A Lotta Martilottas

Braces: The Sequel

bmartilo — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:46:20 +0000

Emily followed Elisabeth by 8 months in getting her braces this week!

Say "cheese"

Happy New Year!

bmartilo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:29:40 +0000

Cousin Jenna helping Emily and Elisabeth build a gingerbread house, December 29, 2011

2011 in review

bmartilo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:23:13 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,700 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 28 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Holiday recital

bmartilo — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:47:04 +0000

Elisabeth and Emily played piano at North Point Mall in Alpharetta, GA on December 10, 2011.

Lucille Martilotta: January 7, 1930 – November 26, 2011

bmartilo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:52:52 +0000

I took this picture the last visit where I saw my Mom alive. It was a good day…she was so happy and in good spirits. She’s had a rough go of it over the last several years, but I think you can ask anyone who knew her, and they would tell you she was the sweetest woman they knew (and I’m not just saying it because she was my mother – honest!). RIP, Mom.

Another Thanksgiving, another beach

bmartilo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:36:19 +0000

It was time to take our annual beach vacation over Thanksgiving. This year, we spent it at Gulf Shores, Alabama, courtesy of my friend Barry (thanks for letting us use your condo)! You can see a slideshow here.

Emily and Elisabeth, Gulf Shores, Alabama, November 24, 2011

A Brave encounter

bmartilo — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:29:00 +0000

The girls got to meet former Atlanta Brave and current first-base coach Terry Pendleton at the grand opening of Academy Sports in Cumming, Georgia yesterday. They came away with an autographed photo and this picture.

Emily and Elisabeth with Terry Pendleton

E & E’s Fall recitial

bmartilo — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:31:31 +0000

Elisabeth and Emily had a piano recital today. Here’s the video (Elisabeth followed by Emily):

Something fishy here

bmartilo — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:37:31 +0000

Last week the girls and I went to the Georgia Aquarium and Centennial Olympic Park. Nothing like an 85 degree day in October! You can see a slideshow here.

Elisabeth, Emily, and Carly, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA, October 17, 2011

XII

bmartilo — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:09:20 +0000

Elisabeth and Emily turned 12 yesterday…it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating their first birthday in China! They chose The Cheesecake Factory for where they wanted to go. All-in-all, a fun evening!

Elisabeth, Carly, and Emily enjoying The Cheesecake Factory in Alpharetta, GA on October 3, 2011