Remodeling!

Scott has been busy doing some remodeling in our basement! I wanted to post a few pictures of the different projects he's been working on. I'm continually amazed at his abilities to build and re-model. He's handy to have around! :) These pictures are of Scott putting up a wall to close in the bedroom area. He is also putting in a closet. It's going to be a great spare bedroom. Scott also remodeled our woodburning stove area and put up slate. It looks amazing.


This pictures shows the 2x4s Scott put up to start with. He's standing in what will be the door way.




I can't wait to get rid of that ugly wolf poster that's been there forever! Sorry Scott :)

Jeremiah

Sarah, Jeremiah and little Abraham came to visit this weekend and J had a blast with the dogs and Uncle Scott!

Wile Coyote!

These are Precious and Sydney's new play dates :) We've had a few coyote sightings in our backyard. Yikes!!

One Year of Marriage

Scott and I celebrated our one-year anniversary by going out to eat at our favorite restaurant in Chicago, La Hacienda. We figured we should keep with the Mexican theme of our wedding, and going to La Hacienda gave us a great excuse to visit the city.






This is the machine they make the tortillas in. They come out warm and fresh!


Preparing to feast on fajitas....yum!





Desert....Sopapillas!

Movies

American Idol starts in 4 days!! I can't wait!

Scott and I rented Ghost Town with Greg Kinnear, Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni. It was a funny, quirky romantic comedy (ie. chick flick!). It was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time.

We saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button over Christmas and it was TERRIBLE! I'm sure it's going to get all sorts awards this season, but it didn't cause me to feel any emotion except for boredom and annoyance. It could have been SUCH a great movie. It had so much potential, but at over 2.5 hours, I was more focused on how sore my butt was than how Button was aging backwards. I wanted the movie to touch and move me like The Notebook (it kind of has that feel), but it didn't even come close. It was boring and the plot moved along slower than a snail. If you really want to see it, wait until it comes out on video!!

Christmas Tree

Christmas Ornaments

This is the ornament I got for Scott this year. It says "I love home improvement". Perfect for him!

More dog pictures...

Sydney's favorite position....


Basking in the sun!


Not sure what Precious is doing here!


Just waking up from a nap

99 Balloons

Check out this beautiful video about a little boy born with a syndrome called Trisomy 18. His parents recorded his short 99 days on earth and it is such a sweet video. Get your kleenex out because it will make you cry!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6Njr-qkq0

We're BAAAACK!!!

Ok, so I know it's been awhile. I've uploaded a ton of pictures to sort of fill you in on our lives over the past 10 months. It's hard to believe that it's almost been a year since we got married. How time flies!!

Here's me in our first garden ever. I'd say it was a success!!


The back of our house...


The BIGGEST cucumber EVER!!! It's hard to tell it's actual size, but easlily elbow to fingertip.


A pumpkin


Our patio and lovely firepit Scott made for us. I think we only used it a few times. Oh well..there's always next year!