my boy

Aidan is 13 today. 

Yesterday he warned us that as of today, he would become incredibly difficult. and know everything. 

I'll keep ya posted on this but thus far... he is as sweet as ever. 

Here he is

Noah Asher!! 

  

                         

our new baby

has been named, Noah Escher Chateauneuf . I do not have photo's yet. I hear he is beautiful (of course!). Sammy is acting as the proud big brother, checking his heart and belly with his stethoscope. Little Ziggy is ignoring him. 

in other news. My most curious one broke his tooth the other day. while looking at a light bulb. go figure.. luckily, he caught the other part of his tooth and his dentist was able to reattach it.  

He's here!

not sure of his name yet. Maybe Noah... was born, 10:36!!

what make me grumpy

when i come home from work @ midnight and someone is parked in my parking spot

People...  do not park in other peoples parking spots. seriously. Now I am parked at the post, hoping I  do not get towed. 

 turning 40

I know that was really almost a year ago but it's just hitting me now. for the first   time in my life, I am age conscious. 

delicate camera's

 why would a $1700.00 camera be so easy to break? why $200.00 to fix? 

  why??!!!

state inspections

 does all that stuff really matter? 

is  my car safe to drive around my children? yes. 

polluting more than another car of it's type? no.    

then what the $&!*.... let me drive my crappy car and put that $700.00 to better use. 

rain

rain is nice. 

rain has it's benefits. 

but please... enough is enough. no more rain for a while.  please. no more muddy little boys. no more driving somewhere we can walk. no more closed windows on summer days. rain should only happen on days I wish to watch movies

Atonement (the movie)

 i loved it. it really only makes me grumpy because I want to see it again. now. but cannot since it's 12:38 and I do not have it. Also, why is K. Knightly throwing herself at my sisters boyfriend? she has no shame.  

Mail

why must I only get bills. Or requests for money. Oh arts foundations... how I would love to support you. Shiny showy advertisements, stop trying to taunt me.... I am wise to your wicked ways... no matter how many %'s off you offer me.

 how about some invites to parties of people I like. or good news from afar. checks would be nice too. no bills. please. I am full. thanks.

At Papa's house before the big game. We had a great time. Aidan loved the game but beating Papa and Judy at scrabble may have been the highlight. Seeing Varitek up close and seeing Ortiz steal a base came in a close second i'm sure.

Chris doing his best impression of a daddy duck

all my boys playing cards @ Echo Lake.

sweet little family. Little ? still snug in his mommy. not quite ready to join us yet.

Sammy about to ask a question. one of is many questions. he is so very curious about everything around him!!!

this is how Ziggy listen to Susie and Banshee's Peeka Boo! He and Sammy kept asking for Joelle to play it. they'd hold hands then when it came on Z would cover his face. then sing!

Ari and Big Papi

It really was pretty cool to have Big Papi in Portland


some of his biggest fans were there

but really... it was the little guy at the end of the line who stole our hearts.

Here you can see him watching. he is to the right of the dugout wearing a batting helmet

and here is doing his best to ignore the giant man walking by him. He like to keep it cool.

When ever he ran onto the field the crowd went nuts. at least our row and a bunch of his friends who were at the game.

we now know for sure that nobody picks up bats and delivers ball like my boy he's a true SUPERSTAR

I will eventually post photo's of the Ari/Ortiz game. i have having some camera problems. problems meaning it is broken and I have to send it to Nikon to be fixed. mildly stressful. 

I am sure I have more to report. but not now.... it's 12:20am.. I can't sleep but not awake enough to think.

night

Unbelievable

when in Hannafords I entered Aidan, Ari and G in a contest to be the bat boy for the Sea Dogs. 

Well... this evening we heard that Aaron won. He will be the bat boy for the Sea Dogs on Tuesday.  A NIGHT BIG PAPI IS PLAYING!!!

this is so very big. 

How awesome is this

for non Portland people... this is my friend Karen's cover photo.

And today's downer is.....

Trader Joes = German Walmart. It's owned by Aldi Group .


On a brighter note... Ari is spreading his love of origami. I picked him up from his metalsmith camp yesterday and saw kids walking out with origami pieces. He was giving mini lessons.

sad bowe boys

David Ortiz is playing in Portland on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of July. I just tried to get my boys tickets but they are already sold out. sadness....

Here is a photo of Aidan's all-star jersey. 

I had a dream I was pushing a chunky little baby girl in a swing. she was so very cute... I was play biting her knees to make her laugh. Joelle's baby (Benji) is due in 3 weeks but the ultrasound said boy. odd.... 

emmy + john 4-eva

Doesn't J.T. look like he is about to tell nick and roger that he is leaving the band for the love of  his life.  See, He has been searching ever since he saw a glimpse of her at a concert in New England. And to think he finally found her in Florence Italy. What a world!

Now that my mother has quit her job at whole foods I can say how much I hate that store. Not that I never go there. I do, because I have no other choice. 

phew.. that feels better.  thanks. 

G's birthday went well. He was so surprised!! 

Hi Dad!!

So... Today we are having G's (ssshhhh) surprise birthday party. He thinks it's on Sunday. So very exciting. Here's the plan. Chris is going to bring him to pick up Aidan from camp while I meet his friends @ the park. Can't wait to see his face. The only tricky part is baking his cake choice, pineapple upside down cake, without him getting suspicious.

I'll let ya know how it goes.

Happy Birthday G!!!!

Here are some images from Venice & Murano from my Holga.

In typical film fashion I waited 8 months to develop.

I wanted to take a photo of Max walking into this first college class last night. Of course it would have embarrassed him beyond repair so I didn't. I will say I got a little choked up.

We are all very excited round here about Obama. Also very annoyed with Hillary but I won't go there.

you need to know this

Mercury is in Retrograde for the first 3 weeks of June. It is not wise to spend large sums of money, sign a contract or give verbal agreement to any important new venture. Do not try to speed things up or force matters. Be patient- if there are delays, let them happen. 

it's been a crazy week. I am 3 jobs under so I havent' had time to edit any wedding photographs

but here are a few that will give you an idea about Dad and Judy's day.

Love

Beauty

yikes..okay I lied.. there are just two photo's. I added the wrong images and need to get to baseball. will fix later.

Tonight my friend Karen and I are shooting a local Prom. She has all sorts of fun/tacky old prom dresses for us to wear!

Dad's getting married in 3 days!! Crazy.....