christine visit, memorial day & house updates

lots of fun stuff to report on this morning, a misty tuesday morning after memorial day
and what a great weekend it was

Friday
christine arrived friday around 1:00
we went to the border cafe for lunch
then walked around fanueil hall/quincy market and the north end

we came home to relax for a bit and decide on plans for the night
there wasn't much else going on, so we decided on dinner at the charlie horse and then we'd stick around to watch Dick n Jane
so we got all dolled up, cute tank tops and whatnot...
only to get there and find out they wouldn't let christine in
because she's from out of state
and didn't have another form of ID with her birthday on it
well who the heck would?!?!
we were a bit pissed
and of course the bouncer was your typical power tripping muscle head
which made it worse

so we left...

went to christos for dinner
where christine almost ate the bread off another table because she was sooo hungry

but it ended up being fine
we both finally got back to an even keel
and headed home to change into pjs and relax


dan was home when we got there, so christine got to meet him
and all his sarcastic charm

we chilled with him that night
watched The Soup
played Friends and Family Guy Scene-it (on demand)
then started watching cheesey on demand dating ads
hysterical!!


Saturday

We were all up around 8 because Dan got up to head to the house
Christine and I relaxed a bit longer but then met him there shortly after
because, let's face it, after months (18 months to be exact) of build-up
Christine was dying to get over there!
I think its safe to say she loved it! She stood in the shower, mouth wide open
for at least 10 minutes :)
And she got a sneak peak at some of the new stuff Dan's working on









The diningroom table:

The newly painted bathroom door (inside of the bathroom, pocket door leading to the laundry room)

the hutch

--top--

--Dan's dad built this in high school

absolutely beautiful

although it was

a little tough to see before

with the school issued shellac

{and covered in dust}

right now its just stripped

but you can already tell

its going to be gorgeous

when Dan's through with it

---bottom---

and Dan painted the old singer sewing machines

which will become end tables

after that we hit the crop shop
spent some time browsing and then shopping
followed by lunch at panera

then home to scrap for awhile before heading to a cookout at mom's

christine got to meet the whole gang. mom, dad, gram, aunt milly, krissy, matt, will, terri, doug, even marie and derek mariani. we talked and laughed all evening. dan finally suggested playing cards, but by then it was 10p and since hand & foot takes 2 hours, everyone declined. gram offered him a game of double-solitaire as a consolation, but I guess she thought Dan was just kidding because he stuck around to play and she went home! we all had a good laugh about that one! he finally got home about an hour later (after hanging out with mom and dad), joined christine and i in some more chatter and then we all went to bed.

Sunday

sunday we had a lazy beginning of the day

which was really nice... watched clueless, drank iced coffee, watched funny things on you tube

and then sunday evening was spent at chris wilson's house. christine got to meet the whole gang. the boys played frisbee golf horseshoes and beer pong. shawn was on his usual winning streak and christine as his partner made the game far more interesting. they won for at least 3 hours in a row!!!!

and of course steve befriended christine as soon as she arrived

skipping to the keg -->

we did manage to take a nice picture of the two of us (only one, which is pathetic for us scrapbookers), but its better than nothing :)

we TRIED to get a nice one with dan, but he was already very far into the silly zone, so cross-eyed was as good as it was getting

yep, christine fit right in.

this was sitting by the fire towards the end of the night during the 1 game christine and shawn actually had to sit out because they'd lost.

boo hoo!

and in a last ditch attempt to get some pictures of us {to scrap} we got silly when we pulled into the apartment around 1:15am!

yep, clearly we had a blast!!

i can't believe the weekend went by soo fast

monday morning i dropped christine off at the train

did laundry and got my walk in before going to matt & krissy's memorial day cookout

it was in the 70s until it cooled off in the afternoon

and we basically spent the day passing babies around

first will, obviously... he's just about walking!!

and then riley was there for awhile

then jen and matt brought the boys over, so we passed benjamin around.

all so cute and cuddly.

pictures soon