Memorial Day & A Wedding

On perhaps the most "trafficky" weekend of the year, my family decided it would be clever to drive up to Papa's house at the Lake on Thursday night and stay until Sunday morning since we were attending my cousin Don's wedding on Sunday afternoon/evening. As usual we got in the car on Sunday later than we wanted to so we got to Matt's mother's house just in time to drop off Eva to hang with Grandma for the day and rush back to my parents' house to get dressed for the wedding. Don and Jen got married in Morristown at a beautiful church right in the middle of the green and then it was off to Mountain Lakes for the reception. We had a great time at the wedding. And nobody drank a thing (hehe)!

Eva's House is Nicer than Ours

Here are some pics of Eva in her backyard mansion. I swear this house is nicer than ours!

Finally, A Weekend at Home - Sort of!

Matt and I have been looking forward to this weekend because we knew that we would be spending the weekend at home. We just got back from Seattle and we weren't going to PA this weekend. So, our relaxing weekend at home....NOT! Friday night Matt went out with friends to celebrate his fraternity brother's birthday - not making me jealous though since he had to brave the monsoon weather! On Saturday we woke up to the most beautiful day! The weather was gorgeous!!! We made the most of our afternoon by going to the Greek Festival in New Brunswick with our neighbors/friends Jessie and Chuck and some of their friends. After a day filled with skinned knees (Eva) and gyros (Matt and I) - we were off to drop Eva at my best friend's house so she could wait for Grandma Cahill to get off work. Susan and Tom were gracious enough to let Eva hang there for a few hours before Matt's mother was finished working so that we could drive down to Philly for a party at my sister-in-law's house. After a fun night and too much sangria, we awoke Sunday morning to realize that the birthday party I kept thinking was sometime in the afternoon was in fact at 11:00 a.m.!!! Yikes - so off we hustled to get there. Too bad that is about the exact time that Eva naps. She did pretty well though and seemed to have a good time hanging out with the other kids at Julia's birthday party. Here is a photo of Eva enjoying some watermelon at the party!

Seattle Wedding Weekend

This past weekend we went to Seattle to celebrate my friend Jannine's wedding. I can't believe three years had passed since we graduated from law school and last saw each other! We landed in Seattle on Thursday and got to see Angie's adorable house!

On Thursday night we met up with Jannine and the rest of the wedding go-ers to watch the Mariners play at Safeco field.

Angie and I

Matt and I

Friday it was all about being a tourist and seeing Pike Place - and the fish were flying!

The ugly sucker is a Monkfish!

On Saturday, Jannine and Andy tied the knot!!

And then it was time to party.....Matt and I had an amazing time - so much so that it is a bit tempting to move!!! Regardless of whether we relocate I definitely think we will be spending more time in the Northwest!

Why I Love my Husband

Um, yes, "Matthew-son", that is a hamper lid! I just couldn't help putting this up here because it totally cracks me up! This is Matt going thru our gifts after our baby shower - he had just finished putting together the baby tub (which was evidently traumatizing)!

Who we Are

Here we are just before we turned our life upside down....

Here we are after.....

Blogging for Dummies

How I developed this blog:

Angie: You should have a blog!
Marguerite: I don't know, I'm not super good at these things.
Angie: Let's set up a page for you!
Marguerite: Um, I don't know.
Angie: Let me show you, this is SO easy!

So I dutifully logged in today (a mere 24 hours after getting home from Washington) to set up my page. Angie was right. It is very easy to set up a blog of your very own! I just typed in my e-mail address and clicked on page colors and settings. The part they don't tell you when you are choosing settings, though, is that the page gets rid of your color choices each time you pick a new layout - curses to that!! After trying out a few color schemes and layouts I felt prepared to begin!!

So now it is time to blog. I am suddenly speechless (those of you who know me realize that this is momentous!). How in the world do you blog? How do you begin? So I do like any good lawyer, I research! I proceed to read everything on Angie's page - and then I read her sisters' pages. One thing becomes clear to me - you can't actually copy your friend's page because we don't actually live the same life! So then I stare blankly at the computer screen and wait for something profound to come to me. This is what I got. Not so much profound - but at least something!