1st Anniversary!

Happy 1st anniversary to the best friend and husband a girl could ask for - it's been one fast and amazing year and I can't wait to see what the next 75 bring!

Nantucket

I was lucky enough to cash in on a free mini vacation by visiting my parents, Kate, Joey and Ben at their rental house on Nantucket for a few days. I think I need to win the lottery so I can buy a house down there. The weather was great, we were walking distance to town, had dinner out by the water, played at the beach and enjoyed checking out Cisco Brewery. I want to go back!

Settling into Suburbia...

Although we still have a couple of unpacked boxes, endless furniture to buy and pictures to hang we're settling into the new house wonderfully! I am absolutely loving being out in the suburbs and feel much more calm and happy now that I don't have the city buzzing about me constantly. Tucker and I had our first Concord "date night" at 80 Thoreau Friday and it was great! I have a feeling it will be our new favorite special occasion spot!

Saturday I was off to Brookline to celebrate Lyndsey and DL's soon to be bundle of joy at Noel's house. I unfortunately didn't get any pictures from the shower but it was so great to catch up with the wine club ladies! Can't wait to see what the Lyndsey ends up having! After that shower I headed to Erin and Matt's to see their new house in Milton and meet their 3 month old, Ryan. Most of the Southie girls were in attendance - Ben and Emmy stole the show - here are the some pictures to prove it!

Kate, Joey and Ben came out to Carlisle for a sleepover after all of the baby celebrations. Sunday we woke and decided to go "look" at cars and came home with a 2009 Volvo XC90 - we are officially suburbianites! To celebrate we made some lobster at home and called it a night!

hot night, summer in the city

Sorry I've been a terrible blogger and sorry there are no new house pictures - we'll get some up once the boxes are unpacked! We just spent most of our weekend in New York City celebrating Jane and Ross with a few other Colgate friends.

The wedding spot, Liberty Wharf, in New York City was gorgeous! Unfortunately mother nature had other plans and something knocked out the electricity. No power meant no air conditioning in 90 plus degree heat - they got a generator up and running to help the band play and some flood lights to illuminate the room but that was it! Jane and Ross handled it like champs though and we all had a blast! Congrats guys!

moving day

There's been a serious lack of posts here which I'm going to blame on the fact that the camera is packed and we've both been way too crazed between work, my final, Tucker's business trip and packing to think about blogging. Last night I was able to have one last night on the roofdeck with some of my favorite ladies from Southie, complete with solo cups of champagne. Besides leaving Kate, Ben and Joey as neighbors, saying goodbye to the most amazing group of girlfriends one could ask for was tear jerking to say the least. I know we're not moving far but it will different not being able to call the girls for a walk around Castle Island, a glass of wine at Local or a quick trip to the beach. I wish we could all move to the same neighborhood for the rest of our lives. :-( Guess we'll just have to work harder to make plans. I'm so excited about the new adventure Tucker and I are about to embark on but sad to leave the wonderful little life we had for ourselves in the city. Goodbye Southie - it's been a blast!

white water rafting adventure

I am so behind on posts! A couple of weeks ago Sean, Christine, Wes, Jen, Ryan, Robin, Dana, Tyler, Tucker and I headed up WAY north in Maine to go white water rafting. I've been a few times before and loved it - thanks to our thrill seeking guide this time I may never go back. ;-) Let's just say my fear of drowing is amplified when my boat is tipped over and I am trapped beneath it. Other than some death defying (says me, not Tucker) boat flips the trip was wonderful! I highly recommend Magic Falls Rafting Company. We all stayed in a huge cabin on the property, ate delicious bbq and were bussed to a "local" bar for fireworks - thanks Sean for organizing! Our actual rafting picture hasn't arrived yet but here are some pictures of us hanging out in Maine.



More fun summer weekend posts coming up!

a very preppy Saturday

This past Saturday the Kelley/Brooks/Bailey clan packed up the cars and headed down to Newport for a delayed celebration of all of the exciting things happening in this group. The weather cooperated and we were able to have lunch overlooking Bannister's Wharf at the Cooke House, take a scenic tour around Ocean Drive and top the day off with a polo match.

Ben unfortunately seemed to enjoy climbing around inside the car more than watching the horses (he also has decided he hates having his picture taken) so this was the best photo I could get of his first polo match - at least he looks the part!