battle day at the bridge

In honor of Patriot's Day (which is Monday), I attended a Revolutionary War reenactment at The Old North Bridge on Saturday morning.  It  was certainly a thing to do/see if you live in this area.  

Mr. Rob wanted to come along, but couldn't join me because he had to work all day.  Poor guy.  Even though I would have much rather had him there, luckily for me, I don't mind having adventures on my own. 

So, on Saturday I woke up earlier than anyone should wake up on the weekend, drove the short drive to Concord, and was literally one of the first people to arrive at the "battle scene".  I thought it would be so crowded by the time I got there, but nope.  So I set up my blanket at the best seat in the house, read my magazine while I waited, and then thoroughly enjoyed watching the Colonial troops kick the Brits trash.  ;)

A colonial fella who told us about interesting history things.

Happy Patriot's Day- tomorrow. 

i was on hiatus

not really.  just been working. a lot.  but here's a couple of recent pictures- the only new ones on my camera.

 

Woke up to this on April Fools Day-just when we thought Spring was here, Mother Nature pulled a fast one on us.  Our poor flowers! Thank goodness it was all gone by the next day.

Rob would probably not be pleased if he knew I posted this picture in his bathrobe. haha.  I kind of pressured him to buy it because I think bathrobes are amazing.  But anyways, on Conference Sunday, Rob made us yummy homemade waffles, I poured us yummy glasses of orange juice, and we watched Conference in our bathrobes.

first bike ride of the season

last week we brought out our matching bikes, Lola and Teddy and cruised around the area.  it was pretty fantastic. 

it really was a pretty warm day (relatively), despite the snow.

last week we...

started off with a flooded basement. not fun. but it turned out okay and none of our stuff was ruined.

worked

::This is my work area::

and ended the week downtown in Cambridge, eating, painting pottery, and walking around Harvard Square.

::At Rosie's enjoying sandwiches and treats in Cambridge::

::Rob painted a little container with an alligator on it::

::I painted a little picture frame::

Over and out.

Lil' Boody wedding

Here are some pictures from last weekend- Lily's wedding!

::whole family (minus Rob and Andrew) outside of the temple a couple of nights before the big day::

::Going to get married::

::Lil and Henry Boody::

::Lovell sisters- Katharine, Lily, Jacqueline::

::us::

::Lily and Henry's cute reception, complete with a cute band::

::Me and my dearest Alisa- one of my favorite people in the world.  Oh how I miss her::

::Heading out::

::Bern, holding the sign that Lily MADE- cute, huh?::

::Serenading the audience with our lovely voices.
hah, ya right. Just messing around::

It was such a fun weekend- I can't believe a week has already gone by!  Lily and Henry are the cutest/coolest couple, and we're excited to add a new brother-in-law into the family.  

here's to winter

Not much is new, but here's a few pictures from the week.

Our mail box is still snowed in.  Plow man: 1, Bobkat: 0

We have icicles all around our house.  I think it looks lovely.  Little did we know, though, we were supposed to be "raking" our roof to prevent all the ice, which has caused ice dams (which I never even knew existed until now). 

Rob did a great job shoveling our entire driveway and the path up to the back door.

Poor Jetta didn't know what she was getting into when she moved to the Northeast.  She was snowed in pretty good, but since then, we have gotten her out.

The end. 

let it SNOW

This is what I have the pleasure of living with right now.  The plows just keep coming by, making that barrier between the mail man and my mail box bigger and bigger.  

And we're getting more tonight!

Kind of fun, for life in general, but very annoying for the mail box situation.

birthday boy

Someone special had a birthday last weekend.

::I made him wear this hat, and think I will do so every year from here on out::

And as part of the celebration, we finally upgraded from our pee-wee TV to a more suitable one.  It was kind of funny how happy/excited this actually made him. 

::Um, yes, that is our Christmas tree still up almost 1 month after Christmas::

Happy Birthday Robert!

pictures galore

This pretty much encompasses life from early October to last week.  

::Jax and Kat, Saugatuck, MI::

::Kat and Rob, up a huge flight of stairs that overlooks a lake::

::Where we live now::

::Halloween-central, Salem, MA::

::Walden Pond.  It's like 15 minutes from where we live, and I will be frequenting there more in the Spring.  I'll have to read the book before then::

::On Thanksgiving we made gingerbread villages with Robs family.  We had Thanksgiving at our home, but didn't have to do any of the cooking::

::Christmas decorating in the Buhler household::

::We played Mary and Joseph at the Ward Christmas Party...we got suckered into it::

::One of the cutest little towns... Rockport::

::Litle Lily got engaged and got a cool, antique ring::

::Christmas with the Lovells in Michigan::

::Downtown Boston.  If you get cold easily, I would highly recommend this North Face jacket- best investment of my life::

::The Freedom Trail.  We did this on January 1- a god way to start off the New Year.  And yes, I know I look super fashionable with my jeans tucked into my snow boots ;) ::

::And we woke up to this last Wednesday.  It is/was SO pretty.  The prettiest I have ever thought snow was::

Cheers.  Happy 2011.

if historical events had a facebook account

I thought this was too humorous to delete and never think about again, so I am saving it here.