We had no idea the plant in our front yard was so pretty!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Date Night!!
We took a break from the home repair/decorating projects for a nice dinner in Annapolis. It is one of our favorite areas, but this is our first visit since we moved to Maryland. We used a gift certificate (from my generous boss) to Ruth's Chris Steak House and enjoyed a delicious meal.
We had no idea the plant in our front yard was so pretty!
We had no idea the plant in our front yard was so pretty!
The bump...
We have had many requests to see the "Baby Bump." Baby Loo is due in the end of July. Here are the monthly pictures:
12 weeks
16 weeks
20 weeks
24 weeks
28 weeks
12 weeks
16 weeks
20 weeks
24 weeks
28 weeksMore fun with the Parents
In addition to working on the guest room while my parents were in town, we took an afternoon to walk around the National Mall in Washington D.C. Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of that afternoon. Here are a few family pics:
In addition
In addition
Monday, May 3, 2010
Guest room remodel
If you've wondered why you haven't heard from us, it is because we have been busy working on our basement. This turned out to be a much bigger project than we anticipated! The wood paneling on the walls was in pretty rough shape, and the drop ceiling wasn't nice to look at. Thankfully, we had lots of help. My parents came out for a week and put in long hours helping to demo, drywall, tape, and paste our basement guest room. Here are some before, during, and after photos.
BEFORE
There was a hook-up for a wood burning stove that we decided to chisel back and cap off.
DURING
AFTER!!!!
Guest Room
Workout Room
Scrapbook room
BEFORE
There was a hook-up for a wood burning stove that we decided to chisel back and cap off.DURING
AFTER!!!!
Guest Room
Workout Room
Scrapbook room
Saturday, April 10, 2010
We have an awesome tree in our yard!
We didn't know this since we bought our house in December but it turns out that one of the two trees on our property looks incredible while it is blooming.
The metro DC area is quite beautiful this time of year with the cherry blossoms and what not. The many tourists, however, are presumably the cause of the terrible commutes I've been having the past couple of weeks. Hopefully they don't all find out about our cool tree or it might make traffic pretty bad on our street.
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The metro DC area is quite beautiful this time of year with the cherry blossoms and what not. The many tourists, however, are presumably the cause of the terrible commutes I've been having the past couple of weeks. Hopefully they don't all find out about our cool tree or it might make traffic pretty bad on our street.
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Easter Sunday
We had a great Easter Sunday with the Margaron family. This included an Easter egg hunt in our front yard, an amazing meal prepared by Becky, and a walk to the nearby playground.
One highlight of the day was a trip down the slide with Emma and Zoe the Dog.
We always love getting to see Matt, Eli, and their girls whenever we have the chance.
As every year, we had a lot to be thankful for this Easter.
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One highlight of the day was a trip down the slide with Emma and Zoe the Dog.
We always love getting to see Matt, Eli, and their girls whenever we have the chance.
As every year, we had a lot to be thankful for this Easter.
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
Colorado Trip
Several weeks ago Becky and I went to Colorado for a week of vacation. We got to catch up with friends and spend some time up in the mountains that we miss so much. We spent part of the trip staying with friends in Louisville (our old town), and the rest of the time up in Grand Lake with our great friends the Summey's and the Bohrman's. The six of us (who are now 7...or I guess 7.5 if you count our soon to be addition) all used to live in Colorado together. Now we live in Maryland, Dallas, and Phoenix, so it was amazing that we could all get together.
I got three days of snowboarding in and had fresh snow each day I went. It was amazing. I felt sorry for Becky who wasn't able to join us for the skiing. But as you can see, Grand Lake is a beautiful place to spend a few days.
The roads had gotten a bit icy which made for some great sledding. The three-man skeleton is scheduled to be a new event in the next Olympics and we might enter. I got dibs on not being on the bottom.
We were of course excited to see the students we had spent several years with during our time working with our old church's student ministries. One of the families was nice enough to host a time for all of us to hang out. It was so great to see everyone, and to see that this community of students is still so close.
Coming home was a bit difficult for me. We just have so many great friends and memories back in Colorado, which makes it hard to leave behind...not to mention it is one of the most beautiful places in the world. We were thankful to be able to go back and visit, and we look forward to the next time we get a chance to visit our old home.
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I got three days of snowboarding in and had fresh snow each day I went. It was amazing. I felt sorry for Becky who wasn't able to join us for the skiing. But as you can see, Grand Lake is a beautiful place to spend a few days.
The roads had gotten a bit icy which made for some great sledding. The three-man skeleton is scheduled to be a new event in the next Olympics and we might enter. I got dibs on not being on the bottom.
We were of course excited to see the students we had spent several years with during our time working with our old church's student ministries. One of the families was nice enough to host a time for all of us to hang out. It was so great to see everyone, and to see that this community of students is still so close.
Coming home was a bit difficult for me. We just have so many great friends and memories back in Colorado, which makes it hard to leave behind...not to mention it is one of the most beautiful places in the world. We were thankful to be able to go back and visit, and we look forward to the next time we get a chance to visit our old home.
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