moving and shaking

It was a good weekend in the Slacker house. Not only did we get to see friends and family, we also got tons done around the house. On Friday, my brother-, sister- and dog-in-law came up from Charlottesville to visit us. Despite the fact that they live about an hour and a half away from us, it had been a ridiculously long time since we had last seen them. After the girls went to bed, we had a nice dinner with copious amounts of wine and good ole conversation. Some neighbors had quite a fireworks display going about 10...we tried to wake E up to see it but she didn't even budge. If only A could sleep like that, we'd be in business.

I got up with the girls on Satuday morning, and since it was cloudy and overcast, no other adults emerged until almost 9 AM. As a reward, John let me head out to the Outlets by myself while he watched the girls. I ended up getting quite a bit of stuff from the Pottery Barn Outlet -- a new shower curitain for the girls freshly painted bathroom, and some ledges and picture frames for our family room. Our friends, Kevin and Melissa, came over in the late afternoon. Again, despite them living a short bit away from us (in Arlington) we never see them so it was good catching up with them.

On Sunday, we went out to lunch with my parents in an early celebration of my Mom's birthday (Happy Birthday, Nonna!). They stopped by our house on the way back, and my dad helped me install the PB ledges. It was a fairly successful job -- only one hole had to be redrilled and there was minimal cussing! (Thanks again, Dad! You know those things would have never been installed without you!)

We really have been trying to do a ton of stuff around the house. We actually moved into our house 3 years ago today. We had done a lot of stuff when we first moved in (new kitchen appliances, a deck), about a year and a half ago (new countertops, painting most of the house), and just recently (more painting, ordering new living room furniture). I'm going to finally get around to fabric window treatments, so by the end of the summer our house should be pretty finished, which will be nice.

And, as a blast from the past, here are some pictures from the big move three years ago.

Step 1: Put your E in a box...
Taking some of her first steps in our unpainted kitchen with nasty old fridge

Hanging out at the Nats game with today's Birthday Girl