Yard Makeover

Friday started the first phase of our yard makeover. The majority of the work will be done in the spring when we will clear out the backyard and sod both the front and the back. For now, we decided to go ahead and rip out the massive amounts of ivy that consumed the beds in front of the house.

Here is a before shot:

Here is our newly landscaped front yard:

Left side of the house:

Right side of the house looking out at the road:

Right side of the house looking towards the backyard:

Last night was also a special night at Pelham Falls. Our swimteam held a fundraiser by selling lumanaries. All the streets were lined last night. It was very pretty! Here is a shot of our house all lit up.

This was the best picture I could get of all the lumanaries down the street

Birthdays!

This weekend was not a great one. I woke up sick on Sunday morning and after spending almost two hours at the doctor's office, I found out I had a stomach virus. Mom was nice enough to keep B all day Sunday and then had to turn around and come get her again because Nick got sick Sunday night. After some medication, Nick felt better this morning. I ended up taking the day off to recover and I am feeling better tonight. Thanks again to Mimi for saving the day and keeping B.

Mom said this morning that B got up pretty early demanding lunch. She also said that a commercial for the pillow pets that you see everywhere came on this morning and B said, "I want pillow animal!" Luckily, we had already told Santa that B has been demanding a pillow pet.

Saturday we went to Gunner's Birthday party. Gunner is Nick's cousin Chase's son. Brooklynn had a fun time bowling:

Eating ice cream and cake:

Giving Gunner his present (from B):

Checking out the loot:

This was Brooklynn's third birthday party this week. Carter and Sam also had birthday parties at school. Brooklynn throughly enjoyed the purple cupcakes and Oreos provided. She also sang Happy Birthday to me Friday night. She should know what to do when her party rolls around in a few weeks.

Busy, Busy, Busy

We've had a busy week which hasn't left me much time to blog. Monday we had Nick's swearing in ceremony, which officially made him an attorney. I took the day off and we rode down to Columbia with Nick's parents to watch him take his oath. We are all so proud of Nick!

Nick's law firm has its own blog that has been voted one of the Top 100 law blogs by the American Bar Association. Now the ABA is having a contest to see which blog out of the Top 100 is THE best. You can vote for GWB's blog by going to this site:

http://www.abajournal.com/register

You'll need to register at the site, which requires only that you create a user name and password. You'll receive a confirmatory email, which you'll need to read and click on a link to activate. Once you've done that you can officially vote for Abnormal Use, which is the name of their blog.

Decorations Complete!

Today we spent the majority of the day decorating for Christmas.

The tree is finished and a few presents are wrapped.

We finally managed to get all the window candles hooked up and Nick got the garland over the door finished as well. I would've loved to add lights to the bushes, but we are getting those ripped out in a few weeks! Can't wait!

Christmas Tree Shopping

We are in the process of decorating for Christmas. Brooklynn helped pick out our tree yesterday, but hasn't been real impressed with it yet. I'm sure she will show more interest when I start wrapping presents to put underneath!

Smiles!

B and cousin Marlee on Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day!

Today we went to Aunt Bidney's for a Thanksgiving lunch. We had a nice time and we appreciate Bidney having us over. Brooklynn was pretty shy at first due to some faces she was too young to remember from last year, but it didn't take her long to warm up.

By the end of lunch she was snuggling up to Cousin Jay.

Afterwards we headed over to Mimi and Pops where B got some much needed Uncle Blake time. Boy, does B love her Uncle Blake. She is certainly a flirt.