Weekend with the fam

This past weekend my whole immediate family, minus my bro-in-law, came for a visit. The official occasion was the first of three Red Sox vs. Orioles series this season. The results did not go our way as we got swept by the worst team in MLB, but we of course had a wonderful time just having everyone together.


My parents came with the newest addition to the Loomis family...Tessie the Puppy. If you're curious, you can see the video that inspired the name right here.


Everyone loves the puppy...and she is a great dog. Nice work on the training so far Mom and Dad!


Zoe the Dog had a great time with Tessie the Puppy.



I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family and am thankful to be living much closer than we did before. We look forward to the next series and hopefully we'll get some better results on the field next time!

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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!

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

More 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

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

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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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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