christmas dinner in the city

marshmallow snowman

vegan marshmallow snowman cupcakes made with our nephews in columbus

our tree

our tree came from the corner of broadway & 104th street

thanksgiving day parade

it has always been my dream to go to the macy's thanksgiving day parade. this year, we finally went! heath's family came for to visit and we all (excluding heath and mckenzie) got up early, stopped at starbucks and mcdonalds and stood in a crowd along with millions of others. it was so much fun & i'm so glad i had the opportunity to go!!!

105 & broadway

saturday in the park

mckenzie and his friend adam came to visit this weekend...these are some pics from a pumpkin festival in central park. they were supposed to show 'the nightmare before christmas' outside near belvedere castle tonight, but it's raining and very windy here, so we're all four cuddled up watching a movie and eating mexican at home :)

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1940s motorcycle

two cory pics of heath and i that i love

weekend in mystic, connecticut

this is our dream house! someday we'd love to build one like this...in a completely sustainable and environmentally sound way :)

bottles from an old apothecary

heath's parents and their friends from high school

the wedding

a few pics of the wedding...hopefully more to come soon.

heath and j

i love this picture!

my friend heather and i

this dress was jay's grandmother's from prom!

gotta love cory!!! he was our wedding photographer as well.

back in the states

we came back for a wedding...our good friends jay and jen. jay is, well, obsessed with war memorabilia. he collects everything and even does reenactments for fun :) these are some pics from the night before the wedding, a 1940s themed cookout at their house near columbus.

the bride and i...isn't her hair great?!?!

vintage style tents

jay's reenactment friends presented him with a ball and chain that actually said 'jen' on it

this is their garage, and only a very small portion of it...and it wasn't just this way for the wedding, it's like this all the time!

he has three of these that i counted, but he could be hiding more of them somewhere

i worked very hard on my hair!

provence & the french riviera

here is our route over 4 days

the pope's palace in avignon

our lovely bed and breakfast in luberon...

where they just started harvesting the grapes

monaco

one of the many beautiful sites along the coast

we went back to the same b&b in luberon b/c it is so genuinely provence...the atmosphere and the design. then we spent some time with my cousins in toulon and made our way through the riviera. we hit almost every spot...monaco, st jean cap ferrat, nice, cannes, antibes, st tropez. driving along the coast was absolutely beautiful. it's surprising that they acutally have areas where the soil is orange, very similar to sedona, not what i was expecting at all. the towns were so charming and inviting, i'd love to go back when it's warm enough to swim!