we're back!

we got back from the cape yesterday evening. it was a great weekend! not what we had planned, but still great. the reason it wasn't what we had planned was because we only really had saturday there, and we had planned to spend it relaxing on the beach. unfortunately we woke up to thunderstorms and even though the rain eventually let up, it never cleared up completely, or warmed up much. we drove to a nearby town and went in some shops, then drove around. we actually did a lot of driving. we didn't realize how big cape cod is, but we probably saw a good amount of it. it is really a beautiful place! everything is so green and picturesque. i told jamie i didn't know if we could live there because we don't know very much about landscaping. the old manse inn was really beautiful too, and the owners were so friendly. they have a portuguese water dog named maggie. she was so cute and sweet, she really made us miss sophia.




this was at the entrance to cape cod. i couldn't get a very good picture of it.


this is where we stayed!




this little sun room was where they served breakfast each day. they also told us that this was originally the minister's house and they had church in this room. they later built a new church, and eventually an new manse (which is the house the minister lives in) so this became "the old manse".






this is maggie!




i believe this was the new church they built.


this was another beautiful old church which had an old cemetery behind it.






i don't know if you can see it, but some of these graves were dated 1811!


we thought this was a cool design. it looks a lot like alkaline trio's symbol!

this was our first time to the new england coast and it really is so different from any of the other beaches we've been to. everything about it looks different, but the beach itself was especially unique. when we got there on friday we went straight to the beach and walked in the surf. it was perfect. the water wasn't even as cold as i thought it would be, and it was surprisingly clear. it was high tide when we did this.


the beach the day we got there. gorgeous!




see how clear the water is?


jamie taking a picture of me...


while i take one of him.






i doubt i need to mention we ate a lot of seafood while we were there!

the next day, when the rain let up, we tried again and it was low tide. it was a completely different beach! we had heard the tide goes way out, but you literally couldn't see the ocean! it was just random little tide pools kind of, and even some grass. it was like nothing i'd ever seen before. boats that had been anchored in the shallow water were now just sitting on the sand. crazy!


this is the same beach the earlier pictures were of! can you believe that?








saturday night (our anniversary) we went to dinner at the bramble inn. it was really good and a cute setting.




when we came home we had some of our wedding cake top (saved for a year). it had been through SO much! including a move and being unfrozen and refrozen numerous times! but surprisingly, it wasn't too bad. (even though it looked so sad.)



and for those of you who were worried, even sophia had a great weekend. she stayed with friends and i think they REALLY wore her out! when we picked her up sunday evening she looked like she might pass out. she was soooo tired all night. even today she has been contentedly napping!

we've been married 1 year!

saturday (june 5th) is our 1 year anniversary! it seems crazy in some ways, but in others, this has been such an eventful year, that it seems like forever ago that we got married. even though it's been a crazy and stressful year, i am thankful everyday for my wonderful husband. i'm so glad he chose me to spend his life with.


on wednesday night he brought me home some peonies. it was very sweet of him, even though they were practically dead. i had white ones just like these in my bouquet!



to celebrate, we are going to cape cod for the weekend! neither of us have ever been there. i'm really excited! we are going to be staying at the old manse inn. it looks really nice on the website. i hope the weather is nice. i also hope that sophia has a good weekend. she will be staying with some friends.

in honor of our anniversary here are some of my favorite pictures from the wedding.






























hope you have a great weekend too!

astoria queens

so, as i mentioned yesterday, we spent monday in astoria. we had heard that is the place to go in queens, and that there's lots of good food. so we loaded up and drove there, with no real plan in mind. unfortunately, due to this lack of plan, we didn't know where to eat. we drove around looking for something and ended up parking in a neighborhood that looked promising and walking around. we found nothing. i ended up getting a sandwich at a corner deli and jamie didn't even get anything! then we drove towards the water and came across a sculpture park. eva had heard of it and it was free, so we went in. it was nothing that we thought it would be. pretty strange actually. it almost seemed more of a dog park, everyone there had a dog off leash. after we left there we got some ice cream from mr. softy, then headed back home. it wasn't very exciting, i'm hoping we won't go back actually. however, i know that if jamie hears of a specific restaurant that sounds appealing to him, we'll be back!




this was a sign above the entrance. i'm not sure why (it not being a sculpture). it was my favorite thing about it though.


the view




can you see that little light house? i love light houses.








kirk and eva


jamie convincing eva to be a dork with him.


the bump 31-32 weeks!

long weekend

sorry i haven't been posting very reguarly, it's been a busy weekend/week! memorial day weekend was a lot of fun, even though we didn't do any of the traditional "memorial day" activities. saturday we took sophia to the park and walked through the farmer's market, then jamie actually helped me clean the house! and we got our grocery shopping out of the way!!! sunday we were FINALLY able to meet up with our old friends kirk and eva. you may remember them from our life in ohio. they lived a couple blocks from us and we had standing thursday night dinners. they also have an amazing letter press company, sycamore street press, and did our wedding invitations. so.... (after that long explanation), that is why they are in town, for some craft fairs and such. they are actually in nyc for a whole month, but it took 3 WEEKS for us to get together! we planned to go to ellis island on sunday, but when we got there the line was insane!!! so we decided to head to central park and we rented a row boat. it was a lot of fun, even though it was hot. we also met up with them again on monday and we did a little exploring of astoria queens. i wasn't too impressed, but maybe if we had gone with someone who knew where to go it would have been more fun. i had a couple orders to catch up on on tuesday, and today i had a doctors appointment and a hair appointment (which combined took my entire day!). so now you're all caught up. oh! and the best part of memorial day weekend is that from now until labor day jamie has 1/2 day fridays!


this was a tribute to john lennon in central park at the strawberry fields. it was strange, but beautiful.








eva looking out at the water








the boat house


jamie's island. kirk actually got us right up to this and jamie was able to jump out of the boat and stand on it.


kissing turtles. we saw lots of turtles actually, even a whole family of them. unfortunately we scared them off when we got close to try to take a picture.