Trying out the new video camera

Merry Christmas 2009

Getting Crafty

I decided to dive into some new craft ideas. They are not actually "new" since I've been meaning to make them over the last couple of years. I bought a 12 days of christmas kit to make a christmas tree similar to the one shown below. I also want to make stockings for Jason and me. My parents have really cute hand-knitted stockings for all us kids and I love that they are special and different. The one shown below is just a sample I found online.

happy thanksgiving!

Christmas decorations are up!

Jason's Holiday Concert

As you probably know, Jason is in a band. They have just announced the date and time of their annual holiday concert. It's a lot of fun, so I recommend you attend.

Catching Up

We had dinner with my parents two weeks ago and here are the pictures.

Of course, Chewy gets the first picture.

Ralph is very shy and it's hard to get his picture.
Max loves pictures, so he is in every shot.

Max likes to chill on the treadmill.

Natalie, Mom, and me.

Mom and Dad

No longer private

I'm unlocking the blog. It will no longer be private.

There were just too many things that got messed up making it private. I really do not think strangers will stumble upon this blog. There is so much stuff on the www that I'm sure this site is just a speck of dust in a big ol' haystack.

Packed weekend!

We had a packed weekend this weekend. First we helped some friends move into their new house. They had and are still going through such an ordeal to sell their house and buy a new house to fit their family of 5. Then we headed over to see another friends' house that they recently moved into. We also cheered on the Buckeyes to a victory over Penn State while we were there! Then Corinne had a baptism/birthday celebration on Sunday that I attended. Those were the only pictures I took all weekend. Oops. :)

A new desk!

Jason made a new desk for us to share. He's been working on it for the last couple of weeks and he finished today! We put our stuff back together and it's really a great setup.
Now we can see each other while we are on the computers.

Of course, this means Jason's old desk is no longer needed. My old desk is going into the basement. If you want Jason's old desk - just let me know.

Happy Halloween!

Waterproofing the Basement

They prepped the floors and walls by washing them with some sort of acid.

Then they started the coats of DryLok

They put the epoxy in the floor in sections so we didn't have to get the treadmill or the tool chest out of the basement. Very nice considering they each weigh hundreds of pounds.

Finished product!

The whole family was left smiling from the beautiful new basement.

Now we have to put everything back. Yikes! How much stuff do we have?

Picture Dumping

As I was looking through all the pictures I have taken recently I noticed a common theme: babies.

Here is my baby sister with her girlfriend Heather.

Here is baby Eli. He's almost 3 months old.

Here are the Pyles babies. We visited with the Pyles family before they left for Disney World.

Painting

Here are some before shots of the hallway. I couldn't find any of the bathroom. Sorry.

Now the hallway after! Color: Bermuda Sand

The bathroom is now blue. I think it looks so pretty!
Color: Hydrangea

Next job - the kitchen! I'm taking a break before tackling that project.