Meet the Pedersons

Our friends, The Pedersons, came up to MD for Thanksgiving this year and brought with them the two coolest little boys ever! Here are some of the fun pics from the weekend:

This is Sean and Sam in the Monkey House at the Baltimore Zoo. There was a chimp in there that was an attention hog - it was my favorite part!

Morgan and Dallin; Natalie and Sam on the Carousel at the zoo. Dallin's horse's name was Dallin.
















This is the boys doing their "Eating Spaghetti Statues" at Bertucci's after the zoo.














And this is how the boys and Sean spent most of the weekend. Except when they were punching me in the gut with the Hulk Hands we bought them! Sean was definitely worn out...we ALL were worn out, but it was one of the best weekends ever.

The boys were cracking us up the whole time. One of my favorites was when we were talking about the animals we would see at the zoo. Sammy brought up that he wanted to see the Polar Bears. Steve asked him what part of the world Polar Bears were from. Sammy's answer??
"Sea World!"

We wish you guys lived closer!!!

Let's Educate Sean

So, we were in BJ's yesterday and Sean freaked out about how expensive 200 diapers were, especially when I told him how long they would probably last. He didn't believe me. So, if you're reading this and have kids, could you please inform my husband just how long 200 diapers might last? Maybe I was wrong....I hope I was wrong!

We're still here...don't worry!

We haven't posted in forever! Here's what's been going on.

Last Friday, the 10th, we celebrated our 4 year anniversary by eating Pizza Hut and drinking 2.5 bottles of wine. It was nice :)

Last Saturday we Mike and Niki over and made these:

They all turned out really well. Right now they're rotting on our front lawn, though.

This weekend we kinda bummed, except we woke up really early to do the Race for the Cure in Hunt Valley. It was cool...there were so many people there. Sean and I did it through the team set up at my job and they were a lot of fun. And afterwards one of our VPs bought us breakfast, so that was nice. It was really cold this morning and when we came home and crashed, but it was worth it.

That's about all for the past week. Congrats to Jeannie for tying the knot...wish I could have been there!

F to the Izzle

We have a split rail fence around the yard. Some sections are in need of some TLC. One in particular is right next to my neighbor's fence. His looks nice which makes ours look 3x crappier. I replaced it today. There is a before and after picture. I forgot to take the before picture while it was still up.

Ahhh, the Beach!

Sean and I took a long weekend and went to visit some family in Bethany Beach, DE. We had a gorgeous view of the golf course that the house was facing, but, alas, Sean and I are horrible about taking pictures! It was rather chilly all weekend, but it was perfect "being at the beach" weather. We really got to relax and let go!
Sean had another dog to torture while we were there. Daisy enjoyed having someone to chase her around and liked to let Sean do this:

These were the only 2 pictures we took all weekend! We had a lot of fun and can't wait for our next time off from work!

Roof and gutters

I didn't take any pictures, but our roof installation went well. We also had new gutters installed. The pictures are not helpful because it looks identical to the old one. Mo says it's more tan and less red, but I think that's because the shingle actually has material in it! We only had to replace three pieces of plywood, but they were really rotten. I figure it was the perfect time to replace the roof. We got as much mileage as we could have without jeopardizing the rest of the house. I cannot wait for it to rain!

The neighbors probably think we're nuts because before when it rained I would go out and monitor how the water drained from the house. Now with the new gutters and roof I'll be out there even longer!

New Furniture!

We bought new furniture for the upstairs living room. I thought it was going to be too dark at first, but I really like it. Here's the couch and the coffee table (and Dum-Dum):
And here' "Sean's Chair" and his Ottoman that he HAD to have ;):
It really makes me like the color of the walls a lot better! The Roxinator is not allowed on this furniture, and she's been very good about staying off. I'm sure one of these days she'll sneak up there and we'll think it's cute, but for now she just lays on the floor near us when we sit in there. Sean uses it to study and I like to sit and read and watch the neighbors!

We also finished and hung our first piece of kitchen furniture. We stained it and poly'd it all by ourselves! The stain matches our kitchen table pretty nicely.

This thing was a pain in the tukus to hang, but we did it. It hasn't come crashing down yet! I'm using it as a spice rack...sure beats the box on top of other boxes in the living room that I was using.

Oh, and Sean wanted to prove that we hung it level, so here:

We REALLY need to change the ugly color in the kitchen, but that can be a winter/spring project. We have 2 more pieces to finish, but staining was such a pain that I think we might paint the big corner cabinet instead. After that, I think we're done starting new projects for awhile!

Light

I put a new flood light on the back of the house. There was a decorative light that shed light on a three foot radius around the light. It made spotting the ground hogs difficult. This new light is 150 Watt halogen. It should blind any intruders, spot ground hogs and keep the neighbors up at night. I included a picture with the light on to prove its functional.

Furniture

Mo and I bought some unfinished furniture. I included a before and a semi after. The before is bare pine. The semi after is with a stain, but not its polyurethane gloss finish. We'll have to do that later. It took us a while. We bought a third, bigger piece. It's as tall as me (sean), so it should be interesting. That is delivered on Wed. There is also a picture of Mo "sanding". I think she's just laying on her back.

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.