4th of july in hamden, CT

yes, i know it's mid-august... but i am still catching up on my posts. here are some photos of fireworks in hamden, CT where we live. it was a good sized crowd and the fireworks were very impressive for our little town!!!

please notice how short my hair is!!!

eddie & sarah...mike's co-workers

the vast multitudes


my babe

we're representing

this is ellie...eddie's daughter

san antonio AAPA conference

here are some long overdue pictures from the AAPA conference in san antonio, TX it was so much fun to reunite with my PA friends and have a great time learning and having a great time going out together

margaritas, salsa and chips were a key feature and a daily activity of the trip

these are the girls i roomed with catherine, autumn and brooke

brooke and i

molly, brooke and i

the alamo

riverboat cruise

rosie, me and brooke

this was one of our favorite bars...a dueling piano bar...the musicians were amazing and knew every song you could think of it was called " howl at the moon" i think...good times



san antonio is known for its riverwalk...which is basically a downtown along the river...all the restaurants shopping and bars are along this river which you can also do a river cruise on and then the city is just above you...pretty cool!

here we are gaining some knowledge at one of the lectures

QU reunion reception with one of our favorite QU staff John McNab

the riverwalk

my fellow CEMS PA co-workers matt and tom

strom visit

it was so fun to visit with the stroms and condaps. all the kids are getting so big and they are so much fun!!! thanks erin and jim for letting us crash at your place and enjoy your beach and snack bar!
kira is such a good reader...way to go kira!!!

this little one i could just squeeze to death..how cute is this face?

best friends since high school....i love this crazy redhead
caleb had just woken up from a nap and was not too crazy about taking pictures

kira took this photo of us...very nice

update

ok, so i have been a major slacker on posting things. things are great...work is good...busy and stressful but good. the stroms recently were in town to visit in new hampshire so we spent a couple of days with them and the condaps. we also had a geat time visiting cape cod and camping the last 5 or 6 days. just me and mike were able to get away and relax. cape cod is beautiful and the beaches were really nice. mike and i were both impressed with how "florida-like" the beaches were. i will soon post pictures. mike is still working as a recreational director and i am working in the ER as a PA. mike is also leading the youth group "underground" at our church so that's been pretty cool. i also went on a trip to san antonio texas in may for a work conference. however, i went with 3 other good PA friends and we had a great time learning and playing. not much else is new....just enjoying the summer!

these are pics of us on a date...we had ice cream and then went for a hike and if you notice i cut my hair off!!!! i usually have pretty long hair but on my last visit to FL for abbie's baby shower i got quite the haircut :)

Mexican Fiesta

here's mike and i out at a mexican restaurant for "date night" since my schedule is so crazy and i work a lot of evening shifts, mike and i are attempting to plan date nights so we can see each other more often and just have some fun together!!!!

yummy margarita!!!