Jon and Amy.....Congratulations!

Jon was perceptive and artistic!
Amy was beautiful-

here are my great assistants!! well, Ashton mostly, Kait helped at the reception. Thank you, thank you, it's huge to have that second camera


until the wedding party pictures....... I'll be back!

here's to Amy and Jon's wedding

this wedding was so great to be a part of. The smiles were heart felt and plentiful!

No, it's not always about me....

-for heaven's sakes I needed a photo shoot for my web page Andria is so competently finishing . I had to post this because Ed took the pictures, yes, you may want him for your next photo session, no, he didn't edit these and yes I had to use the sharpening tool on most he took. But he had such heart for the shoot. memories, memories-

But comments on if this works would be welcome, and don't tell me my noise looks big, I know!

Mary Ann and I arrived on Wednesday to a very wonderful warm Florida.


We ate at "The Thrid Place" for an early dinner and gernerally thawed out in the sun.


The rain swept in and left just as fast.
Luca entertained us the whole time
So we start our adventure of the laminate. "I hate this floor " was said quite a lot.

In defense of the floor, we just hadn't done one before. The trick is -it works as unit, your current board can effect a board 16ft away if it's not against a wall or desk held by one of us. The boards could unlock at any random moment, it drove us crazy until we were rescued by Luke and Jenny's friend. Dan the surgeon, fine chap, who showed us the effective procedures.
I just wanted to hold Luca and forget it.
But Jenny did really want her floor done and Mary Ann was dauntless. Luca actually went back to his crib -for a nap of course. I'm sure the pounding didn't keep him awake ...and we actually finished the floor.

Luke came home to help cut and put in his rows, I think in his sleep. I don't know how he keeps going with 100 hour weeks. Jenny and Luke are both "rock stars" to Mary Ann and I!
This is Jen's new pillow color that goes with the new picture in the kitchen. I like it a lot but still haven't forgiven the floor.
Jen went out and bought me new shoes at the cutest boutique in her village.
So the last evening was frantically spent finishing loose ends, tiling in front of the firplace mantle and playing in the dirt with plants Mary Ann bought. That was the fun part.
and we lived to tell the tale, except we didn't finish the office floor. We left that to Luke and Andria who are maybe coming to see them soon. Look, we are even smilling the next morning, We took a beautiful walk around Haile village, gave as many kisses as Luca could stand and flew off in our plane with some pretty funny memories. Jenny, we'll be back! love you all -mom

..... Aunt MaryAnn and I are leaving for Florida.
I love the thought of warm days and a coffee shop stop with the "ladies"! -not to mention
a Luca love kiss.

I'll try to remember the camera.....

the target project on the horizon is a wood look floor for Jens living room.

Will we finish, or go shopping? - the bets are on.

Girls Girls Girls.....

I'm late on this post.....it's actually Jan. 26th weekend, Olivia, Sadie, Christen , Kaitlin and Ash are all catching up. College weekend I miss a lot of the girls that came later.
in case you wanted to see them-
Here's to crepe night for the PYG girls group. They were great to have!
Jody is babysitting too- I think Rob Schliff's little girl.....no, they have a little boy,whose baby is this? :)

Ashley .......and the strawberry crepes!