Meegan & Bobby’s Wedding Weekend

August 5th, 2012 by alex

The three of us had a lovely 4 day weekend and got to explore Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley. My dear friend from college in Durango, Meegan, got married to the equally as awesome Bobby. Page was the flower girl in the wedding. Thursday we arrived at the wedding location, Sunstone Winery and attended the rehearsal.

Page Alina happy as can be getting ready for the wedding rehearsal

The beautiful couple Meegan and Bobby

Dad looking extremely cute as usual

Joanne, Meegan’s Mom, made Page’s flower girl dress out of her own wedding dress. Her wedding dress was made by her Mom. It was really cool to see the generations come together and we were extremely proud that they chose Page to wear the dress.

Back of the dress, oh soooooo beautiful!

On Friday we ventured off to Santa Barbara. I have many fond moments of this place as it is where I would meet my Dad and brothers Cris and Cole every year for Thanksgiving. It was so fun to bring Page and Brendan here. Page loved the beach!

We made it back to Santa Ynez for dinner and dancing at the Firestone Vineyard.

Freckles!

The sunset was amazing!

 

 

Dad suggested ice cream when we got back to the hotel, the perfect solution to a good nights rest before the wedding!

 

Pep talk #1

 

The handsome groom, not nervous at all!

 

My beautiful little flower girl, a little nervous, I suspect…

 

Pep talk #2

 

Come on Dad, let’s be silly!

 

Princess 100%

 

The stunning bride

 

Mom walking Page down the aisle, it went well until this moment when she saw 100 eyes looking back at her. At that moment, Page said “Mama, Hugs!” and I carried her down the aisle…

 

Phew…

 

The best moment…

 

 

  1. Page you looked beautiful – a little Princess

    Comment by Anne Gibson — August 6, 2012 @ 3:14 am

  2. she looks soooo cute. her hair has grown loads too!

    Comment by Anita — August 6, 2012 @ 12:17 pm

  3. Stunning couple is right! What a beautiful dress for Page and sounds like much fun.

    Comment by GG — August 8, 2012 @ 4:40 am

How I ride

July 22nd, 2012 by alex

Page’s first day at Camp!

July 17th, 2012 by alex

Tata went on a vacation back to Ukraine to see her family so we had to look for alternative care for Page. Since Page will be starting pre-school at Little Oak Pre-school at the end of August, we were happy to find out they also had summer camp available. Page is in the Goldfish Room. Here is she checking out all the kids that were coming down the hall…

The school is huge and has a wonderful playground for the kids to play. Page especially liked recess where she was able to play with her BFF Nicholas who was in another class. They also got to play in the jumpy castle!

This is her room – we weren’t sure how she would be after we left. We heard her whimper a bit but as we peaked in the window to see if she was ok, she quickly stopped. When Brendan picked her up the teacher said she wished Page were in her class everyday. And she was especially surprised that she can count to 10! 2 more days of camp and then Brendan and I have to switch off days caring for Page. Tata comes back in early August – we hope she is having fun back in her homeland! We miss you Tata!

  1. What a big girl. I hope you had lots of fun.

    Comment by Anne Gibson — July 19, 2012 @ 8:03 pm

This one’s for the girls

July 16th, 2012 by brendan

Page is honoured to be Bobby and Meegan’s flower girl at their upcoming wedding.

She will be wearing a dress made from Meegan’s mothers own wedding dress.

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Relajado

July 7th, 2012 by alex

Brendan bought me the best pressie ever. A hammock for us to relax and enjoy the peacefulness of the canyon. Its such a treat to steal a few moments away… The craziness of our lives has been taking up most of our time (when we aren’t enjoying all that is Page). We are shooting a short film as our PAIFF Festival Trailer – a few French artists are flying in to help us produce. Brendan has been hired on and I cannot wait to share the final product, the concept is brilliant. As PAIFF gets closer I wish for more hours in the day. But its the moments in the hammock with my sweet little monkey that make it all worth it!

4th of July

July 7th, 2012 by alex

Happy Birthday America and Grandma Anne, too!!

I Like Boxes

July 7th, 2012 by alex

Summertime fun!

July 7th, 2012 by alex

Fun summertime fun w/ Dad at the park…

Mid West

July 7th, 2012 by brendan

We traveled over to the Mid West for an Ippolite family reunion over a long weekend.

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Page continued her love affair with German sports cars.

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If you think about Wisconsin, you think about cheese. And if you think about Wisconsin and cheese, you think about cheese curds. And the best cheese curds are at the Mars Cheese Castle! Squeak Squeak!

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The reunion itself was over two days at cousin Kim’s house in Winnetka on Chicago’s North Shore.

For our enjoyment they had basketball, hockey, baseball, and a Bocce court in the backyard. Alex, of course, is a future pro Bocce player, as once again she killed all-comers in a sport that she had never played before.

To give us the energy for all those sports, on Sunday we were all treated to hand-rolled Porchetta as well as tonnes of other yummies from the kitchen. All washed down with plenty of craft beer, wine and aperitifs.

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Kim’s house is not far from the beaches of Lake Michigan. At the beach, the California girl forgot her place, got naked and offended the sensibilities of Amerika’s moral heartland.

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Happy Anniversary Brendan!

May 28th, 2012 by alex

A year ago we were in snowy Tahoe getting hitched. What a year it has been. Thanks for making me the luckiest and happiest lady on the planet! xoxo

This year we ventured to Point Reyes beach, ate at our favorite oyster bar in Tomales Bay, and met some friends at our favorite pub in Mill Valley.

  1. Congratulations on your 1st Anniversary. We hope you celebrate well.

    Comment by Craig — May 28, 2012 @ 6:33 pm