Happy 5th Birthday Big Girl!

Our little SJ had her 5th birthday in October. We had a little family party on her actual birthday with her requested Dad's homemade spaghetti and meatballs and cupcakes. Then that weekend, we had a Princess party for her and had our little family friend over for that. They ate fancy foods, painted fancy piggy banks, and ate parfaits for dessert. Happy Birthday sweetie pie!

New Low E Windows

I'm posting remodeling pics for my mom. :-) We have a west facing house, and with no A/C, we discovered this summer that we needed new windows, mainly for N since his bedroom is over the garage and his window gets the evening sun. We just had the front of the house replaced at this point. There are not very many uncomfortable days, but they were uncomfortable enough to make us invest in these new windows. One 90 degree day outside this summer registered about 95 upstairs in N's room, not to mention a strong tar smell in his room as the old adhesive got heated up and started to drip down the window.

The new window installers left a filthy mess and I'm glad they got it done in a day and are out of here, but we love the windows. We will be enjoying them most next summer.

October so far...

Big S lost her first tooth! And N and his little girlfriend discover hidden toys.


Pajama day and the Bunny that lives in our yard


Landscaping before (6' bush removed not shown) and After