those relaxed mornings.

“It was a great trip, and I enjoyed every day of it. Goodbye to you all.”

xoxo

Cousins

September 17, 2014

The end of August is filled with birthdays in my family. My dad & nephew share the same day, my set of twin nephews are a week later, and my sister’s is 2 days after that. It’s always such a busy, but fun time.

Price, Autumn, and I headed back to my hometown to be able to celebrate with everyone. We arrived on my dad & nephew’s birthday so there was some cake then & some more cake when we all got back together at my sister’s mom’s house the next day.

It’s so much fun to hang out but I really love watching all the cousins play together as they now range from 12-9 months. My niece Cara adores Autumn and is so gentle with her, even after Autumn grabs fists full of her hair. Ouch!

Price played with some baseball with the twins. Cara wanted to join in too so there was a bit of short distance, slow pitch to her which she did pretty well with.

Hey Uncle TJ!

Just trying to get some pictures of Poppy with all the grandkids! (poor Cara getting her hair pulled!)

Umm, this photo works…

4 Generations

June 11, 2014

This past weekend Autumn and I went down to Florida to visit my mom and grandmother.

It was quite a momentous trip as it was Autumn’s first flight (and I did it solo as Price was studying for his Monday morning LEED test- which he PASSED!!!), my first time visiting my mom’s house since they moved last spring, and my grandmother’s first time getting to meet Autumn.

Thankfully Autumn was great on both flights and the trip was wonderful. I was sick for part of it but it was still so great to enjoy time with family.

My mom’s friend snapped these photos on Sunday morning after church.

8.30-9.2: Labor Day Weekend Recap

September 3, 2013

{Friday} leave work at 12 | home | cleaning the house with Price | pick up mom at airport at 5.45 | back home to drop off mom’s bags & relax | dinner at Angela’s | relax | bed

{Saturday} up early | mom and I go to Haymarket at 7 | breakfast at Donna’s Restaurant | hang around | drive into Boston, park at work | shopping at The Pru: Magic Beans, Barnes and Noble, Sephora | amazing, long dinner at Forum | pick up fashion show supplies at work | home | lounge around | bed

{Sunday} make breakfast- scrambled eggs with mushrooms and cheddar with bacon, hashbrowns | watch Sunday morning | grocery shopping at Stop and Shop | The Decedents | snacks for lunch : fresh salsa and guac & spinach dip with veggies | lounging around & watching Food Network | dinner: grilled steak, grilled vegetables | NASCAR race | fell asleep on sofa at 9pm | bed

{Monday- Labor Day} wake up | late breakfast: scrambled eggs with mushrooms and cheddar with bacon and english muffins | shopping: Target & Petsmart | reading and lounging around | lunch/dinner- grilled chicken, tomato salad with fresh pesto, grilled veggies | ice cream | bed

8.23-25: Weekend Recap

August 26, 2013

{Friday Night} leave work early | Price gets home late | get take out pizza | dinner | work on Project Life | relax & watch TV | bed

{Saturday} Kemper was up early | shower & get ready | pack up the car | left over pizza for breafast | leave around 7am | sleep in the car | Greenwich at 10.15am | hang at the boat waiting for family to come | boat ride to The Cove, lunch, newphews swimming around, ride around the islands in the Sound | last minute grocery shopping | dinner- hamburgers, sausage, salads, lobsters, ice cream cake | play around for hours | get towels and talk with my sister | back to the boat | bed

{Sunday} up early | lounge around | breakfast sandwiches from The Firehouse Deli | leave Greenwich at 10am | Sonic for drinks | get rabbit pellets at Sweet Meadow Farm | Price gets workboots | home & unpack the car | drop Price off at work | grocery shopping for the week | lounge/nap time | laundry | work on Project Life | make pumpkin roll | pick up Price from work | blogging | MTV VMA’s | redline drawings | bed

4.19-21: Weekend Recap

April 22, 2013

{Friday} up at 5am | crazy filled twitter feed | watch news | mbta is shut down | get Price up | our offices are closed | Boston has a shelter in place order | blogging | watch news ALL DAY! |banana bundt cake | Price did yard work | lunch | nap | pack | pick up Emily and drive to CT | Shake Shack | home | more news | bed

{Saturday} up early with Kemper | news | breakfast | lounge around w mom with the dogs playing around | Price arrives with the pick up | Fire House deli for late lunch | Pizza Express take out | watch tv | bed

{Sunday} breakfast from the Kneaded Bread | packed up the truck | price went home | nap with kemps | walked to Kris’ | went to dinner with Mom & Nanny at Panda Pavillion 3 | watched the good wife | bed

kemps

11.20-25: Thanksgiving Long Weekend Recap

November 26, 2012

{Tuesday Night} finished punch listing early| get bourbon | drive home | Price cleans the rabbits cage /& I talk to Rosa re: going away | laundry | eggs with guac & toast for dinner | clean out the fridge| grocery store for SRC prep| shower | finish packing | Price went to bed at 11| photo editing | bed at 11.45

