Finer Things Friday: Signs of Spring!

Finally...some sunshine and beautiful blooming around here!!

Our cherry blossom tree is right outside our dining room doors and our lilac bush outside our kitchen windows, so the fragrance wafting through our home on warm, windy days is unbelievable!! (Not so great for the allergies, but after an Advil Sinus, or two, we really enjoy the beautiful scents!! :) )

Hopefully, signs of good things to come!

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We had two visitors this morning.

(Am I seeing things, or does it look like he's sticking his tongue out at me??!! Fresh little thing!)

Keep going guys...nothing for you here!!

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Fine Weather!!

Please excuse my tardiness in posting my Finer Things Friday... spring break business!



Easter Morning...

Every Easter for as long as I can remember, we went down to the beach for the weekend. We would pack our Easter baskets, as well as our snowsuits, hats, gloves, and boots. It was always so cold! (The heat was always going, and I still remember the smell of the electric heat being used the first time of the year!!) Easter at the beach, a Finer Thing in my book!!

Well folks, not this year!!! It was 82° and sunny on Easter!! My daughter wore her sleeveless dress and we left the cardigan at home! We went to mass, (no sunrise service for us this year!! slackers...), then went out for brunch and quickly returned home so we could go on the beach!! It was absolutely beautiful! We got some much needed Vitamin D, and some color, and the kids played in the sand and the water until dusk! Then, at dusk, we had Papa's...I mean the Easter Bunny's... annual egg hunt on the beach.

The sun is setting at our egg hunt..

The next day was even hotter...a scorching 86°! Too bad Daddy had a baseball game and had to get home!!

We're home now from our little jaunt to the coast, but we were reveling in the beautiful, un-seasonal weather... as high as 88°!! I had to make a trip up to the attic to get some clothes for everyone! Alas, today we were quickly faced with reality, as it is 50°, and damp. Oh well, so much for the tease. We enjoyed it while it lasted!!

Pictures from last year's Easter here...

Happy Birthday To Me!!

Another birthday. Ugh. Well, it beat's the alternative, though...at least I'm vertical! (as my husband always jokes!) Today has been one of the best birthdays in a long time... everyone's healthy (aside from my becoming deaf in one ear). I'll take that any day rather than events of birthday's in the past. God knew I could not handle another one like that!

Instead...

Here's what I woke up to this morning... Snow Day!! My whole family is home with me today!!! I am a snow lover, so this is the greatest gift!! We're in for up to two feet here in the Northeast!! WOO HOO!!

Updated 2/26/10: Day two of our snow days! Everyone is home bound again! Loving every minute of it...playing games, baking, crafts (all in between power outages)... though since we've now gotten 3 feet of snow, it's actually too high to walk in, so we haven't been out much, except for the patio area that my husband keeps shoveling. The snowdrifts are 4ft+! Thank goodness for snowplow service!!

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Wedding Marathon Pic's...

Our weekend wedding marathon is over...

Both weddings were beautiful.

Here's the view from the cocktail hour of last night's wedding...

Tappan Zee Bridge, NY.

It was absolutely beautiful!!

Ps...I'll add more just as soon as I can figure out how to blur out faces...???

This Morning's Visitors

Take a look at our six uninvited and unwelcome guests. We had one hungry Mama and her five littles this morning...

Easter at the Beach

Easter at the beach with my family...definitely one of the Finest Things in Life!!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland...

Here are some pictures taken from our back porch here on our "three-acre slice of heaven"...