Dogs

We finally got a picture of Roxanne and Pepper Ann (Mo's dog) together when we were in Philly this weekend. Yet another picture with our dog sitting down - lazy pig.

Lazy Dog

So, I get out of the shower the other day and I find this:

Now, mind you, she is not THAT smart. When Sean was done changing he threw his clothes on top of her and she STAYED that way for at least 30 minutes.

And this says it all: A co-worker of mine asked "Don't you have any pictures of your dog standing up?" Oh, Fish Breath, you are so lazy.

Lil' Monsters

I'm home sick today, so I was updating the blog. I found pictures of our favorite Lil' Monsters. I thought the pictures were pretty funny, so here they are. I think they're from last Thanksgiving. Sammy's on the top (literally) and Dallin's on the bottom. I'm not exactly sure why I'm petting him, but maybe because it works on the dog to calm her down it will work on a Dallin. I think most of our pictures with the boys have me in them because Steve, Natalie and Morgan all agree I'm a better influence than Morgan. I teach them to tell Mo to get into the kitchen and cook my dinner. I also encourage jumping on furniture and squirting their Mom and Mo with water guns. I saw some really cool Incredible Hulk hands/boxing gloves that roar when you bop someone. I think I'll have to pick them up for the next time we see them :0

Munchkin

Here are some pictures of my parent's dog. Her name is Munchkin. She's pretty spoiled and has run of the house. Much like Roxanne.

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Mailbox

Our mailbox was green with a red post. The guy before us must have been drunk and decided he wanted a new color on his mailbox post. He painted over the numbers and around the mailbox. It was U G L Y - UGLY. We scraped the post, sanded it and then painted it white. We added the numbers and put a new mailbox up. I think it looks nice.

The New 'Do

So here's the new cut! I know, it took me forever to post, but I couldn't take a picture I even sort of liked until this morning. You can't really tell, but it angles up in the back. It's called a Concave Bob. Love it!

New Light

The excitement of being a homeowner... we picked up a new light for over our front door. The old one was Ghetto with a capital G. I was pretty excited to install it, so I did it this afternoon. I took a before (after I took the old light down) and an after. It's got a motion sensor and everything! Tonight we're going to start finishing some furniture we bought for the kitchen. I'll post pictures of that later.

Before....(the bees nest was behind it!)

After...I took a picture with a light on to prove it worked!

For the record - of the new tools purchased I used my torpedo level, ratcheting screwdriver and pliers. All were craftsman of course!

Trip to Gambrill State Park

Before I go into that, I need to share this. I went outside the other night for ~45 minutes to do some weeding and this is what I came back with! And that's just the calf of one leg! Stupid mosquitoes >:( Sean seriously needs to take me back for a newer model..I'm broken!

Anyway, today we took a trip to Gambrill State Park in Frederick, MD. We ate lunch there and then went to the overlooks to take in the view. Here's the two love birds! You can't tell from this picture, but I got my hair chopped. I'll have to take a pic when I actually style it!

Here's one of the views we had:
And here's one of the statues in the park!

It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time. It was nice to relax and not worry about the house for a day!

Morgan finally gets in the game!

So, I've finally taken the time to sit down and add to this thing so we can send it out to everyone! I know you all know how horrible I am about keeping in touch, so hopefully this will help. I am going to make it my mission to update this frequently...we'll see how it goes!

We wanted to add a picture of our new place. If you didn't know already, Sean and I bought a house a month ago! It's weird, we still feel like we're just visiting. Anyway, the picture below is of me and Dum-Dum sitting outside the afternoon after we finished putting up shutters and painting the front door (they used to all be red).
Next we're going to change the light fixture above the door and hopefully soon a new storm door. It's amazing what a difference a little paint, weeding and mulch can make!

As I was prepping the door for painting, The Roxinator kept inching her way down the steps to get closer and closer. Every time I turned around she was another step down! She just loves to be in the center of everything. That's because she KNOWS she is the center of everything. We use a lot of names interchangably for her, but she answers to every one of them. She's our baby and she knows it!

We just got back from buying some unfinished furniture for the kitchen (yea!). Once I decide what I want the kitchen to look like, we'll actually finish it! Sean also bought some new tools so he can start making things himself. I'll be sure to post all of the pictures when he hurts himself (and if you know him well enough, you know he will!).

Anyway, it's weird to think that a year ago today we were just making our way back across the country from two years in CA. So much has happened in a year, including us having 4 different addresses! We're definitely looking forward to the next year!