We spent the weekend at a beach mansion in Rhode Island for my cousin Maureen’s wedding.  It was a wonderful weekend and we couldn’t be happier for the newlyweds.  Congrats Maureen and Pat!

The radiant mother of the bride waiting for the bride’s appearance, followed by a proud father of the bride and the beautiful bride.

The last time my mom was visiting, I nabbed all the pictures off her camera to back up on our external hard drive. Today I decided to actually look through the pictures and found this cruel form of dog torture.  Also it should be noted that this is my old baby blanket, and now Kaya’s blanket.  Not sure how Marty ended up having a photo shoot with it.

Halloween is a big favorite in the Rose house. This year Kaya got to have two Halloweens: one at school and one at home (mainly because the school had a very strict list of costume requirements and we needed something warm and durable).  At school, she went as a little monster.

And at home, we did an Alice in Wonderland theme.  Kaya liked trick or treating, although she missed some of the point and thought it was very fun to take candy out of her bag and give it to people when they opened the front door.  Nevertheless, we have enough candy at home to make us sick for a month.  Twizzler anyone?

Just some early morning reading at the Rose house.

So, we’ve been misplacing things lately. Most notably, we have lost two credit cards and a therapeutic wrist brace. We’ve looked everywhere and they are nowhere to be found. Very strange.

This morning, I think we cracked the case. We noticed that Kaya has learned to use the foot-activated trashcan in our kitchen. Also, she thinks its a game and she likes playing it!

Nothing better than some grilled burgers to close out an awesome weekend of birthday parties, state fair midway games and catching up on sleep. Thanks Tommy!

This past week, the Testive team descended on Durham for the week.  Gooooo testive!

My new motivation technique. That orange bar has a long way to go.

It’s Halloween at the Rose house!