"Big Bird"

Rayna did an after school program about the rain forest and our friend Enrique brought Lola in for one of the classes, so we had a third guest for dinner that night. Gabriel loved her! At first he didn't know what to make of her but then he couldn't get enough of her. The shocked face he's making was his reaction to Lola letting out a screech, it was pretty funny.

29 Years!

Paul and I spent the day in Boston for our 29th anniversary. It's amazing how fast time goes by - that's a sure sign I'm getting old :-) We went to the farmers market and picked up some bargains and then went to the northend. We love this little market there, it's just like being in Italy. That cheese hanging from the ceiling weighs 250 lbs. and is worth $5,000.00!!! I also found a couple of interesting signs, the "corner" store being my favorite. We had a nice dinner and then headed home. I had a great day with my Paulie :-)

Happy Mother's Day

All the Murray moms. Yup, that's the news we got the other day, Rayna is pregnant! She's due December 1st (or there abouts) and feels ok, just a little tired. Of course Rayna wants a girl and Clint wants a boy, I guess we'll know soon enough because they are going to find out what they're having....the name they choose is going to be a surprise. I'm pretty excited that this grand baby will only be around the corner from me :-)

Sound of Music

My friend Karen told me about this it is very cool :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6DLGB3uwFU

Happy Birthday 'Manda!

Tour RI

We went on the Tour RI tours this weekend. This one was called Spooky RI. We went to the grave of the only "vampire" in RI (anyone who died from influenza was considered a vampire) and the author of the book Vampires of New England told us all kinds of stories and "facts". We also went to the Sprague mansion. He was a Gov. in RI back in the 1800's. The wine cellar is suppose to be haunted by the old butler. We went to the Warwick town hall, it was in the show Ghost Hunters. They had pictures of someone in the town council meeting room that they think was the deputy....that was pretty creepy. They also recorded a woman crying in the basement where the jail cells use to be. We ended our tour on the East side of Providence where Edgar Allen Poe once lived...lots of cool stories about that. Our guide was the author of the book Haunted Providence. And at the end of the day a took this picture of the state house...spring is so pretty around here.

Still Celebrating

We all went to the Berkshires for a late birthday celebration. The weekend was great, the weather was beautiful and as usual we had a great time. We all spent a little to long in the sun (it was in the 90's each day). The resort wasn't busy so we had the pool to ourselves most of the time. We even had a picnic in the pool....totally against the rules that were posted everywhere :-)

Mommy's Home

Amanda is back from AZ and I survived! She came home Tuesday night a little after midnight, but that didn't stop Gabriel from waking up with the birds....Amanda slept in, Nana rose with the birds and Gabriel. I love spending my mornings with him, he really is the sweetest little thing -I may be a bit prejudice but he really is a cutie :-)

Flying Solo

Amanda left for AZ today....she'll be back on the 21st and Paul and I are flying solo!!!! My goodness Gabriel sure does fill up my day and he is full of energy but I love every minute of it!!! It will be good practice for when she leaves him with us for 3 weeks this summer. This should be fun.......wish me luck :-)

My Birthday

So, it was my birthday yesterday and I had a great day. Amanda, Gabriel, my niece Shelby, my friend Karen and I all went to lunch. Then my niece watched Gabriel while Amanda and Karen and I went to get tattoos (Karen didn't, she already has one she came for support). Everyone thought I was crazy and would never do it. I've always wanted a tattoo but I could never figure out what I wanted to get and I really had no reason to get one. I decided when Gabriel was born that I was going to get the angel Gabriel but I couldn't find one that I liked so I just got the wings. I thought it was really going to hurt but it just felt like a bunch of little bee stings. Not to bad and it was over in about 20 minutes. After that I took my niece shopping for her birthday and then came home to a delicious supper that Paul made. A very happy birthday to me :-)

Easter Morning

Gabriel had his first egg hunt. I decided not to fill the eggs this time :-( but he had fun finding them. He was pretty reluctant to give them up once he did find them but he caught on after a while.

Hitchen A Ride

We took the bike out for our first ride this weekend. When we got back we had a little photo shoot with my favorite subject....Gabriel :-) One day the bike will be his, hopefully these pictures are still around when that day comes.

Dust Bunny

Gabriel is so funny, he tries to help with everything. I love when he "helps" me empty the clothes basket :-)

O U C H !!!!!!!!

Poor little guy :-( Gabriel was crawling yesterday and did a face plant.........ouch! At first he didn't really cry, then I came in and said "oh, what happened pumpkin?" and he started to cry. It didn't last long and he was ok but I had to share that pathetic little face with everyone.

Still Celebrating

We're still celebrating. We had a joint party this weekend for Paul and Gabriel and everyone had a great time playing with Gabriel and playing dress-up. You never know what's going to happen here!