Happy Halloween!

Pic from a few weeks back when Peter & I went apple & pumpkin picking!

Trip to Vermont

This past weekend Peter & headed over to Vermont for a get together celebrating Lauren & Barrett's birthdays. Our initial plan was to rough it & sleep outdoors in a tent, but the weather was pretty lousy & there was a bed available to us, so how could we refuse the warmth of the indoors?!

Mike, KJ, Carlos, Ian & I

Leslye entertaining us with one of her stories

We had planned on going for a hike on Saturday, but due to inclement weather we had to revert to our backup plan. This plan included:

Stop #1. Dakin Farm where we were able to sample various cheeses, sausages, chutneys, other dips & things with maple.... I don't like maple flavored anything, so I stayed away from those. There we purchased smoked cheese with onion (very good!) & smoked chicken sausage w/apple. I had been wary of apple in my sausage, but it was actually quite tasty.

Stop #2. Lincoln Peak Vineyard were the boys enjoyed a wine tasting while the girls looked on. Here Peter purchased a bottle of Frontenac. (I have a rule about buying a bottle of wine whenever we have a tasting at a Vineyard.) He says it's good. We'll see.

Stop #3. Otter Creek Brewery is a place we had actually been to before. We visited there while in Vermont for Lauren & Barrett's wedding over 3 years ago. I'd recommend the Copper Ale which is what we drank for most of the weekend. I also enjoyed the Winter Ale which is Rasberry Brown, 'cause of course all you have to do is throw some raspberry in a beer & I'll enjoy it. I brought some of that home as well as a couple of bottles of the Pumpkin Ale. I would probably only drink one of the Pumpkin Ales before getting sick of it, but it was a nice change of pace.

So, that was our weekend, along with lots of games, a bonfire, wii & just hanging out. Lots of fun with friends & strangers!

Carlos & Peter demonstrating "Ba-cawk!" (a game Leslye learned in Guatamala)

KJ & Peter can't get enough of "Ba-cawk!"

My blog is now officially "caught up!" Chicky, Chicky, woof, woof!

Around the South Wedge

Peter & I have been exploring our new neighborhood & we've been encouraging others to do the same. Since we couldn't participate in Around the World this year we decided to host the first annual Around the South Wedge party! (We live in the area of Rochester know as The South Wedge. Feel free to click on the link to learn more about it!) So, what better way to show off our neighborhood then to do a little pub crawl! We started off at our house with desserts & continued on to Tap & Mallet, The Keg, Lux, and finally Caverly's. Fun was had by all! Luckily I captured some moments of the night on my Blackberry!

Not a cute pic of us, but see how we match?!

Cheeseburger shots: Let's just say the best part of these shots is the tequila- that's how gross they are. I stayed away!

Shot #1: Tequila. Shot #2: Bloody Mary Mix. Shot #3: Pickle Juice. Ewwww!

You can write on the wall in the bathroom, so I did.

Me & my cousin at the end of a long night

Muffin's Fun Fall Day!

Taking in the scenery

Trotting down the sidewalk

Soaking up the sun while rolling in the leaves

Taking a glimpse of what will soon be Peter's garden

And where was Hallie during all of this, you may ask....

Guarding the entrance to our new house...there's no way you're getting her outside!

More September!

Almost caught up....

The weekend following our wedding reception was the Third Annual Around the World Party. As always, fun was had by all!

Nothing like a little bratwurst in Germany

I made him pose like this in England

Peter's Party Foul

On our way to Mexico

The sombrero!

Daring to try to Czech cuisine

Newlyweds holding hands on their way to Belgium

Mmmmmm. Belgian waffles!

Once again we purchased season tickets to the Bills. Perhaps not our proudest investment, but don't we look like we're having fun?!

We also had time for a little driveway campfire at our new house!

Mmmmm, s'mores!

Evan requested his water in a glass like Peter was drinking out of.... lucky for him we have some classy plastic wine glasses!

September 2009 (Part 2) - Wedding Reception

Our wedding party (aka reception) was held at the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery in Buffalo, NY on Saturday, September 5th, 2009. Oh, what fun!

I was less than impressed with our photographer & have yet to receive my disk of pictures from her (she's got swine flu or something), so I've stolen these pics from various people...

In our formal gear

Me & Peter with Gramps

Mmmmm, cupcakes

The three of us have been posing like this for the past 30 years!

The Slowik cousins (for those who are counting, there are 9 missing)

Rogers cousins (for those of you counting there are 7 missing)

Me, Billie Jo & Donielle

Me & my pharmacy girls

Canisius crew representing!

My parents

Me & my dad

How cute we are

Sept 2009 (Part One) - Our Wedding Day!

I think it's necessary to devote an entire entry to our wedding...

The long awaited day finally arrived on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009. We were married on the lawn of the Belhurst Castle in Geneva, NY on Seneca Lake.

Dad giving me away

You may now kiss the bride...

With my cousin who made this all possible

August 2009

Park Ave Fest kicked off the month of August! This is when the alien & fur coat made their first appearance!

No, no one actually pain $1 for their picture with the alien

Me & the alien


The fur coat

My bachelorette party & me finally getting the job offer I'd been waiting for happened at the end of the month! Yeah!

Me & my mom at my bachelorette party

I can't even discuss this...

Some of the girls

Even my brother came out for some fun

Me, Leigh Ann & Jenny

Ridiculous!