More pics from the Confirmation Celebration: Day 105

Here is our lovely Confirmation Candidate....

And here is our Big Y cake...notice anything strange?
Here is the Confirmation girl and her sponsor cutting the odd cake!

Here are two photo's from our Bonfire!

Confirmation: Day 104

It was a beautiful night for Confirmation...76 degrees, no humidity....a lovely ceremony at St. Bernard's Church surrounded by family and friends...then back home for a party and a bonfire. Beautiful girl on a beautiful day.

Photo Editing: Day 103

Thought I would try a little photo editing a la Pioneer Woman (http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/) so I went to work on this cropped photo of Taylor at the Memorial Day Parade. I used Picasa's editing features, which I find simpler in some cases than PSE.

Here is the before>>>>>
And here is post-editing>>>

First comes love...???: Day 102

Let's just say I became a little suspicious of the declaration that "we're just friends" when I heard them talking (this past weekend when we were at Spec) for 2 hours on the phone. No one talks to a girl for TWO HOURS when they are just friends, right? Hmmmmm........stay tuned for further updates......

Another one bites the dust: Day 101

First, it was the dryer a few months ago...now the washing machine stopped running last night! It rotates around, but will not spin or drain the yucky dirty water out of it...EWWWW.

It will be a week before the repairman comes...sigh, double sigh.

Memorial Day Parade: Day 100

Preparations for the Memorial Day Parade began with a sleepover at our house, followed by a 7:15am pickup from Mrs. DeLand....here are the girls loading all their gear into the DeLand Suburban...

Followed by a last minute group photo with their band uniforms....

Handing out water bottles...

Bye-bye!

Here they come!

Lastly, the Star Spangled Banner/Taps/21 Gun Salute at the War Memorial on the Green...

Weekend at Spec: Day 99

Did not get a chance to post yesterday or Friday, as there is no internet, no TV....just wonderful peace and quiet. I actually spent most of the weekend editing Joe's tennis pictures (all 300 of them) to burn them to a CD for his coach (I took a lot of the whole team).
Following are some random pics from the weekend in Mass.....

Tennis Cuties:Day 96

Because there are a lot of girls on the team, there is quite a bit of waiting time to play your match...lots of time to hang out, gossip, and of course, cheer on your teammates...

Wow...that's all I can say...wow.:Day 95

And the winner will be.....:Day 94

When the cat's away...:Day 93

...The dog will play!
Taylor took this picture tonight while I was at work...Mikko is not supposed to get on our bed...but Taylor took the incriminating evidence with my camera!

Prom Pics: Day 92

Spent a few hours editing all the prom pictures I took....adjusting almost everyone of them because they were indoor photos...I think they came out pretty good despite the rainy weather that forced us indoors...I am putting most of them on a Kodak site so that everyone there can pick and choose which ones they want. Enjoy!

Dog Tired: Day 91

Today was a busy but fun filled day...started off by heading to Boston to Arnold Arboretum, where the lilac display was to die for. After hiking around the trails for a few hours with another lappy family, both Jim and I and Mikko were dog tired!
We raced home, changed clothes, then headed south to New Haven where we met friends, did a little shopping at IKEA and then all headed to Pepe's for pizza...finally back home...only to start again tomorrow!