F-F-F-Five

That's 5 for 5 years.

Mike and I celebrated our 5th anniversary in

one of our favorite places - Park City, UT.

We celebrated by walking the town and eating the food

and waking up early to hit the slopes

To my best friend - I love you!

Too much in my mouth!

I think I just bit off more than I can chew!

Mike found 2 of these chairs on craigslist for $10 each - great deal and I wanted a couple of chairs to reupholster.

I found this awesome fabric and got very excited....

I started today and spent about an hour taking the old fabric off of the chair. I didn't get very far before I felt like my back was broken and the skin on my palms were stripped raw. Who ever made these chairs wanted to make sure they NEVER fell apart!

So I took a break and played soccer in the backyard with Blake.

This post is to force me to finish. You all are going to want to see a finished product - right???? (you have to say "right" so I will do it).

And if you guessed....

Mike

You were correct!

I was a Disco ball, Mike: Disco king and Blake: Disco fever

Our little disco fever.

Halloween night we had a big part-eh at the Galbraith's

some of the crew.

A flying dragon

Mike and Justin Kiggins Halloween night. Ready to hit the streets.

Hittin' the streets, gettin' the treats

End of the night with all Blake's goods!!!

Do you want to know what we are going to be for

Here is a sneak peak from our church Halloween party.

I am not going to tell you which one of us this is. You are just going to have to guess or wait until my Halloween post.

Ugggggg Midtermsssss

Sometimes the student life is supa fun! I would live it forever.

Then other times (like midterm or finals time) it's not so fun.

Will this ever end?

On a good note (well a bit of a good note), I have figured out how to get Blake to the mall without dragging his feet!

A promised carousel ride!

Now I just need to figure out where to get the $$$ to go shopping.

The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts ever wish to.

Autumn.

Even though it is beautiful, I always have a little (just a little) sad feeling that summer is over. The days are getting shorter and our sleeves are getting longer and most of all the foreboding. WINTER. I can't see it, but I know its coming.
Even though I enjoy the beauty of fall (especially out east), the little sad inside is having a cry for summer.

I do LOVE the Fall, it's just hard to jump into b/c you know that summer has come to an end. I am sure when the leaves all change color I will be there - in the moment with the fresh crisp air, surrounded by the stunning art work of mother nature.

Despite knowing what is coming (winter). Autumn always feels like a time of renewal, a chance to begin again. So do I love it or not ? I love it, it just takes time to warm up to it or in this case cool down to it...

So here is our first fall adventure, Philadelphia

10 thousand minutes like this

I wish this was my life! Chillin' on the beach, my family and I. What would life be like.....

We spent our labour day weekend at Bethany beach. It was nothing compared to last years labour day vay-cay in OBX, but a it was a nice short drive to a little strip of land in Delaware.

We played on the beach

AND

played on the beach

AND

played on the beach

Then we rode a few waves...

(He's hard core!)

We kept well hydrated

AND

well rested

We found a fun place to play

AND

Race cars...

We had a fun trip and now it is over. Back to real life, whatever that is....

Peace out!

Locks-of-lovin'-it

For months I have been saying "I am ready to do it"

Well folks here it is, all 10 inches.

With a little help from Mike, I chopped off the pony.

Then I went and got it cut into a style.

Do I like it?

Ya, I like it...

But let's see what Blake says when he

realizes he has the longest hair in the family.

Wha, Wha, Wha!

I know, I know... Two no so cute photos of me, BUT, I want you all to take a good long look b/c tomorrow it will alllllllll be gone...

What? (you say). Well, check back tomorrow and you will find out...

Some Serious Eats

My next door neighbour (I am Canadian remember) Sarah and I joined forces and created a master piece...

There was a dilemma... We had no idea what we were going to do with all of our tomatoes. After eating them in every meal for 2 weeks straight they were loosing their value and fast!

So we booked a Saturday and peeled, chopped, cooked, stirred, tasted and canned.

We look really cute after sweating over the hot stove all day!

(me with my man hair) ;)

There are still soooooo many tomatoes in our yard that I am sure we will be doing this again real soon.