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holiday cards 2008
Here they are! The new 2008 Christmas card offerings. A little something for everyone, I hope.
The cards below can be printed on one sided photo paper (thru Rockville Camera as last year), but these are also offered this year as beautiful, high quality 5×7 press printed cards. They are printed on a semi-gloss or linen cardstock, double sided. Some of the cards can also be printed as folding cards (horizontal or vertical). All of the samples shown can be customized for color and wording.
Please see my holiday cards page for more details on pricing and ordering. There are also samples of some of last years templates that are available again this year.
A few samples:
Ab.(flat card. front/back)
Ac. (flat card. front/back)
Ad.(flat card. front/back)
Aa. (shown with 4 pictures. also available with one large picture instead of 4 smaller ones. flat card. front/back)
Ag. (can be used as a folding card. here are the front and back and then the inside spread)
Ae. (flat card. front/back)
Af. (can be used as a folding card. front and back shown and then inside spread.)
Aefold. (folding version. front and back shown first. then inside spread)
Adfold.(front/back shown first, then inside spread.)
Ba. (can be used as a folding card. front/back shown first, then inside spread)
Bb.(flat card. front/back with 3 photos. then front/back with one large photo).
Bc. (shown in with one picture or two picture option)
Bd. (flat card. front/back shown)
Bdfold. (front shown, then inside spread. back is the same as Bd above)
Be. (flat card. shown front/back. two options- one large photo or 4 smaller photos)
Bf. (flat card. shown with two options. three pictures across in one version, one picture vertically in the other version.)
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they’re going back….
(okay, I know you all know that awesome Staples commercial with the kids standing and staring in dismay at the wall of school supplies while the dad whizzzzzzes by on the shopping cart with the song "the most wonderful time of the year" playing in the background. Seriously, one of my all time favorite commercials. EVER. I crack up just thinking about it.)
Well, Jack & Patrick started their first day of 4TH GRADE (holy crap) today. They had a great day, loved their teachers (Patrick has the same teacher he had for Kindergarten) and were both so happy to see their friends. They got great kids in their classes, so that’s always a big indicator of how the year will go. Looks good so far.
I’ve been busy filling out paperwork, writing checks, and getting organized all for the first day of school. Everything seemed to run smoothly this morning here at home (although I had to wake everyone including Timmy up at 8am. I did NOT like setting the alarm clock. Nope. Not at all.) The boys were sporting new backpacks, new lunchboxes, and new clothes for their first day. Nice to see everyone and everthing all clean and shiny for the start of a hopefull clean and shiny school year.
Timmy had his first day back at OT and PT and he loved seeing his ‘teachers’ there. He totally konked out for about an hour nap- the poor kid was exhausted between me waking him up and going back to therapy. Wait til school starts for him next week, plus the PT and OT 2x a week. I think the nap may be making a brief return until he gets used to his busy schedule again.
The boys said they had a "great day" back at school. Looking forward to a fun 4th grade year! I can’t wait to see what they learn and how they grow. God, they’re big, huh?
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well, that’s a wrap
Summer is all done. It went way too fast (especially since I worked almost every weekend this summer so I missed a lot of beach time).
We had a great weekend- went out east on Saturday to Greenport (Coronet for lunch and yummy chocolate milkshakes which the boys demolished in 3 seconds flat and even Timmy liked, the duck store, the carousel) and then to the outlets in Riverhead for some boys clothes and shoes. Sunday and Monday at the beach where the weather was perfection but the flies were miserable. We stuck it out and stayed down there (and got eaten alive) but we had to suck the last seconds out of the summer.
Last before school pictures of the boys. We took a little fieldtrip to planting fields for some shots there. Can’t show you all of them as some might be xmas card material. Hope everyone had a great end of summer. Now it’s back to working every weekend for me until Christmas!
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the bridgehampton classic
So totally out of our realm of normal, but so fun and so great, and so glad we did it. My cousin-in-law Alex rides horses and is quite accomplished (not to mention just a great, sweet, beautiful person too). She and her horse Coastal rode in the Bridgehampton Classic this week in a few events. We went out on Thursday (her first day) to watch her jump competition.
She is so sweet and just dotes on the boys and asked them to help her get Coastal washed and ready for their event. They were more than excited to meet him and give him a bath. They had a lot of fun with the hose! After the horse sneezing incident (scroll down to the 3rd to last picture in the post) with their race horse, Timmy was more than happy to see the horse from a far distance. Far enough where there would be no snot.
After he was all clean and dry, it was time for Alex and Coastal to get dressed. We followed her over to the ring where her event was held. Watched all the riders/trainers/owners "walk the course". By now, the nervousness had really set in for Alex. The horse (who is 25 years old by the way) looked like he was about 5 seconds from dozing off. Alex said he always looks this way before an event- I thought maybe he was just saving up his energy for the jumping-I wasn’t so far off. We met up with John’s cousin Kevin who also is so good to the boys. Timmy really loved him and was willing to visit the horse upclose as long as Kevin was holding him.
Alex went 16th and did awesome! A totally clean ride (none of the rails knocked down- don’t I sound like I know what I’m talking about??!) and damn, that horse can fly!! He came out all kinds of pissed off and we heard Alex yelling "git" at him once or twice, but whatever it was- it worked. He was sooooo fast and jumped so high and it was so exciting to watch. Alex rocked and came in first place!!!! So glad we were there to see it and take pictures.
Doesn’t she look so proud?
See how great Alex is? She gave the boys a little ride on Coastal (who was a good, good boy and very sweet- especially if you had some treats) and they can’t wait to do it again. Timmy was in charge of carrying the first place ribbon. Eventually he relented and fed the horse one treat. He liked it but didn’t love the slobber so much. Must be residuals from the snot thing.
We all went out to dinner at Cliff’s Rendezvous (the same owner/food as the Elbow Room) and had a great night. Didn’t get home til around 10:30ish, Timmy passed out in the car around 10 and everyone had a great, great time.
I can’t wait to go to my next horse show. Oh, and Alex and Coastal got 2nd place on Friday, and 7th out of 72 on Saturday. But she told me Coastal had the fastest time on Saturday, but knocked down one rail on a jump. Not bad for a 25 year old guy, huh?
Took way more pictures than what’s posted above. If you’d like to see them all, check out the album on the left on the top of the blog.
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the tri 50th anniversary
There is no way this couple looks old enough to be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, right??! So, they were like, what…twelve when they got married?
They were a fabulous couple and had a wonderful family. The grandkids were all so sweet and good and nice and with one not even one year old and one going off to college- quite a spread between them. All the parents of these great kids were super nice and welcoming and just a pleasure to work with for a few hours in the afternoon.
The mass was lovely and the party was intimate (just the family) and fun (with the pool). Thanks for letting me share in your special day, Tri family! Hope you enjoy the pictures. All of them are in an album on the left.
