Violet 1 Month!

Merry Christmas!

Sister love in front of the Christmas tree!

Happy Halloween

Dorothy and Toto had a great Halloween and were even featured in a local paper—The Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Dorothy checking out the Fire Truck

Eva with her KuKu and her Toto ears

Dorothy skipping her way to the yellow brick road

Toto AKA our little gorilla

Happy Halloween!

TOH Reader Remodel

I am so excited to share the news—FINALLY—that the kitchen is DONE!  I'm so impressed with my husband's work that I am submitting our remodel to This Old House magazine.  Who knows... maybe we'll be featured as a reader remodel!  But in the meantime, this is what our new kitchen looks like!

And just for fun... I'd like to remind you of what our kitchen looked like before:

And during...

Kind of makes me shudder a little to think of it so let's leave it back on this happy note... 

There we are... phew!

Backyard Barn Wedding Take 3!

It is hard to believe it, but all three Minnetyan sisters are now married off. Teni and Chase decided to follow suit with their wedding and celebrate their big day under a tent at our family home. Though they included plenty of original details making this "back yard wedding part 3" a truly unique and beautiful event!  

Here is a great shot of the happy couple:

And here is Teni with our parents heading to the church:

Here are a few of the cutest flower girls I know:

I couldn't NOT include a photo of the wedding pumpkin cheesecake that my mom made complete with the same fun wedding toppers (made by Teni) that Marta and I used!

And what Minnetyan wedding would be complete without a Revette Pumpkin Carving table?

First Day of Pre-School!

Lucie's First Day of pre-school!

Lucie was VERY excited for her first official day of pre-school!  She skipped half way to school as we walked the 3 blocks and she was EVEN pretty cooperative with the picture taking which is a bit uncharacteristic of our oldest daughter.  This girl is ready for school! 

Enough photos mom... can we go to SCHOOL!?

Eva Turns 1!

 

Since we have no kitchen and the forecast was for rain all day, we decided the best thing to do would be to throw a party!  OK... so not a real party, but we did invite family to spend the afternoon celebrating our little Bean's first birthday.  

With the help of my sister and the next door neighbor's kitchen, we were able to bake some Chocolate Labradoodle pupcakes!

And though it did take her a few minutes to warm up to the cake...

She got there eventually!

Happy Birthday to our sweet, beautiful, funny baby girl!  We love you Eva Bean!