Bath time & an English wedding

The main reason for my big european vacation was to see my good friend Gina get married at a castle in the English countryside. ( I know, it sounds awful!) We took the train from London and had one day in Bath, which as it's name suggests is home to an old Roman Bath. Having no idea what to expect, I  was quite taken with how quaint & picturesque Bath was. We had beautiful weather, perfect for walking & exploring the old winding streets.

Ari & the royal mail. Bath actually had a postal museum we unsuccessfully attempted to go to, after Ari "lost" her wallet.

Ari & Stephanie - all smiles (thankfully, I "found" the wallet.)

The next day we headed to beautiful Orchardleigh for the big event!

Everything was beautiful!

The happy couple...

I wish I had a good picture of Gina to post. She was an absolutely GORGEOUS bride, and her dress was stunning! The few pictures I do have here, were  taken with my little point & shoot. I put the big camera away & enjoyed the day!

Stephanie & I at cocktail hour :)

The wedding was a blast - hence I was having way too much fun to take pictures, but I did snap a few of the fireworks after dinner. This was a fairy tale wedding I will not soon forget. Congratulations again to Gina & Will, so glad I could be there!

Happy {belated} Independence Day!

It had been a while since I had some quality, one on one, baby sitting time with my nephew. I was excited  to get Andrew on the  beach  with his adorable little plaid cap for a few pictures. Of course the last thing Andrew wanted was to put the cap on, but we managed to get some good pictures and watch the trains & seagulls go by. It seems my little nephew is getting more independent everyday, as he quickly approaches his first birthday. Here is my take on a little Independence day fun. Enjoy!

London!

Over the next few weeks I am going to attempt to post some pictures from my European adventure, city by city. First up, London. I fell in love with London the first time I visited in December 1998. I was so excited to return, I had a huge list of things I wanted to see and do, and of course time flew by so quickly I hardly got to cross anything off my list. Seeing as that my list probably got longer rather than shorter after my visit, I will have to return to London before the next ten years pass me by. In short, our time in London was great, we met up with old friends & made some new ones.

                                                        Portobello Road - Notting hill

Tower bridge

Stephanie!!!

  A carousel along the embankment

            London eye

           Ari & Stephanie

               Piccadilly Circus                   Big Ben

           Ari & I on Tower Bridge

YaYa London!

beach baby

Since today is my brother Jack's birthday, I figure I would post these before I forgot...Right before I headed across the pond for my big European vacation, we walked down to the beach to give Andrew a little taste and feel of summer. It didn't take long for little Mr. Andrew to feel at home in the sand - here is the first installment of  the little beach baby, in addition to some "rarely" seen pics of Jack & Andrew :)

happy birthday Jack

Happy Fathers Day!

My sister-in-law wanted to do something special for my brother for fathers day. Kristen had the  idea to get some pictures with Andrew in his diaper with  Jack's favorite Yankee's hat. Although I was hesitant as a  Red Sox fan, I agreed since it was fathers day, and I am pretty sure Andrew is destined to be a Red Sox fan :)