memorial day weekend...

My wife and I took our annual Memorial Day weekend trip to Portsmouth, N.H. this weekend. Once again it proved to be my favorite place on earth (after Home Depot). We ate friday night at the Black Trumpet Bistro which was a great choice. I tried some wine from New Zealand which turned out to be some of the best wine I have ever had. I strongly recommend the Bell Bird Bay Merlot!!! After dinner we visited our engagement spot and I got to take some shots of my favorite bridge in the world!!

We met up with our friends Heather and Chuck on saturday morning for breakfast at the Friendly Toast. We all then crossed the bridge into Kittery, Maine and spent a few hours shopping at the outlets. I hit up the Banana Republic store for quite a few new bags of clothes.
After lunch at BG's Boathouse we finished with dinner at Poco's Bow street cantina. Just a great weekend all around....

I hope everyone out there had a great weekend as well!!

My favorite bridge in the world!!

You gotta love any ice cream shoppe that offers
'High-Fat' Sundaes instead of the boring 'Low-
Fat' no taste sundaes!!

I love these mini-cars!!!!

Haven't had any Dos Equis since our cruise last
October in Cozumel.... Quite a beverage!!

A night shot of the bridge our second night.

grillin'...

I've been playing around with figuring out how to make my images appear larger here on the blog and I've finally got it. Now ya'll won't have to squint to look at the pictures!!

So anyways, last night I was out grillin' chicken for dinner along with sampling a bottle of new zealand's finest merlot wine and I saw a pretty cool sunset. I love the sky after a storm, because once the clouds start breaking you get some killer colors and textures. I got so sidetracked watching the sky I almost burned the bird...

church retreat....

The first weekend in May I went to my church's annual retreat with my dad, uncle and brothers. Its a great time for the guys to get away and this year is rained pretty much the whole time. I always like venturing off by myself and taking pictures down at the lake...this year there was this awesome fog rolling off the lake and it was insanely moody!! It was also cold!! I mean real cold! After about an hour my hands were shaking so badly I couldn't even hold the camera steady anymore.
Some of my favorites are below including the one of what reminds me of Sherwood forest from Robin Hood.

Happy Mom's Day!!!

Just wanted to wish my Mom and all the other Moms out there Happy Mother's Day!!!

Enjoy it ladies!!!

band reunion....

I just wanted to post this photo quick that was taken back in late January. It was the first time in two years that my old band was together in the same place at the same time. Our schedules aren't the easiest to work around...Kyle on the far left has been living in Tennessee performing in 'The Miracle' (hence the 'beard') ever since returning from just under 2 years on the Disney Cruise Ship. Mike on the far right works security at the Webster Theatre in Hartford; a venue we played countless times!! (I can't explain his beard....we were all surprised!!) And Nick (drums) is Nick. A painter by day and studio/band drummer by night.

It was good to see them again! I love these guys!!......

i'm alive.....

Wow....its been a while since my last post and a lot has been happening. The house closing went smoothly and I've spent the last month literally re-doing a whole house! In one month we ripped out all the old carpets and flooring, prepped and painted the whole house, gutted two bathrooms replacing them with new sinks, toilets, vanities and tile floor, layed new hardwood floors in the dining room, office and landing at the top of the stairs, installed new carpeting, layed new ceramic tile in the entryway, installed chair rail in the dining room, resurfaced all the kitchen cabinets, and last but definitely not least, installed the theatre system and ran all the wires through the walls, so the 47" lcd tv is hanging on the wall with no visible wires. A dream come true!!!
I'm in the middle of compiling the before and after pictures from the house and will be posting them in the next week.
Until then, happy Spring!!

house closing....finally!!!

With the house closing this friday, I may be a little quiet here on the blog in the next week or two. As I've written before, this has been the most stressful process of my life and I am SOOO glad its over in just two days!!!

I'll post some before and after pictures once I'm in and get some work done. I've got a lot to do and I am excited to get to it. I've got a lot of plans including my new office for client consultations and a dedicated workstation. Lots going on!!!! Carpets, paint, furniture, oh my!!!!