Happy Birthday Sis

Happy 30th Birthday to my little sister Emily! With 13 years between us, she was sort of a pain in the neck as a kid. She is pretty cool now though : )

Fourth of July boat ride

Yesterday we took my parents out for a Fourth of July boat ride.

They hung on for dear life and made it through okay.

You know we like to have a snack destination when we go boating. For this trip we took watermelon along.

Chomp, chomp, chomp

Yearly tradition. Watermelon on the beach.

Siblings at the beach

I was pretty excited that my sister was able to come with us to OBX this year. It was good to have some hang time.

We did girly stuff like face masks. I bought a big pack of Korean ones in different fruit applications.

I had to do a beach mani pedi too. A dusty coral color for summer.

This was the scene each afternoon, a collection of flippy floppys at the end of the walk.

Happy Mother's Day

We were able to go to my parent's for Mother's Day weekend. The boys remembered to bring their cards with them!

So thoughtful.

Aaron got me a card too, and this outdoor fireplace!

It was so nice to be able to spend Mother's Day with my sister and our mom. We haven't been together for Mother's Day in years! We look like some sort of sunglass gang.

Family and syrup

I am always amazed by the photos that are displayed at funerals. A life spread out in snapshots. Is it just me or did everyone look better back then? These are some lovely shots of Aaron's grandmother and her family through the years.

It's always so sad to say goodbye but good to see family you haven't seen in awhile. Everyone agreed this weekend that it would be nice to get together for a reason that is not a funeral.

Look at this jar of maple syrup. Aaron's uncle taps the trees on his property and many, many gallons of sap is boiled down to this deliciousness. They sent us home with a precious jar. Family is the best.

Inky & Bronson

Not only was it good to see my sister and mom during Girls Weekend, but I got to visit with my sister's cat & dog. The vet recently told Inky here that she need to lose weight. I think she looks just fine. I hear ya, Inky. I hear ya.

While I was at my sister's house I got to witness how she feeds her dog Bronson cauliflower and broccoli. Poor thing. No wonder he was desperate for a taste of bacon. (which my mom slipped him some of during breakfast)

Maybe it was the bacon talking but I'm pretty sure Bronson was upset to see us go.

See how he was holding me back? "Don't leave me here with the veggie nut!" Hahahaha.

Girls Weekend - Korean Food chowdown

Before I even left Rochester, I was checking Yelp to see what restaurants there were in Frederick for our Girls Weekend. I was excited to see there were two Korean restaurants.

Yesterday we went to Gogibop. My sister said it was like Subway for Korean food. You choose rice or noodles and then what you want on top. But they also have Korean faves like kimbop, japchae and kimchi jeon. We were so excited we almost ordered one of everything!

Today Emily asked what we wanted for lunch and we said Korean again! Why not? This time we tried Bonchon. My mom says Bonchon means "my hometown". Bonchon is more of a chain, but the food was still delicious. We practically ordered everything again. Bulgogi bibimbap, mandu and japchae.

I also got an order of their wings... half spicy half sweet. My mom says she doesn't know when chicken wings became so popular with Koreans, but they sure do a good job making them.

What a nom nom nom weekend!

Girls Weekend

My sister invited me to visit for a weekend and we added my mom to make it a real Girls Weekend. Aaron stayed with my dad and the pugs for a Guys Weekend.

First item on the agenda was manicures and pedicures!

Don't our nails look great!

Then it was off to visit some antique shops.

It's so much fun to browse and look at the goodies. I also like to make my sister and mom pose for pictures.

My sister lives in Frederick, Maryland which has an amazing downtown. Shops, restaurants, cafes and coffee shops. There are only two chains in the downtown area - Starbucks and Subway. Everything else is locally owned. It's the most ideal set up I've ever seen.

The weather was unseasonably warm, perfect for window shopping.

One of everything please.

I got my mom to pose with this amazing lamp. She is as much of a ham as the rest of us.

So many interesting shops! This one had "historic candy". They featured candy that was popular all the way back to the 1700's.

This store, The Pop Shop, just carries varieties of soda.

Over 300 flavors!

I regret not picking up a few bottles.

I loved the name of this bakery.

This is how they deliver their cakes!

We had a blast exploring Frederick!

 

Family portrait

Hugo... look at the camera!

Labor Day at the Lake

My parents came up to visit for Labor Day and we took them out in the boat.

This time we went to Conesus Lake.

We all had a great time, a picnic lunch on the boat and no one got sick!

Little visitors

We have some little visitors at our house this weekend.

Our niece and nephew are big fans of Stewie. Stewie likes them too.

Ten year wedding anniversary

Today is Aaron and I's ten year wedding anniversary!

We have wonderful memories of the day spent with friends and family. Like when they decorated Aaron's jeep.

And pelted us with bird-safe, non-slip, rice-like substance.

We were blessed to have all eight of our grandparents with us that day. Something I will always cherish.

It rained on our wedding day but they say that is good luck. At least we got to take this cute photo with a giant umbrella.

I can't believe it has been ten years. It has been an amazing decade. I certainly love him ten times more than the day we got married. I'm looking forward to many more years to come with this guy. More pictures on Flickr.

The ten year anniversary gift is tin... so Aaron got me these tin initials... oh and this gorgeous anniversary ring!

I liked the bunnies in the message Facebook posted congratulating us on our anniversary. They know me well.