We took the boys downtown to explore the freedom trail a bit. Eric wanted a picture of himself by that statue of Everett and I'm not sure why, but it makes me laugh when I see it.

No trip downtown is complete without a stop in the North End. We ate at one of our favorite places and had fun trying to get Andrew to eat that entire helping of lasagna.

Those crazy Wades sure know how to smile for the camera!

Eric and Andrew drove out for a visit. It was a trip filled with funny faces and lots of bad Wade jokes. We get it from our Dad.

Aside from lots of eating and playing old Nintendo video games, we did make it out of the house a few times. Our first adventure was to the DeCordova museum and sculpture park. Eric has been before and it's a favorite of his. Surprisingly lots of the outdoor sculpture had changed since the last time we had gone.


Brian and Eric got a little bit carried away with posing with this gigantic baby. Andrew pretty much refused to look so retarded. It may have something to do with the fact that they liked playing with the new camera.

Brian stole my high five idea. I did it but the photo didn't turn out probably because it was Eric's first attempt at using a digital camera.




Had to include the rare photo of both Brian and me.

We hadn't done anything to our 3rd bedroom for two years. We decided it was time to do something, so I thought a buckeye theme room would be cool. Scarlet and grey are the best colors.

I'm not sure Brian was on board at first, but he went along. Then when we were buying stuff to decorate the room, he got into it. I think finding the fun red chair was the turning point. Thanks to a new Ikea in Massachusetts finding all the right stuff was easy. (BTW, I found out the other day from my hairdresser that people from Massachusetts are called Massholes...how nice!)

Now I smile everytime I go into the room instead of frowning at all the junk that had piled up. We got this done just in time as Eric and Andrew are coming to visit this weekend.

What do you think? A little too much? Okay, I admit it...the Brutus pillow may be a bit much, but it was a gift and he just looks like he belongs there!

Tax free weekend is quite an ordeal around here in Massachusetts. It doesn't seem like a huge savings to me, but I think people like the idea of sticking it to the government. Our tax free purchase is this cute little camera. It was quite the process to get the right price, but after a sale price, 10% off coupon, gift card, rebate AND tax free...this baby was quite the bargin.

Who knew that Casio makes one of the best point and shoot digital camera?!?! We found it ranked #1 in PC Magazine's best digital list. AND a photographer that we really respect also highly recommends it. While everyone is looking at Nikons and Cannons, we were into this gem. It has some really great features, but I really like the size, picture quality and the fast start up time. I had an old point and shoot digital that doesn't even come close to this camera. While my Nikon SLR is for good quality photos, it's not always the easiest thing to tow around. This beauty fits in your pocket and has a great battery life. I'm in heaven. Hopefully it'll encourage me to take more pictures, which will only help this lame blog.

I told Brian he can be in charge of the Casio during our trip to Italy. Aren't I nice?

I'm not sure if it's a curse to be ranked #1 preseason, but it sure does feel nice. I'm talking about R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Can't believe football is almost here. I can't wait, it seems like it has been too long. Go BUCKEYES!