we have become fans of jerry remy’s down on the harbor in the city.
and, our family loves group hugs, whenever we can squeeze them in!
who is jerry remy? in a nutshell, he was a red sox second baseman starting in the late 70s, he is currently president of the red sox nation, and a red sox commentator for NESN, so obviously we are fans of the restaurant. {go sox!}
have you been to jerry’s?
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i was raised in a religion that is goal-happy. and whether this is what influenced me or not while i was growing up, i make goals like some people breathe. really. it’s a natural behavior for me.
i make goals before i wake up of what i want to accomplish by 9am, what needs to be done later that day, what i expect to do this week, this month, this year, etc etc. i think about these goals in my head, i write them on post-it notes, i type them into my phone… i even make goals for the other members of my family. they love that. {myla, you want to make your bed,
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this year was a great one! so many amazing memories, experiences and adventures. this post could be incredibly long if i were to name them ALL so instead i will just highlight a few…
{it’s still long so grab your favorite beverage of choice & enjoy…}
i happily turned thirty-five…
…the kiddo’s were sucker’s for valentine’s day!
i made these invitations…
for a very special girl who became a teenager, with a ♥ teen-y ♥ party!
one of my best craft projects of 2011 was definitely the famous-d-i-y-chandelier!
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after myla woke up to balloons on her birthday,
had chocolate cake for breakfast & opened her gifts.
she also chose her birthday activity for the day…
we had dinner here, then planned an evening to paint fenway park at the paint bar!
it was the perfect painting for our family!
we will now have a gallery of 6 fenways in our home!
this was husbands first time to paint! and he was such a good sport!
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if you are traveling with the rhodes family – specifically, me. there is a good chance i might convince a beach vendor to let us borrow eleven fedoras. then i might line you up, and ask you to march in a straight line across the sand. + a little booty shaking. in front of lots of people.
just so i can play with the pictures and create* something like this:
fedora par-tay!
…we just arrived home from our annual pilgrimage to mexico. ten days of family time, and relaxing – we are now ready to conquer what lies ahead! cheers to good friends, sunshine, and fedoras! do you travel over the holidays?
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our family has been traveling to mexico, on a regular basis for nine years. i’m guessing a dozen trips, split between mazatlan and cabo – and, our friends the Blands have gone on almost every one of those trips with us. it’s ideal with our kids all being such good friends. needless to say, mexico is truly a home away from home. for most of those nine years, we have done the same old things, on every trip. we’re in a south of the border rut.
however, this past trip we shook things up and tried a couple of new things… call us wild & crazy!
first, we ventured over to the gorgeous cabo marina, and we took an underwater adventure on the cabo submarine!
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