big fish

James loves to fish whenever he can on the weekends or at night. He caught a five-pound bass! No one was around to take his picture with the fish, so he stuck his toes in. :) He sure gets excited about his catches. First he tells me and then as soon as he can, he tells his dad, but only louder than when he told me.

Gained a little weight...

As they say...Everything is bigger in Texas. I put on a little weight!


I JOKE....GOTTA LOVE THE IPHONE APPS!!!!!!

Oh well...

Even though the Red Sox stunk it up at the end of the season, we're still fans.

A Home Project

We have two chandelier contraptions in the kitchen with awful lampshades. I searched for new ones that would fit and that I liked. Impossible. Well impossible for a reasonable price. Finally, we bought plain white ones from Ikea for cheap, and I painted them to kind of match other lampshades we have. 5 are done. 6 more to go. Here's the before and after.
BEFORE
AFTER

Dragonboat Race

James recently participated in a Dragonboat Race for work. I believe it was a fundraiser for YMCA. Clara and I followed him to the race and had fun being outside.Clara and I enjoying the sunrise on the lake...waiting for the races to start.
James in his dragonboat.
The race!
Clara and Daddy during a break.
Massimo and Clara in her sun-blocking hat. Clara really likes Massimo. She was smiling at Nunuk or Victoria.

Three Babies

It's not easy sitting three baby girls down for a photo! I realized how little Clara is next to the other girls. The other girls are Ella and Martina (everyone calls her Tallulah). So cute.

The Girls

Our co-worker and her husband have a beautiful girl near Clara's age. We try to get them together so they can play.Clara is really excited.
Let's hold each other.
Clara likes Ella's hearing protection. She's temping Ella to scream as loud as she can.

Football Saturday

Clara was happy to relax and watch Penn State football. Really. Relaxed.

I remember this one time...

"I remember this one time..." is how James started story after story when he took Clara and I to a pond he fished at all the time when he was a kid. It was lovely to hear each story and imagine him as a kid biking all the way to the pond to fish all day. While we were there we saw a hawk or osprey and a koi. Of course the camera died before we saw the bird. Anyway, it was a special time for James to show his daughter his childhood pond and tell us stories.One of the fishing holes James had as a kid.
Remembering.