These past few months have been very busy! We went to NY for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Grandma and Grandpa Santoro treated Connor, Leah and families to the train show at the New York Botanical Gardens. Dan was in awe of the place and we were both shocked we had never been there before. Note to self: visit the gardens again.

Their website really describes it best: “The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is transformed into an enchanting landscape, wrapped in the glow of twinkling lights. Model trains and trolleys zip along over bridges and on winding tracks past scaled replicas selected from the Garden’s collection of 140 New York landmarks, created entirely from plant parts.”

Needless to say, it was fun to play with some photography in there, though there was a certain amount of “wrangling” involved with bringing an almost-3-year-old. I hope you enjoy some of the photos I took that day, posted below.

The Statue of Liberty with her pomegranite torch.

Waiting for a train.

Dan holding Connor up to see a passing train.

After the Thanksgiving holidays we got some snow!  Dan and I took Connor for a walk through Callahan State Park. At one point…Dan pulled both Connor and I on a sled through the freshly fallen snow.  He must STILL be sore!

It was serene and gorgeous.

Christmas came, and was full of family love and toys galore. Below are a few of my favorite snippets from our holiday travels…

Reading Twas the Night Before Christmas in an igloo we built (on the night before Christmas!)

Snowball fight attack!

Riding a horsie with the Muenzens!

Thanks for checking in and reading along. Wishing you and your families a happy New Year!

The blog portion of the site is password protected because I will be using it as a journal. Sometimes I will post about new freelance work I have going on, but I will often post my favorite photos of Connor and trying to keep you all in the loop on what is developing for myself and my family up here in Massachusetts!  I would love it if you came back and visited often.

For now, I leave you with some of my favorite photos from this fall season. As you can tell, my lens has been gravitating towards Connor and the foliage. I hope you enjoy!

Connor lets me take his photo on the couch.

Blowing some bubbles in the crisp, fall air.

Reaching out and popping one of the huge bubbles!

Dan takes a break from splitting wood for a hug.

Connor could have played this game with Grandma for hours!

Thanks so much for checking out the site!

Jeanette