Happy 90th Birthday, Papa!

July 14, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Happy Birthday to our Papa! He turns 90 today and is still going strong!  Yes, the big NINE – 0!

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Papa is our Mom’s father and Milly’s husband!

PapaBirthday2 ^^ Here is Emily and Allison on one of their trips with Papa and Milly!  They would always go on adventures in their motor home.  Papa took us camping, taught us how to fish, took us on motorcycle rides and more!

PapaBirthday7^^And here is little Caroline with Papa!

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^^ Papa was a Sailor in the Navy and Milly was in the Army when they met!  They got married and had 5 kids!

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We love you, Papa!!  We wish we could be there to celebrate with you!  Hope you have a fun day full of love and cake!

P.S. You don’t look a day over 60!  We hope we got those genes!

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Apple Galette – Easy as pie!

July 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment

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All the girls at Milly & Grace are obsessed with this new cookbook, “the forest feast”.  We sell it at the store, and we have to say, it is one of the most beautiful cookbooks we’ve seen.  On my day off, I decided to try out one of the recipes and bring it into the girls for a treat!  I have always wanted to make a galette so I decided to test out their Apple & Honey Galette… and let me tell you, it was easy as pie!!  A galette is a free form pie and it was easier than making an actual pie!  You could put any fruit in your galette! You could even make a savory galette with tomatoes, pesto and fresh mozzarella!  But let’s not get ahead of ourselves… Scroll down for the Apple Galette Recipe courtesy of The Forest Feast Cookbook!

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AppleGaletteInstructionsTips: 1. I cut the rind off of the brie.  2. You can use any nuts – walnuts, pecans or almonds!  I might try pecans next time (they are my favorite!).  I also might try toasting the nuts in a pan before.

OMG! THEY HAVE A BLOG!!  I just googled them.  It’s amazing.  You must visit!  You’ll want to eat your computer screen!  Everything on there is so inspired and fresh and delicious! Check it out…  The Forest Feast Blog

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Same Page Monday

July 7, 2014 By 2 Comments

Same Page Mondays are all about random/need to know information I feel like I need to share so we are all on the same page.

1. Caroline needs everyone’s help. She keeps on going back and forth on a very serious and important decision.  Bangs or No Bangs.  WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!  Caroline has been having a major case of  bangitis… this is what she has been going through. 

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2.  The 5th of July totally felt like we were in the movie Groundhog Day.  Thanks to Hurricane Arthur, Nantucket celebrated the 4th of July on the 4th and on the 5th!  For the past few years, Caroline has been participating in the annual Watermelon Eating Contest.  Last year she won her division (I teared up when she won) and this year she was back to defend her title.

Sadly, she was destroyed by a Watermelon Eating Machine.  The guy next to her must have been training for months because he had mad skills. He was doing this deep breathing thing before and then had this back and forth vacuum technique that I have never seen!  Watch the video here!  Caroline got third place!  We are still so proud of her!

3.  Yes, The World Cup is still going on.

4.  A cute, new coffee shop opened its doors on July 4th!  We are so excited for this little spot!  There is an amazing sense of community and warmth when you walk into the Handlebar Cafe.  The owners, Jason and Courtney, put so much thought and love into this place, and it shows!  There are places to sit in the back, Free Wifi, amazing coffee and treats, friendly staff and more!  If you are on island, you must stop in!

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5.  I have two kind of embarrassing confessions.  One – I have been secretly dying to see pictures from Jessica Simpson’s wedding that happened this past Saturday. (I know I can’t be the only one or the only one who was a huge Newlyweds fan.)  Two – I am secretly so excited for Nicole Richie’s new reality show, Candidly Nicole, that airs July 17th at 10pm on VH1.

6.  Wimbeldon is over.  Djokovic beat Federer.  I was really cheering for Roger to win.  I just love him.  He is such a nice guy…  I know from first hand experience.   I was one of his ball girls.  I was one of those little kids who ran around the court and squatted next to the net and caught the balls and rolled them down the court and bounced balls perfectly to the player when they were serving and brought over towels and water over to the players.  I was a ball girl at the Adidas International in Sydney, which is warm up tournament for the Australian Open.  I went through INTENSE try outs.  I was the only one out of my friends to make the cut.  (I really have amazing eye hand coordination.)  Anyways,  I was a ball girl for Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, Serena Williams, Andy Roddick AND Roger Federer.  He was the nicest.  He always said thank you and was very sweet to the ball boys and girls.  You’ll win the next one, Feddy!

7.  Sean Penn and Charlize Theron are still together. CharPenn is still going strong.  Photo taken today.

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Photo Credit: People.com

7.  That’s enough for today.  Please comment below on the bang thing.

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