A Wedding Weekend in Indianapolis

Sean and Kim got married on August 5th!  We did a (very) little bit of exploring downtown Indianapolis, but were busy most of the weekend with wedding festivities and dog sitting for Quinnie the Westie...



Who stole the show in the photo sessions :)



Josh cleaned up nicely in a tux (we'll pretend the tie isn't crooked in this photo...)!



Bridal party shot



Time to celebrate after the formal ceremony in a gorgeous old church!

The Big Apple

Robin is working on her MBA at University of Toronto and had a summer internship at Merrill Lynch in NYC, so I took a trip out to visit her and be a tourist.



After riding on the subway like true New Yorkers, we wandered around some of the cool old brownstones on the side streets:



Walked past the American Ballet Theater, which I've seen in lots of movies (we didn't actually go to a show though):



And did a lot of park hopping...



We visited the World Trade Center Memorial site:





Time Square:



Had brunch along the Hudson River:





And explored Central Park:

Celebrating the Fourth and One Year in ABQ!

Wow, who can believe we have been living in Albuquerque for over a year now?  Time has definitely flown by!  We spent the 4th of July weekend celebrating America and our 1 year anniversary in NM with a big group of friends at Navajo Lake.  After a little maneuvering with our entourage of off road vehicles down a big scary hill...



We found a pretty perfect camping spot!





It was a nice weekend for swimming and canoeing.





Bailey made a new friend and was super sweet with the 5 girls aged 9-12 on the camping trip (and she made her parents proud by being such a good girl)...



The sunsets in New Mexico are incredible, and even better over the water.



Can't wait for our next trip to this beautiful, peaceful gem!

The Windy City

Way back in June I got to go on a quick jaunt to Chicago for work.  The work part was pretty boring and made me happy not to be on the "behind the scenes" side of pharmaceutical research!  There was a dinner one night at the Zhou B Art Center, a modern art museum.  





Gotta say, it was interesting but I'm not sure I understood most of it!







Either way, it was a nice dinner with nice wine, so win-win in my book :)  The next day I had about 10 hours to explore and enjoy the city.  First I walked up the Magnificent Mile to Oak Street Beach.



Then I headed over to the Lincoln Park and the Zoo, which has free admission!



Seeing the animals in the zoo actually just made me really sad, so I took a picture with my statue gorilla friend instead of the real animals...



After all that walking, I was ready for some deep dish pizza!  I went to Pizzeria Uno, a place my dad used to go when he lived in Chicago in his early twenties.





After lunch I went back down to the Chicago River and walked out to Navy Pier.









That was a lot for one day but I'm glad I took advantage of my free trip and did some exploring!

Ruby Willow Stern!

Rewind two months because I'm so behind... early in May I got to go meet my brand new niece, Ruby Willow Stern!  She was born on April 11, and, in my completely unbiased opinion, is one of the cutest, sweetest babies ever!



My parents visited San Francisco at the same time I was there, so I got to spend Mother's Day with my mama and Ruby met her Bubbie and Zaydie for the first time.



Bubbie counting little toes...



Bonding with Zaydie...



One of my favs- touchdown!  (She's already a yellow jacket fan :)



Sweet snuggles with her beautiful mama:



And meeting the great-grandparents!



Such a great weekend with lots of sweet baby snuggles :)  And got to end it with a mother's day happy hour with my mom and Aunt Susan before flying back to Albuquerque...