the BIG birthday month celebration - week 1

it's that time of year again!
yep, the month i was born
and the time i do a lot of celebrating
and this year is a BIGGIE
a milestone, one might say
feel free to go back to past septembers and see what how i've celebrated in the past

so - here's the start of this year's celebration

day 1 - i was in kansas city for a wedding over the weekend and my sister, niece and nephews surprised me and come up to see me with my mom.  my sister made the mistake in letting me pick what i wanted to do - anything.  sean won't see scary movies with me so i made them go see the conjuring with me.

day 2 - got to hang out with my brother's family in kansas city.  we had a picnic lunch at the park.

day 3 - this was an early morning of traveling to dallas for work so it was a low-key night of catching up on trash tv

day 4 - since i was in dallas i took advantage and meet up with my peeps at a restaurant we hadn't tried before.  they even brought cupcakes that the waitress brought out with candles lit and all!

day 5 - did a little pampering with a mani/pedi

day 6 - this was a late night of traveling but took some time to read a book for fun and i was met at the airport by my husband when i arrived back to town!

i know that's not really a week but day 7 really goes with 8 so i'm saving that for the next post!
you'll just have to come back to hear how my husband spoils me...

oh what an evening

i really wish i knew how to take pictures of the evening sky
this is my weak attempt

we had such an amazing time watching the recent meteor shower
and full moon
yet i can't share them with you

fishermen

one of the great things about where we live in maine
is all the other people on the lake with us
there are some really great people here

meet our resident fisherman...and his son

they can be found out fishing every evening, weather permitting
when we're out for our evening cruise they tell us how they're biting

and sean always mentions how he wishes he would fish
and i tell him if he does...and cleans it...i'll cook it up

and still not a single fish
maybe some day...

bath

no, my blog didn't just turn x-rated
we took a day trip
to explore a new city - bath, maine

it's such a cute little town with some great shops

we really enjoy taking road trips and exploring new places
especially when the weather is so nice and we can put the top of the jeep down

you just never know what you'll pass on the roads of maine

that's what makes it so exciting...and unique

we also found a great spot for lunch
in trevett, maine

it's the post office, store, restaurant and wholesale lobster place

with a great view

it's right near barter island
and bonus - a movie was filmed there
in the bedroom
which i haven't seen yet but plan to now

anniversary wine dinner

we made it!
4 whole years!
i think that means we're on our way to a lifetime!
we celebrated this year by hosting a second annual wine dinner with our maine friends

i planned (thanks julia for the ideas) and cooked the meal
we had a wine guy pair the wines with the menu

no, those are not tomatoes...

i didn't get a picture of the main course
we wanted to have it on the dock but mother nature didn't cooperate
so thanks to some very kind neighbors we had it in one of their cabins
while i was busy photo bombing

sean was in contemplation
i'm sure it was about trying to figure out how lucky he is to have me  ;)

i'm already ready to plan next years dinner - with a beer option...

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thanks to amy d for taking pictures or allowing someone else to take pictures with her camera

more baby eagle

i had to go out of town for work for a couple of days
while i was gone sean had a lot of fun taking pictures

of the baby eagles

they are putting on quite a show this year

and they love to perch just about anywhere

he also told me a story about it losing it's footing and sliding down the neighbors slide

and did you know they can do the breast stroke?
i wouldn't believe it either if i hadn't seen it with my own eye!

one of the babies dropped his fish and then fell into the water going after it
and then proceeded to literally swim back to shore

we couldn't stop laughing at the site...

our only visitors

it's been a slow summer
we've only had 2 visitors

one is an annual guest
the other hadn't been up since the wedding

so we got to do some of the first timer things again

you know, lobsters, candlepin bowling, more lobster
we also took a trip to deer isle

you may remember i went there last year with my niece

it was very overcast but the temp was great

we had a little picnic overlooking a lighthouse

and looked around at some little shops

plan to keep this little spot on the rotation of taking guests to