Sunday, May 1, 2011

Spring lawn party!

The Martinez family of our old ward (Stamford 1st Ward) hosted a fabulous lawn party at Tod's Point in Greenwich, atop a beautiful knoll overlooking the Sound.  We busted out our new stroller and wore spring clothes...luckily we had extra coats in the car, because it turned out to be just a little chilly. The party was awesome - great company and great food.  And the beautiful setting was decidedly Connecticut.
 Here is our little renegade, who was thrilled with her sunglasses.  Those little blue eyes and bright sunshine don't mix.  Our friend Josh showed us how to actually use all of the awesome features on our camera, and this crazy cool picture is one of the results!
 Putting on the shades.
 Shades, binky, someone to hold you... does life get any better?!?!
 The Martinez family did an outstanding job with this party.  There were tables, decorated with centerpieces, a beautiful display of food, and lots of toys for the kids to play with.  The stone remnants you see here are remnants of the home that used to be in this spot (it was a mansion!).
 Can you beat that view?  Wow... I love this place!
Our stroller came in the mail (yay for online shopping) 3 days early, so we got to take it to the party.  It worked fabulously, and Phaedra loved it.

1 comment:

South Shore Salutations said...

Looks like Phaedra is really rockin in the new stroller. I'm sure she will love being able to sit up and see rather than be sunk in the car seat. We will need to take her to see the oreo cows again!

At the beach in San Francisco

At the beach in San Francisco
During our Christmas visit to CA, we went to Baker's beach to take some photos and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Welcome...

Yes, yes, we realize we're jumping on a bandwagon....but come on, it's just so much fun! How else can you turn yourself or your family into instant celebrities?! Or make everyone else think you have a perfect life...

Anyway, welcome to our newest addition! It doesn't cry or need attention. And no diaper changing. Whatever we tell it to do, it does (until the computer crashes). And we can sleep in on Saturday.

Well, life is good. We live in Connnecticut. You know, the place about which Glenn Close's character in the Stepford Wives said, "Where in America could a whole town of robots go unnoticed? Connecticut!"

Allan is working as a Landscape Designer and Corinne is working as a Singer/Dancer/Actress! We have the greatest church ward this side of the Mississippi - lots of big active families and our chapel is only 2 miles away. Allan serves as the 11 year old primary teacher and Blazer leader, and Corinne is the YW Personal Progress Leader. There are hundreds of young people in our ward, so it's busy!

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The parade!

The parade!
There is a big balloon parade put on by UBS, and they set everything up just outside our balcony -- cool!

The big parade

The big parade
Corinne getting some new friends in Connecticut.

Trip to Washington DC Aug 2007

Trip to Kauai May 2006