Mem

We have suffered another loss this past week. This is my memere, Jackie and she passed away on October 29 after a battle with stomach cancer. She was diagnosed this past February and tried to beat it with everything she had. She was quite a gal. For any of you who met her, you know she did not dance around things. She would tell you like it is, if you liked it or not. She loved to dance, sew, any kind of craft she could get her hands on and she owned any "new" thing on the market to fix stuff. She enjoyed old music, big band, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra to name a few. She was also the lonely Yankee fan in the family and we never let her forget it. We know she has been cursing since her passing since the Sox won the World Series or maybe she made it happen to give us all a reason to smile that day. She passed away with peace in the company of her family. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her and she will be remembered always with a smile.

and the fall arrives....

i think this is my MOST FAVORITE of max yet. it is totally him!!!!

well fall has definitely arrived this past week or two. its been about 60-70ish, still nice bit getting that chill. the leaves are changing which is a beautiful thing to witness and halloween is coming. max and i went to a farm recently and did the pumpkin picking and hay-riding thing. it was cool. we got to spend the day with mom, bri and meghan and jennifer (some of the kids bri babysits for). here are some shots

me and max ( yeah, i cut my hair AGAIN)
mem and max

bri and "the girls" jennifer and meghan

last weekends of summer

well we are winding down the summer but we have definitely taken advantage of the great weather we have had the past few weekends. here is a look at some of the fun... hope everyone had a great summer, the xmas countdown is on-i'm sure mom will have her little calendar going any day now!!!!

we were able to spend a day with paula, ted, lex and cam and had opportunity to meet mr. vincent pinnetti. he is the cutie above that happens to belong to my old friend mike and his wife jess. it was great seeing them and hopefully we will be seeing more of them soon.

mark, max and i have been able to spend some time just relaxing which has been awesome. we spent the day at horseneck beach last weekend. max is loving the waves this year and can finally sit long enough to play in the sand, although forget about a sand castle- he can't resist the urge to squash 'em.

another night spent with old friends was this past week with burgo. as you can see max enjoys his company as well. if any of you know burgo-you know this picture was not easy to get.

we also had a labor day cookout with the fam. this first picture is of my sister-in-law mel and evan. she has yet to appear on the blog and i have not heard the end of it so HERE SHE IS!! are you happy now, mel? just kidding!

here's jeffrey practicing his shot...

my father-in-law manny with max (making sure he doesn't get a sun burn while riding his bike)

just us trying to get a nice family shot-max didn't feel like sitting still (as usual), so here it is! today was a quiet day on the home front, just the 3 of us which was pretty nice. there was alot of car washing and waxing and a bit of shenanigans.

Max is 3!!

here's the birthday boy.... he actually enjoyed a birthday weekend of sorts being his birthday and party were a couple of days apart. he didn't believe it was his birthday until he saw cake and presents. on his actual birthday, he was quite offended when given birthday wishes and kisses and would say, " it's not my birthday YET!" i think it is safe to say he had a good time at his party though, we had pool action, bouncy jumper (which nana even played in), pinata smashing... with max being 3, he is quite the character, he has started to become a bit of a parrot so we have to REALLY watch what we say, one of his favorite phrases these days is "your killing me" which happens to be something i tell him all the time. he is non stop action from morning until night, i think he could exhaust an army. well here a couple of shots from the day, mostly courtesy of my brother-in-law jeff and ted. (thank you guys for grabbing my camera for me)

bek, kerry and katie ( hope you like the picture katie!)auntie nana and auntie poler,(as max calls them) with mark and his newest addition-his goateeted in front of the camera, for a changedad playing washer toss with ken, mom and paulathis is sammy, neil and jenn's littlest one, such a cutie!!!!we were as tall as ted for all of a minute...and of course, paula and i found some time to be us..... having a GOOD laugh!

a few randoms and an update

well it has been a bit since the last entry so i'll try to catch up on life. we are in the new house and getting there. just a few things to do in the next few weeks. in between we have been spending some days at mark's parents, by the pool, cookouts a plenty and a day at the beach w/ paula, ted, cam, lex and bri ( ted had the camera, check his site for some photos). anyway here a a couple of random shots from different things we have been up to. max has FINALLY started sitting still for pictures. brandy, he might be ready for a shoot!?!? so there a few of him with whoever grabbed him as he bolted by. fozy bear showed up as a surprise guest on moving day. we didn't realize he thought he was on a float the whole ride.
max and his auntie bri and his uncle bub...

this is my nephew evan. he doesn't like pictures( just in case you didn't pick that up) and that is mark's cousin bek in the background. here is the first slip-n-slide experience. he did not quite get it the first time around. he is getting better at it
a day at the pool. after a few minutes the little maniac was attempting to jump in by himself.

max and his nana

this was taken on father's day...
max has recently discovered how great his auntie "poler" is. they got to spend some quality time together on one of her visits. he has not stopped asking about her since.
and here is the latest installment of the adventures of mad max.....