Birthdays!! (July/August)

I love Birthdays!! Fortunately for us, the 4 of us all of have birthdays within a few weeks of each other so we've been having a blast going out the last few weekends to celebrate!!

Dan -July 8th, Rebecca -July 24th, Anneke -August 1st, and Kris -August 22nd!!

I can't believe this is my LAST year in my 20's!!! Where does the time go!!! Although I am SUPER excited for my 30th! Some friends have already started planning and its going to be a BLAST!!!


Kris' birthday was actually yesterday (his grandma's is also the same day!) so we went and celebrated at his Mom's house! I just love his grandma. She is the sweetest lady you could ever meet! We did a cookout and watched the Red Sox (of course!) He also got some AWESOME gifts from his AMAZING wife!! =) I did a good job at surprising him this year!



My sister Janette also turned 17 on the 18th of August!!!! I can't believe she is almost an adult!!! She was out the week before her birthday so it was nice to have her out here!! I miss her like crazy!

She cracks me up!
She and I on the Ferry to Martha's Vineyard!

She is so cute!! I love her!

July.....

About 3 days after leaving CA, my best friend Angie and her Mom flew out to MA to spend the 4th of July with Kris and I.

We went and did the Fenway Park Tour......so fun!!

Then for the 4th of July, Dan and Rebecca came over to hang out with all of us. It was ridiculously HOT that day, so we walked downtown and ate, then came back and played some Wii and guitar hero until it cooled down a bit before walking down to the waterfront for some fireworks!! All in all, it was a GREAT day!!!

Hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th of July!!!

June in CA con't.......

While in CA....I got to spend time with these wonderful people....and actually got a picture of when we were at dinner and I told them I was preggo!

I was also there for this crazy girls birthday!! We went to Joe's Crab Shack and had a blast =) Happy Birthday Luisa!!! XOXO

Now on to June.....Graduation!

I flew home to CA in June for my sister Elise's high school graduation!! I still can't believe how old she is getting...which in return means I am getting old!! So here are a few pics from her special day!! I had a blast spending time with my sisters!!! I miss them ALL the time!Elise getting her diploma!
Megan and Elise BFF since kids!
Elise and friends!

Me and Elise

Elise and parents!

Mia, Janette, Me and Paige

Where to Begin.....how about with where we left off..MAY!!!

Well lets start with how BAD I am at blogging!!!! I finally downloaded some pics from the last few months so I'll briefly cover whats been going on!! =)

We will start with May!!

As posted before, we celebrated our ONE year anniversary and it was wonderful!!! We spent the first part of the weekend in Boston and ended in Cape Cod!! I love the Cape. We did (and by we, I mean I) alot of shopping =) It was nice to get away just him and I!

Then....on the 23rd of May......we found out.....We're PREGNANT!! I am sooo excited!! Two more weeks and I am half way done!! I felt nauseas for about a week, and have been great ever since! I'm lucky I never got the "morning sickness!" Everything has been great! We find out the sex of the baby VERY soon and I can't wait!!! Then the shopping starts!! =) So hopefully this pregnancy will keep me blogging more!

Here are the babies first few onesies!!

Luckily, these will work for girl or boy, since it doesn't matter the gender, Kris will make sure this baby is a Boston Red Sox fan =)

ONE YEAR ALREADY?!?!?!

I can't believe TODAY is our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!! What a year its been!!! So much WONDERFUL change in my life!!! Kris is the BEST man I could have ever asked for!

I will update more on how the anniversary went in a few days!!!

And...HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of you who are Mother's or Soon-to-be-Mother's! I am blessed to have the GREATEST MOM and Mother-In-Law!!! And to all the other wonderful ladies I consider "second Moms"...I love you ALL!!

January 2010

So we started off the New Year with some great friends and good chinese food!! Let me tell you, going to pick up the food was the CRAZIEST thing I have ever experienced in my life!!!! Chinese food on NYE is VERY big here. I can't even explain the craziness.......Whew! The rest of the night was a blast! Unfortunately, I did not take any pics. (I used to be so good at having my camera at all times!)



Then about the middle of January, my friend Luisa came out to visit! It was fun! We went all over Mass and showed her around! And I think I got her addicted to SOA! We watched all 2 seasons in a few days! Unfortuantely, she didnt get all the snow she wanted! haha BUT....I did get some pics of while she was here!Its almost become tradition that everyone who visits gets a picture in the Lobster! haha

We also did Christmas with Kris' side of the family, since we were in CA during Christmas, and we got a ton of cool stuff!!!!

Other than that, I have learned how important it is to get up extra EARLY on days that it snows....since cleaning off the car is now a must before leaving for work! But I wouldn't trade in Winter for anything....I LOVE IT!! It actually felt like Christmas time here....you definitely don't get that in CA! But here are just a few pics of the snow! The ones with TONS of snow are on my cell...but you get the picture!

XOXO

Anneke