Mom's Birthday

We celebrated my mom's birthday last night since we couldn't all get together on her actual birthday, Wednesday. She did get a snow day for her birthday, though, so she got to stay home and relax. We gave her presents and then went to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. Birthdays are almost the only time we all go out to dinner together these days so I had to get a picture. I think it's a nice picture, except my dad was too close and got washed out a little. But we all know it's him.

Gossip

Sorry, I don't have any new pictures this time. I haven't really had anything to take pictures of. I've been working in the baby's room and in the computer room organizing and cleaning and doing a lot of "Where did this come from?!" Since it doesn't look like we're going to be having kids anytime soon we're going to turn the baby's room into a guest room. My parents have an extra twin bed frame they're going to give us and we just got some more furniture from my grandparents that will go well in a guest room. It will be exciting to have a place for friends and family (mainly Thomas, who has been spending about every other weekend here) to sleep when they come. About a month and a half ago I joined the local gym and I've started to see some progress, I'm so excited. I've been alternating between trying different classes and just running on the treadmill. I've been too scared to weigh myself because I don't want to see that the scale hasn't moved at all, even though I feel like I'm trimming down. I've decided that's mostly what matters, is that I feel better and that my clothes fit better. 

Progress!

Here is a picture of our finally finished dining area. We had my family over for lunch so my brothers helped lift the table to put the rug underneath. Doesn't it look so pretty?!?!?!?! It feels so NICE to have one room finally completed. The rest of the main level is mostly finished, but the upstairs is a totally different story!

The other picture is just cute. My parents got a new dog a couple months ago, another Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Bay (short for Besa). She is a very sweet little dog who loves to cuddle, especially with women. I don't usually let the dogs up on my furniture, but I want to recover that pink sofa anyway, so I figured it couldn't hurt this one time. Her face is so dark it looks a little funny in pictures.

 

Chris' Birthday

Chris wasn't very excited about his birthday - he think he's getting old or something! So I tried to make it really nice for him. The night before his birthday I gave him his first present - a duvet - something he's always talked about getting. So he woke up nice and comfy on his birthday! Unfortunately I got a cover that was too light, it looks a little too girly. But he likes it anyway. So, I made him breakfast and gave him a DVD and then that night I took him to a hotel. We discovered that now that we live in a really nice house and have a really nice tv, going to a hotel is a step down! He said I did a good job making it a nice day for him. Tonight we were supposed to go out to dinner for his birthday but he had to work late, so I'm not sure when we'll get to that.

Catching Up

Sorry that I've been MIA, the holidays were really crazy and it took me awhile to recover, then we were in the looooong process of buying a new computer so I just left all my pictures on my camera instead of putting them on the old computer and then having to move them. But now that everything is mostly back to normal I can finally get around to posting again!

So here are a couple pictures from the holidays. We had Peanut over Christmas, which was really fun. We bought him a gigantic bone because he eats normal size bones so quickly. Apparently this one was too big for him, he sniffed it once and hasn't touched it since.

The weekend after Christmas my sister and her family came down from New York to visit. We had so much fun exchanging presents and then celebrating my sister's birthday.

Our Utah Trip

We just got back from a week in Utah with Chris' family. It was too short, as usual, but we had a lot of fun. Chris' mom works at the county courthouse, so I got to put on the judges robe and play judge. We got to visit with Chris' grandparents, his sister and kids, and I got to drive up to Provo to see one of my college roommates and her husband and little girl. Chris' youngest nephew, Eric, last year wouldn't come near either of us, but this year was so friendly, it was so much fun! It only snowed the first night we were there, which was a little disappointing, but it made for much better driving conditions. We can't wait to go out again in July!

 

We have a living room!

My grandparents have recently sold their house and moved into a condo, which means they've had to get rid of a lot of stuff and we have been benefitting from it! Most recently we got two recliners and a table that we're using as a coffee table so that it actually looks like we have a fully furnished living room, it's very exciting.The cookie jar is something else that they were getting rid of and Chris thought it was the greatest thing. Well, more to the point he thought it looked psychotic and would be funny sitting in our kitchen. So, now that there's a picture of it, it's going into storage - permanently!