be back soon...

we are back in california (on a permanent basis) and things have been stressful/tiring/rough. needless to say, i haven't had much energy nor inspiration lately. i am in the planning stages with a few projects, and will post about them soon.

ordering photo supplies, working on an etsy site, soaking up all of this vitamin d, and spending some much needed time in san francisco. miss you.

hydrangea

jersey girl

what a weekend. trevor's aunt susie is turning 50 this week, and we drove to nj to celebrate with her.

in 36 hours, we drove down to palmyra (right outside philly), partied it up, and came back up through ridgewood (right outside nyc) for dinner at his aunt bitsie's house.

no more extended car rides for me for a while. oh, and these are some photos of susie's "yarden" and our delicious mid-morning mimosas.

the show

red, white, and blue

this morning we were treated to blueberry pancakes before heading to the traditional 4th of july parade in quissett. norah and cassie were classy band members (both on tambourine) while trevor, his grandmother, and i were onlookers.

after the parade, we joined the rest of trevor's family for a bbq with hot dogs, beans, potato salad, watermelon and pimm's cup. so good.

now i'm thinking of dozing off before round two.

rainy days and thursdays

720 miles in three days

we've had the longest few days ever!

after work on thursday (yeah, i have a job now!) trev and i began our road trip to philadelphia to see theresa and steve. we stopped at his aunt bitsie's one night, and on the way back stayed with his aunt susie. unfortunately we didn't visit with either aunt as long as we would have liked, but it was still really nice to meet them.

we didn't have much time together in philly, so we hit some major spots. one being the philadelphia museum of art, which had an amazing permanent collection. our two hour window in the museum went by wayyy too fast. and thennnn, we had to have a philly cheesesteak. it was heavenly. weirdo canned cheese (think nacho style) and finely chopped up meat and sloppy onions on a big roll. deelish.

to my great surprise, trevor did most of the driving while i tried to soak in as much of ct, ny, nj, and pa as i could. on our way back i caught a glimpse of manhattan and was excited to see lady liberty from a distance. next time, we'll get much closer.