Thursday, October 29, 2009

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!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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

Monday, October 26, 2009

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!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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





Monday, October 19, 2009

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










Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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!