Spring 2008

Two Pieces of Pizza and a Glorious Walk

Welcoming Spring with a nice walk to the pizzeria on a warm Wednesday evening. We enjoyed looking at all the crocuses and daffodils flowers and collecting monkey balls. The pizza was real good too. We all walked back to Aunt Jenny and Uncle Troy's house where we greeted Uncle Troy while on the front porch as he pulled up the mountain. We made cat houses and forts, drank some wine and had a nice dinner. I so love having my sister, Jill, Nate, Stella and Silas in Philadelphia. Photos from our walk:

Happy Easter - 2008

On Easter Sunday Troy and I had family and friends over for a great feast!


Yasemin, Bill, Troy, Alex and Pam


Grandma Martinelli's Easter Bread I made:


Wyatt and me being cheesy!

Frida Kahlo Exhibit

This weekend Troy and I with his family (Uncle Paul & Larry, Jason & Shelley, Bill Chrissie & Wyatt) went to the Frida Kahlo Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art -
"Organized in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth, Frida Kahlo is the first major Kahlo exhibition in the United States in nearly fifteen years. It presents over forty of the artist's most important self-portraits, still lifes, and portraits from the beginning of her career in 1926 until her death in 1954. Rendered in vivid colors and realistic detail, Kahlo's jewel-like paintings are filled with complex symbolism, often relating to specific incidents in her life. In her iconic self-portraits the artist continually reinvented herself. Paintings like The Two Kahlos (1939) demonstrate her penchant for self-examination, and works like Henry Ford Hospital (1932) and The Broken Column (1944) express her struggles with illness throughout her life."



Downtown

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here are a few fuzzy phone pics of us celebrating last night!

Three years ago today Troy and I met!

Slate and Finzel Update

More Diningroom Before-and-after

My Aunt Kathy was asking to see the doorway Troy opened between the diningroom and kitchen.
Before:

After:


During Contruction:

Erin's Wedding Shower

Erin is my cousin, the oldest child of my Aunt Laney, who is one of my Dad's sister.



We think it is pretty cool we are getting married in the same year! Erin's wedding date is May 10th in INDY.


Here is my Mom and Aunt Patty, who is also my Dad's sister, having tea and scones.


more pics to come...

Troy's New Art Addiction

http://www.siddickens.com/en/index.php

He has bought the following to start a display in our diningroom.

Wedding Soup

I have been wanting to learn how to make wedding soup for some time now. My sister-in-law-to-be Shelley makes WONDERFUL wedding soup and her soup has definitely been an influence in my want to learn. I knew a lot of love went in to rolling each of those meatballs and now I know first hand. With the help of my new Giada cook book (given to me for my birthday from Jill) I made some pretty delicious wedding soup!


A lot of meat balls made with love


Mangia!!!!

Niece and Nephews

We are proud to be Aunt Jenny and Uncle Troy to Stella (3.5 yrs old), Wyatt (2.5 yrs old) and Silas (1.5 yrs old). On Saturday we took the kids to hike in Valley Forge and back to our house for naps, dinner, play time, bath time, book time and bedtime! My Mom and Don surprised us for the day and we celebrated Nathan's Birthday! All the kids got along famously and it couldn't have been a better day.