Holiday Party

Here is some of the crew at the party. We enjoyed lots of yummy food and conversation. Nick played christmas music for us and did an awesome job. Mel's soup was awesome and kept us warm inside. Here's to another great year on 5 Central at UVA!

The Prom

Here is the finished product. I call it "The Prom" and we had lots of usable space for the party. The kids especially enjoyed playing downstairs where they made bugs with the creepy crawly machine and played table soccer. Looks cool!

Shhh! He's asleep

As we were finishing up tonight Matthew's job was to clean the windows. Evidently, that did him in because he snuggled up on the fluffy rug with the cat and fell asleep. So cute.

coming along

The prom project is coming along nicely. Still more lights to add and trimming to do. Amazingly, we have far less dust than before with all of the insulation exposed. Looks like I need to clean the camera lens-yuck.

Design on a dime

Those of you who know me know that I am always up for a good project. So here is the latest brainstorm-use plastic sheeting to finish off the basement in time for the party on December 16. The goal is to temporarily have a usable space without spending $30,000 (not in the budget right now). We are placing twinkly lights all around plus a scene setter and lights on the overhead beams. It should look really cool. Feels like a prom! Stay tuned for final results.

Happy Anniversary!

Dan and I enjoyed our 11th anniversary on November 18th. Hard to believe that we have been married so long. I guess that means we are officially getting old! Anyway, as you age things become more special-like a roaster for example. I have never had one and Aunt Lisa got us one for our anniversary. It is super fab and I can't wait to make a meal with it. That is what a modern wife if supposed to do, right?

Sleepover

Here are the boys at the sleepover. They had pizza, played basketball and LOTS of Pokemon! Legend has it that they stayed awaked until 4am (Mr. D. knows better). Quote of the day from Michael Donaldson"It's fun to have 2 people sleeping over. That way everyone has someone to play with." Mike, you're the best!