{Wednesday} alarm at 3am | dress and feed the rabbits | call cab | at airport at 4.15am | mcdonalds | 6am flight | Phoenix | get bags | starbucks | Tom picks us up | Walmart for pie & see Tom’s school | house |nap |Jack in the Box & Walgreens | star gazing | hot tub | bed

{Thursday- HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!} Wake up early | lounge around | watch the news | call family | breakfast | Today Show | Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade |Price and Tom carve the turkey| lunch | football | pie | phone calls| more football and mystery shows|pickles and wine | hot tub | bed

{Friday} wake up for Black Friday online sales | shower and get ready | drive around and head to the zoo | nap in the car | World Wildlife Zoo and Aquarium |another nap in the car | lunch at Monti’s |back to Tom’s | feet in the pool and catch up on twitter | lounge around | caulk the tub | blog drafts | In & Out for dinner | Walgreen’s | lounge around watching the end of the dog show and reading Food Network Magazine | go to bed

{Saturday} stupid dog woke us up | coffee | blog drafts | get Powerball tickets |McDonald’s for more coffee | drive around the neighborhood | back to Tom’s | Men Who Built America marathon | shower & get ready | lunch at Filibertos | drive around the neighborhood | sit by the pool | more Men Who Built America marathon | writing blog drafts | leftovers | hot tub | showers | bed

{Sunday} Price and Tom got coffees & breakfast | eat breakfast outside | packing up | leave for the airport at 10.30 | have drinks and lunch | 1.30 flight | home at 8.45 | bunny love | relaxing and then bed

burger

10.25-29: HurricaneSandy Weekend Recap

October 30, 2012

{Thursday night} FASHION SHOW!!! | dance dance dance | cab home

{Friday} heart attack waking up at 1.50pm & messing up the day | go through photos from fashion show | tortellini | Price home | shower | go to Mark and Allie’s to hang out with everyone |

{Saturday} sleep in| haymarket for oranges | Mark & Allie’s house | fresh squeeze oj | breakfast: mimoas, muffins, eggs, baocon, sausage | T ride | guys went to BC game |kids play at the park | T ride back | lunch for the kids| nap with Kenzi | guys come home | sushi dinner from Fugakyu | kids paint pumpkins then go to bed | go home & go to bed

{Sunday} sleep in | grocery shopping | breakfast | Grimm | fight | baking and cleaning while Price works on portfolio | dvr’d NASCAR race | got ‘no work’ email | make drinks & watch Hurriance Sandy coverage | bed

{Monday} no work | breakfast | Hurriance Sandy coverage | bake cookies | shower | power out at 3.20 | 2 hour nap | walk around | go for a drive to see any damage (not much!) | KFC | lounge around with drinks | bed

Gushing

April 10, 2012

This is my niece Cara.

She is a Halloween baby. She will be 2 later this year. I love this age.

When we saw her this past weekend I brought with me a flower headband for her. She was a little skeptical at first but did a good job wearing it… and smelling it.

The headband was a hit as she wore it, took it off, smelled it, and then tried to put it back on herself. adorable.

hmmm I found your camera lens cap.

Obviously she has a play phone already. She can ‘call’ her friends and her boyfriend. They hold hands at daycare!

here you smell it too

Playing around with Tante Lisette (tante= aunt in dutch)

she is a ham and she knows it!

Can’t wait to see everyone again next month when I go down to see my 3 nephews playing in a community production of Beauty and the Beast. 🙂

Hands full

November 19, 2011

We are visiting Price’s family this weekend for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner. We hung out with his nephews since this morning when we went to watch Addison ‘play hockey’ (skate around) until we finished dessert. So that is why I could pass out by 7pm. Turkey and 2 cute little boys equals exhaustion.

Addison skating

Braedan and his lovely curls

Addison on the 4-wheeler

Sunset… A beautiful end to the day

Love Cousins- Studio Calico 10.2.11 Sunday Sketch

October 22, 2011

I loved the simplicity of this this sketch. The strips could be anything which I found really appealing. Strips of paper could help used up your scrap stash. Ribbons would be cute. Rows of embellishmens like buttons. I have so many little bit and pieces in bins and, as Price would point out, floating around everywhere so it’s a good way of using things up.

At my dad’s birthday party this summer I spent most of the time taking photos of my niece and 3 nephews. At one point Cara was laying on the floor so we had the boys lay down next to her so we could get a picture if all of them. Simply distract a 10 month old with an iPhone and you can get her to stay still long enough for a photo.

I dug through my scrap box so I could get some strips of paper to work with the sketch. I decided to use the patterns since there was not adominate color in the photo. Since there was no common color I decided to just make the randomness of the patterns to make the layout work.

I had these adorable chipboard embellishments for such a long time. I just had to get them but didn’t know what to ever do with them. I pulled them out because of the colors and I figured the animals would be a cute add on for the kiddie page. Plus it would work well with the faux bois patterned paper.