Grilling Competition!

Daniel and the boys were part of a grilling competition at our town's fall fest...and.........

THEY WON!!!

 

Some pictures from the competition...

(this guy, Greggy T, is the reason Daniel wore the hawaiian shirt)

 

My project!

We've needed a storage solution for toys in our living room for awhile now and I had a plan for what I wanted. Daniels been super busy so I decided to do it myself!

As my dad would say, not bad for a rookie!

I still need to fill in my nail holes and sand it and then paint it but I was too excited about how nice it actually turned out and just wanted to see how much I would love it once it was in place! 

Our basement decided it would flood last night (clogged sewer line) after Daniel was on his way to CT. Oh the joys of being a homeowner. We couldn't get a plumber in til tomorrow afternoon so Daniel decided to be Mr. Fixit and rented a big drain auger and took care of the problem! 

We're looking forward to a fun weekend....if we can just get through tomorrow without any issues!

boys' birthday party!

Daniel and I decided this year that we'd have one party for the boys in Virginia in between their birthdays (and it just so happened that we were already planning on being back home on the perfect weekend for a baby shower--pics from that to come later!). We had absolutely PERFECT weather, good food, and great company. :-)

 

My Aunt with her 3 week old grandson. I got to hold him! :)

 

Happy Birthday Daniel!

Today was Daniel's 32nd birthday! He had to work this morning but was able to leave early and relax a bit at home!

He requested his favorite cake... (same one he's requested every year for a long time!!)

Chocolate Praline Layer Cake. YUM!

32!

trying to be funny.

With the boys! Emily was already in bed. Jacob had his first religious education class tonight so we had cake after that!

silly!

We I sung him happy birthday. Jacob did the "cha cha chas." Zach would chime in every now and again in the song.

Pretty sure he was wishing for a slice of cake. ;-)

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.