hey all!! june was such a busy month...alyssa turned 5, we had my cousin's wedding in boston nicholas and alyssa were in the wedding), nicholas had his end of school shows and alyssa graduated from pre-school.
to add to all of this, my mom's been sick and hasn't worked since mid-june. she gave us quite a scare - the doctors were talking all sorts of things. she ended up having her appendix out, but the real cause of the pain/discomfort - according to the good ol docs at GGH - was some scar tissue left over from her kidney operation years ago. go figure!
then, this past weekend, john and emily were in a little fender-bender. luckily, no-one was hurt...the story in itself is actually quite humorous. this guy hit john from behind at a stop light near the ramada here in town. he hit him 3 times - yes three!! that's not even the funny part! they pulled into the ramada parking lot to check for damage and exchange information. the guy apparently got nervous - or something - and instead of putting the car into park, put it into reverse and hit the front of our car - ARE YOU READY FOR THIS ONE??? - 4 more times. Yes, that's right - i said FOUR! long story short - john's driving a rental!!

anyways, i'm going to try to post some of my pictures from all of these crazy events in june, but in the mean time, i wanted to send you all this link:
http://christopherdumas.net/extra/Lux/
it's the link from the photographer at my cousin's wedding. the pictures are just really awesome! there are some great shots of alyssa in there - almost makes me think about having her get into modeling or acting. i mean, i know i may be a little biased, but the pictures of her are really great.
hope everyone is doing well. check back in a week or so to see some of the pictures i've downloaded from my own camera...