Aaron in Texas / Sheila in Vermont ... again

August 20th-27th

While Aaron *still* had time off, he decided to make a trip home to League City, TX.  I, again, decided to spend time up in Vermont (it's just too easy to get home now!)

Aaron spent some quality time with his dad and brother, Jesse.  
He and his dad drove up to the Shiner Bock Brewery in Shiner, Texas (where they've been before and just love it).

After that, they headed up to Jesse's place in Austin where they hung out a bit and then hit Schlitterbahn Waterpark the next day.  I guess they had a blast acting like kids for a day!

My week was a good one too - I got to spend more time with Shelley, Tyler, Tori & Trey. He grows SO fast!

This time, I also made my way up to St. Albans to spend time seeing people up there. Kristy and I spent a day having fun with blueberry picking and wine tasting!  

I also hung out with Anna & Matthew for an afternoon of cree-mees and playing down at the lake. Those two are such little clowns.

Another fun trip home - with a short drive there and back!

Shawn & Kristy's Visit to NH

August 14th - August 17th

Our first official visitors in New Hampshire were Shawn & Kristy.  We didn't have any set plans, but enjoyed a great day at Hampton Beach where we had lunch, sat out in the sand and sun for a bit and then hit up the arcade!


The next day, we hit the Anheuser-Busch Brewery just down the road in Merrimack - this was a great free tour with two free beer samples ... though Shawn stuck with the pretzels!  They also have stables with their famous Clydesdales, so we checked them out as well.




Other than that, the weekend included some late night ice cream cravings, some movies, and Shawn quoting 300 many, many times!

It was a fun weekend.

Aaron in California / Sheila in Vermont

August 6th - August 12th

With Aaron's 5 weeks off between jobs, he decided to make a trip out to San Diego to visit his friend, Jason.  Since he was going to be gone, I headed up to Vermont to meet Trey and help Shelley and Tyler out a bit.

Aaron had a GREAT time in Cali - he and Jason hiked early in the mornings.  He had a relaxing trip and can't wait to move there now. ;)




I had a fun spending time with the newly expanded Smith family.  Trey changed even over the short week I was there.

Back to NY for the Schwartz Wedding

August 3rd - August 4th

After a week of unpacking and settling into NH, we did head back into NY for a friend's wedding. This was my old co-worker, Matt's wedding. He "hired" me to make their wedding stationery and I will be "hiring" him to work on a website for me!


We had a great time at the wedding in Poughkeepsie, NY. In addition to celebrating with Matt & Shana, we had fun with my old boss Alex and his wife Cheryl, and my old co-workers Phil & Rasheed.

THE MOVE TO NH!!!

Week of July 27th

The move has happened and it took only a week to settle in.  Luckily, we have a garage again, which is acting as storage for all of the stuff we chose not to unpack into our (hopefully) short-term housing here.  We've signed a 6-month lease, but may to renew once, as we search for a house!  It's nice to have more space - even though I'm not getting a chance to decorate.  It'll do for now, as we discover NH and prepare for winter-living again!

Spuds Trip to NY / Saying Goodbye to NY Friends

July 24th - July 26th

Well, while Aaron and I had become accustomed to and happy with the New Hampshire move, Spuds was sad.  He wanted to make one more trip into NYC while he had a free (close) place to stay.  I rode back from Vermont with him and his friend Ricky.  This was our last few days to pack up the apartment, work more on some of the wedding jobs I had to get done, and for us say good bye to some of our friends and old co-workers.

Aaron, Spuds, Ricky and I met up with my old boss, Alex, and my old co-worker, Matt at our usual meeting spot - Lazy Boy Saloon in White Plains.  We had some good beers, some good greasy foods and some good laughs. I'll miss our little gatherings here.


Friday - Spuds and Rickey headed into the city while Aaron and I stayed home to continue the horrible task of packing up our years of accrued possessions. (How did we ever live in only 500 sq. ft.????) Later in the day, we headed into the city to meet up with some of Aaron's old co-workers and their wives. Spuds and Ricky also met up with us here at the Boat Basin.

(Joe & Solimar)

(Mike & Rosann)

The rest of the weekend was a whirlwind of more packing, teetering piles of boxes and unorganized chaos. Spuds, Ricky and our friend Jeff helped us out and we were *almost* ready for the movers to arrive on Sunday!





Good-bye Tarrytown, New York!!! (We will miss our castle!)

Week in Vermont

July 19th - July 24th

I spent this week in Vermont while Aaron stayed in New York to pack up our apartment.  Some may think this is so wrong - but he's okay with the packing (and I'm not) and I'm okay with UNpacking (and he's not), so it was all okay.

This was also the week Shelley was due, and we were hoping she would have the baby while I was home.  We all know that didn't happen!  We all thought Shelley was small and Selena was already getting big, but this picture proves otherwise!

Selena, Cathryn, Anna, Matthew, Shelley, Tori and I spent a day together. We went to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory for the tour, where the kids each chose their own stuffed animal to be made. And then it was time for ice cream at the Ben & Jerry's shop on Church Street. We all had a fun time.  

I was also trying to finish up THREE wedding jobs at this time. It was a good time to work on them away from the mess of the half-packed apartment back in Tarrytown!