go irish!!!

Go Irish!!!

So happy for a Notre Dame win!!!

thankful

Thanksgiving 2012

It was so nice to be able to spend Thanksgiving with both sides of our family. My family made the drive over, Chef Stephen whipped up a fancy meal for us all (somehow I don't have a picture of the chef with his feast!?) and Pat smoked the turkey. We were lucky enough to have two meals - one for lunch with the Broderick family and friends - and dinner at our house!

Mary Clare hid from her parents and was able to stay another day :) 

We had a spend the night party, painted nails, watched a movie, had yummy snacks, made pine cone bird feeders....and then she rode back with my parents!

sneak peek

We're baaaack!!!

We moved back into our house this past week. It's been a process, but we are getting there!

This is the sneak peek. I will eventually have a 'renovation' post...before's and after's. For now - you get this...

(pipe in Angels singing..."ahhhhhhhhhhhhh")

.beautiful.

I mean....

right!?

look at that island counter top. 

if it wasn't so cold, i'd sleep on it every night.

seriously.

Hudson and Eloise *helped* me lay out our new rug while Emma Kate watched in the background

(by helping I mean that they destroyed paper...all over the rug mat)

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

Grandpa had a BIG surprise party last weekend to celebrate his birthday!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

We love you!!

Edwards' Campout

My cousin Mary Rebecca and her husband Jason invited the Edwards' family to 'the country' for a weekend get together. Jeffrey captured some great pictures...it's quite obvious which ones are his and which are mine :) 

(a few stolen and posted here! - oh and he is in Birmingham if you need a photographer!)

We had a great time enjoying each others company around the fire, eating wonderful food, skeet shooting, playing games, celebrating Mary Lauren's 16th birthday and Aunt Ann being cancer free for a year!

Thanks to the Powell's for letting us stay at their amazing home!