1 January


Y is for...Year


Me



I love you
Joe and I got married on 2 May, 2016.
At the Town Hall on this rather tiny sort of an island where we live. 


still laughing
I walked the beach one summer's day while Joe and the boys climbed a cliff
They waved to me from the top
 It looked like the YMCA song


winter wonderland
We didn't have a lot of snow in 2016
but we did have some beautiful sunsets



birthday
 my beautiful grandson, Verne
 born on 12 October, 2016


friends
a Saturday afternoon in bean-town

I was inspired
I went to the In Bloom Conference 
over the summer. It was held at the Antioch university campus
in Shelburne, Vermont, on the shores of Lake Champlain.
I was inspired to be a better teacher.
In March I started working at a new job
teaching toddlers at Bright Horizons at Beacon Hill.
I absolutely love it. 




spring fever
I happened upon some toadstools growing
along the forest path
I stopped and made a fairy castle wonderland. 


 travel or vacation
We went to a family reunion in June
and stayed in a great old air B & B.



summer days
We spent some time at the quarries again this summer.
This year even Joe jumped!


a day in my life
 28 February, 2016
My beautiful step-daughter, Ashley
passed away.



all smiles
Verne again!


autumn harvest
I walked Beacon Hill during my lunch break
every day during the Autumn this year.
It was so pretty.


family or home
In June this year we went to a family reunion.
There were about 135 people!



celebrate
We've spent an awful lot of time
celebrating the birth of sweet baby Verne


let's do it again
I went to Shakespeare in the park
with my beautiful daughter, Hannah.
I want to make it a yearly tradition. 



beautiful
My daughter Hannah when we went to see King Lear.
She looked like she could have been one of the actors.




holidays
I picked out our Christmas tree
myself this year. I got exactly the one I wanted and it looked really pretty.

my favorites
Still my very favorites
My daughters, Hannah and Bonnie



don't ever change
Did I mention that Joe and I got married in May?
Our love for one another will never change.

just because
We got a cat at the end of September!
Tucker Huckleberry Finn

hopes and dreams
These past few years seem to have been filled with quite a bit of loss.
My hopes and dreams for 2017 is that it will be a year
filled with joy and peace.
 






Comments

  1. Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Life31 December 2016 at 17:10

    Wishing you and your family a very happy New Year. Great photos!

    Brenda

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  2. Tamar SB2 January 2017 at 08:00

    Happy New Year! Hope you have a great year ahead.

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