painting, painting, painting...

i apologize, i havent blogged in a while, again! but i have been very busy, painting!! i can now say that the foyer closet is complete, as well as the front half of the livingroom....finally - something is complete!! my dear friend andrea came over last night and helped me get the second coat of keoki coffee on the walls in the livingroom. with her help we were able to get it done in an hour!! amazing timing i must say...then i finished the trim and crown moulding when i got home this morning. i painted the closet during nap time and tonight i might work on scraping off some more border...but we'll see how much energy i actually have after i type this blog!! it might turn into a a bowl of popcorn and movie kind of night, something i havent done much of recently! i promise to post some pics of the livingroom after i get the mess cleaned up!

i have recently received some amazing news too...not only am i going to spend this weekend in syracuse for kelly's baby shower, but mandy is flying up from florida for a weekend at the end of october and there are already plans in the making for a girls night that weekend!! i am super excited!! and kellie is flying in from colorado on the twins 1st bday to spend 8 days with us!!!!!!!! i cant wait - it has been a year and a half since we last saw each other...i cannot wait to spend a whole week with her!! and how amazing that she gets to meet the twins for the first time on their first birthday!! i dont know if she will ever understand how absolutely amazing that is to me!! and the best part is, the whole week was a big surprise for her! obviously she knows now...but i knew about it long before she did - the date just hadnt been set in stone until recently. we are planning on taking a drive up to syracuse while she is here, really really hoping that kelly will have had the baby by then, but otherwise just to hang out with kelly for a day. kellie and kelly have only met once, the week of my wedding, but over the years through me and the internet they seem to have developed quite the relationship! so it will be fun to spend a day with both my kelly-ie's!

so many things to look forward to in the next few months! i just hope i can have most of this work done around here so i can really feel comfortable relaxing and enjoying the mere moments that i'll have with some of the most important girls in my life!

nothing much else new around here...the boys are good, getting more bumps and bruises everyday as they try to become more and more adventerous. frank has been spending a lot of time in the yard this week trying to get things cleaned up for fall. we have spent a lot of time picking apples and pruning those trees...hopefully soon when the temps drop we will have a day to devote to pie baking!

heres a few recent pics of the kids, incase you forgot what they look like!!

a very happy mr. matteo!

a big mouthed grin from mr. cenzo!
sexy italian boys showing off their baby bodies!! and vincenzo's amazing standing abilites!

and the biggest stud of them all, tuscan -

with his hair all done and his nice shirt on for uncle dom's wedding!!