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OPC - Day 19 "Something Orange"

Thumbs down to the New England autumn rain because I had totally planned on photographing some of the beautiful orange leaves on the trees around our apartment. Since I figured the downpour wouldn't be good for my camera or iPhone I went roaming around the house looking for something orange...repeat pattern of what I did for Day 11 "Something Blue" . If we were even remotely prepared for Halloween it would have been a no brainer...candy corn, pumpkins, etc. but no such luck. So I tried numerous shots but nothing was working until Jace jokingly told me to take a picture of his SLP hockey jacket. I thought "lame"...and then I thought "hmm...wait...maybe not the jacket but he does have an old high school hockey jersey in the closet"...and voila! My something "orange" (disregard the white & black)... Go Orioles! Shot with my iPhone (because I left my good camera on all night last night...battery = drained)

Mites Hockey & Healthy Bean Dip...A Winning Combo

Hi all!!  It's been a few weeks since I've blogged and I was beginning to go through withdrawals so here I am with a little random post.  Honestly not too much going on around here besides just hoping these Braxton-Hicks contractions will soon turn into the real deal...  In the meantime, our days/nights have been filled with lots of QT with our couches and the NCAA tournament - can't complain about that at all! So, you're probably wondering what in the world the title of this blog is all about...let me explain. Jace and I went up to Concord, NH yesterday to watch our good friends' Lee & Kevin Marcoux's kids play in their Mites hockey tournament.  Two brothers (Jake & Brendan) on the same team with a bunch of 5 to 9-year olds...ADORABLE!  They get these super focused faces, sticks firmly planted on the ice and then SKATE, SKATE, SKATE, ooops, tripped by the red line (or their own feet)...makes me want to just pack up shop and move to MN so we can be re...