Darryl...Darryl...

Now that I have strawberry on your mind.....
Today Denise and I marked the beginning of our fruit and veggie picking season
by going to McQuesten Farm in Litchfield to pick strawberries...


Here's what we came home with....


We picked five pounds of the berries..and ate a whole bunch as we were picking too...


The season will continue with blueberries next, followed by raspberries, then squash and peppers and finally, in the fall, apples...

More to come....

WALL-E

I have always been a fan of Pixar movies.....They are movies that are not only good to look at, but are also always great stories...Denise and I went to see the new Pixar Movie "WALL-E" yesterday.....We both agreed that it was probably one of the best movies we've seen in a while......A great story and pure eye candy....

On the downside was the movie theater experience....Granted it was 2:00 in the afternoon on a hot summer day but there were a few too many kids who just didn't know to keep their mouths shut..now I can only blame the kids so much..I blame their parents more for not taking responsiblity....In addition, some people just don't understand that if there are a lot of empty seats in the theater you don't sit in the seats right in front of someone else...and Finally....if you are going out in public..try showering (we had to get up and move because of a particularly smelly family that came and sat down near us during the previews)...

All in all it was a good day....

Make your own Sundae....

Ever since Andrew started visiting upstate NY wth me, he has been intrigued by Stewarts and their Make Your Own Sundaes, mostly because we pass about 100 of the stores on the way to my parents house and because he has heard my mom talk about how she used to get a make your own sundae there when she was a kid. Plus, who doesn't love being in control of your own ice cream toppings? Since we were visitng my parents and keeping my mom company as she recovers from knee surgery, we thought we would finally take advantage of the make your own sundae and hit a Stewarts. 10pm on Thursday night was a nice treat...marshmallow, chocolate sauce, jimmies, nuts, rainbow sprinkles, carmel, buttersotch...all as much as you want...who needs the ice cream since it was buried underneath anyway? Andrew enjoyed it and went into an ice cream coma and it was the most my mom ate since she had gotten out of the hospital the day before...mmmmm...the start of a great ice cream season....

RIP... George Carlin

I'm sad....

Friday Night At Fenway!!!

As part of my birthday present Denise got us tickets to Friday night's red sox game vs. the St. Louis Cardinals..

The weather was schizophrenic that day..sunny and warm then rainy and cool then sunny and warm again.

We left New Hampshire and headed toward Boston...Of course we got stuck in friday afternoon traffic as we approached Beantown...


Our first stop was at El Pelon Taqueria...This is a great little Mexican place with outdoor seating just a few block from Fenway Park...




We then headed over to the game...The Red Sox were honoring the World Champion Boston Celtics as part of the pregame...We arrived just as the duckboats with the players were getting ready to enter the stadium....

We got to our seats and just as we sat down it started to pour..It did this for about 45 minutes or so.. We got totally soaked but we stayed there nonetheless.
Finally the Duckboats with the celtics came onto the field...




The rain subsided and a beautiful rainbow appeared over Fenway....The game finally started an hour and fifteen minutes late...



After standing in the rain for so long Denise never quite warmed up...
Here is a picture of us.. Notice she is bundled up...So much for it being the first day of summer..


The game itself was fun (albeit a little cold) ...However, the Sox struggled all night and left 11 men on base...The Cardinals prevailed 5-4...

Better late than never...

Our trip to New York last weekend prevented us from wishing our fathers a Happy Fathers Day...
Here's to our dads...

Uncle Andy change my diaper!!!!

After Denise suggested that I change Max's (my nephew) doody diaper he sang this song for me.....

Doogie Howser...

What do Andrew and Neil Patrick Harris have in common?...

No, they didn't both play a child doctor on TV, they both celebrated their 35th birthday yesterday, June 15th!!!

Happy Birthday Doogie and Andrew!!!!!

Hot afternoon at the movies...

Yesterday was the 4th day of rediculously hot weather...
It was 99 degrees by about 2 PM yesterday.
Denise had the day off and I was done with work..
What else is there to do on a sweltering day but go sit in an air
conditioned movie theater..

We checked out the movie listings and decided that we'd go to the same theater
but see different movies that happened to be showing at the same times.


Denise saw....


I saw...


We had a funny altercation with the kid selling us tickets...
He printed them out and said "one for Sex and the city" and started to hand it to Denise...As he was handing it to her, I said "Wait....that ticket is for me".... You should have seen the look on the poor kid's face...

On a final note... It was nice to get out of the heat. BUT....the theater was so cold I was miserable. I was glad I brought a sweatshirt. I used it to cover my legs and feet....

On a final final note.. We both thought our respective movies were just OK...

New IPODS and the Beach

Both Andrew and I treated ourselves to new IPOD Nanos before we left for St John and each of seemed to enjoy the combination of music and the most beautiful beaches in the world. Here are a few pictures of us combining sun, sand and the wonders of the IPOD!

Andrew at Cinnamon Bay (with a very cool sky in the background):


Me at Salomon Bay:


The question is: Who was listening to Bob Marley's "Bend Down Low" (as sung by The Ryan Montbleau Band) and who was listening to CopaCabana by Barry Manillow? Tough question, I know...

Henry the Talking Gnome...

on the ferry to St John



it's amazing he didn't get thrown overboard by Andrew

For Dave and Nina...

More pics...

Here's a few more pictures from our own camera:

5-25-08
including my favorite taken by Peter Bergang (semi-professional photographer and my new father in law):

Alexander Jacob Tahl 6/5/08

Our nephew born this afteroon at around 3:45 P.M.
Both mother and baby are doing great......

Our wedding slideshow....

5-25-08

These pictures were taken by Sage Crown Parker (wedding photographer) we will continue to add additional pictures in the future!

Enjoy!!!!!!!!

5-25-08 (We tied the knot)

We are working on putting our pictures from the wedding online for everyone to see.....In the meantime here are some pictures taken by our photographer (Sage Parker)....In between laundry and everything else we need to do to immerse back into the real world we will be posting tales and pictures from our island getaway....

May 25th, 2008 was a perfect day for our wedding....The weather couldn't have been better...neither could the scenery...as you can see......

It was great to have our families there(minus the Tahls)....


and...here comes the bride....


The Nuptials...(I do!!!!)


Mazel Tov (yes I had to put my shoes on to do this...and by the way it was a lightbulb not a glass...)


The post ceremonial sunset......the million dollar shot...



More to come...visit us again soon.....

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand We're Back!!!!!!

Greetings from NH....We're back from the islands....

Yes we are officially married....