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We decided to plant a garden again this year and hopefully it is a bit more fruitful than it was last year. Last year our herbs did awesome but everything else was kinda blah. We did end up with about 30 tomatoes at the very end of the season that I had to pick green.</div>
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So we learned to love friend green tomatoes and green salsa! We are hopeful that this year we will have a better return. The tree we cut down last year will allow for more sun and I am praying it isn't as hot and miserable as it was last summer. </div>
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We spent one Saturday cleaning out the bed and getting it ready for planting. </div>
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Then the next weekend we planted and Nick built this awesome fence. Much nicer than the ugly chicken wire we used last year. <br />
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The space is a little bit bigger this year because we removed some bushes from along the side fence so we have a few more plants. Here is hoping we get some good "free" produce!<br />
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<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-87696547095539960142013-04-15T18:51:00.001-05:002013-04-15T18:51:12.108-05:00Going GreenIn early March we ended up with a random Saturday with nothing planned. This doesn't happen very often so we decided to finally get around to tackling the guest bedroom. We bought the paint probably almost a year ago and it had just sat in the corner of the room waiting to be used. So with no other plans we jumped in and started clearing out the room and got to painting. <br />
A reminder of what it looked like before:<br />
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Up until this point all we had done in this room is hang some stuff on the wall, replace the door and install blinds and a light fixture. </div>
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Yes, I am aware that in the pictures it looks a little like baby poop green. I was a little worried about this after we started but I tried to be patient and hope for the best and as you will see in the final pictures it looks much much better with furniture and things on the wall. <br />
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We also decided that if we were going to paint we would replace all the old floor boards and try our hand at some crown molding. This part was less than fun but the end result looks pretty good.<br />
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Then it was time to move all the furniture back in. The room sat like that for almost a month because our weekends returned to their normal state of craziness. Finally this past weekend we found some time to hang things on the wall and finally get the room to almost finished. <br />
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Nick and I have both been blessed with the opportunity to travel abroad to several pretty cool places: Thailand, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Ecuador, and Chile. We both have a bunch of souvenirs from our travels and we thought this room would be a great place to display them. With such an eclectic bunch of stuff I was worried it would look cluttered and random, but we are pretty pleased with how it turned out:<br />
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We still have a few things left to do: put pictures in that frame above, paint and rehang the closet doors, build and hang a few floating shelves on the wall opposite the bed but it has come a long way from its boring old self. <br />
<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-2999299328155613422013-02-26T18:57:00.000-06:002013-02-26T18:57:00.230-06:00House ProgressWe have lived in our house for about 17 months and as promised here are some before and progress shots of the house. <br />
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A walk down memory lane- here is the video I took when we decided to put an offer on the house (apologies for the terrible quality)<br />
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It was such a dark carpet filled place and when I look at that it reminds me of how much we have actually accomplished in turning this little house into a home. <br />
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Still have lots on the to do list and some rooms, like the office which has turned into the dumping ground (which is why it was left out), might have gotten worse but looking at these pictures together is a good reminder of just how far our little house has come. </div>
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When we moved into our house there were only over head lights in the bathroom, hallway, and kitchen. This drove me crazy. I like to be able to walk into a room and flip a switch and there be light. Some of the rooms without overheard fixtures did have outlets that were connected to a switch but in most cases it wasn't the most logical outlet in the room to plug in a lamp. This resulted in most cases having to walk through a dark room to turn a lamp on. It got very old, very fast so installing over head light fixtures in all the bedrooms, the dining room and the living room was on our list of fixes from the start and we finally got around to doing just that. </div>
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First we had to take down the awful ceiling fan in the dining room</div>
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I apparently don't have pictures of the other bedrooms or living room but I plan on doing a whole house update soon so I will be sure to point those out. It has been so nice to be able to just flip a switch in these rooms and I am sure come warm weather having those ceiling fans will be a welcome relief as well. <br />
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It is probably no secret that I love snow and wholeheartedly believe it does not snow enough in St. Louis. I may or may not be secretly jealous of the giant snow storm hitting New England this weekend. I am also pretty sure I have not seen measurable amounts of snow in St. Louis in about 2 years (since the snowmageddon that wasn't) so last weekend when we came home to beautiful snow falling from the sky I couldn't help but spend a little time enjoying it even if it was almost midnight! Nick even indulged me and played in the snow and helped me build my very first snowman (don't ask I have no idea how someone who loves snow so much managed to make it 28 years without ever performing such a regular snow activity). So for my dear friends surviving the storm this weekend do a little of this for me:<br />
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I also realized the next morning that we don't have any pictures of our house with snow because we didn't get any accumulated snow last year so I ran outside before it all melted and took this pictures. Unfortunately our snowman was not the best constructed little guy and he took a topple overnight.<br />
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Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-43430986467775001902013-01-22T17:15:00.000-06:002013-01-22T17:15:00.165-06:00Back in DallasSunday morning we headed back to Dallas where we met our friends, Jenni & Tyrone. Sunday night we decided to explore some Dallas nightlife and catch the Cowboys game. The football game didn't end like Nick had hoped but we did have a blast and discovered the coolest bar. The Katie Trail- it has great indoor outdoor space with fire pits and the best part- they had blankets to help keep us warm. We would highly recommend this bar.<br />
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Monday morning we went on a tour of Cowboy's Stadium. The next best thing to actually going to a game. I must say that place was pretty amazing. Here are some of the highlights:<br />
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After our Cowboy's Stadium adventure we had a lazy afternoon watching the Tulsa University Bowl game before our big NYE. Our night started with drinks at the top of the Reunion Tower (http://www.reuniontower.com/)- the big ball in the sky. After drinks we headed to Big D NYE, a time square esque event outside the American Airlines Center. <br />
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We had some yummy food truck food and listened to good music until midnight when this happened:<br />
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It was a great low key night spent with good friends- can't think of a better way to ring in the new year. <br />
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New year's day we packed up, said goodbye to Jenni and Tyrone and headed to The Sixth Floor Museum, the museum that chronicles the assassination of JFK- you didn't think we would pass up on an opportunity for a little more history before we headed out of town. <br />
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We didn't get to do everything we had hoped to do while in Texas but all in all it was a great trip with a good balance between hanging out with some amazing friends and experiencing some of the great things Texas has to offer. <br />
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Our original post Christmas plan was to head back to St. Louis the day after Christmas. That would put us home late in the day with just enough time to re-pack, get a little sleep and be up early Thursday to catch our flight to Texas. That didn't quite go as planned. With an impending snow storm hitting Indiana early Wednesday morning we were worried we might get stuck in Ohio so we decided to leave late in the day on Christmas. We ended up getting home around midnight which gave us a good 24 hours plus to un-pack, do laundry, and get ready for Texas. We felt rested and ready to go. Then we got to the airport and it was busier than I have ever seen it. We ended up waiting in line for over an hour to get through security and missed our flight- not a great way to start a vacation-trust me! Luckily we got the last two seats on the next flight out of St. Louis to Dallas and landed in Dallas only a few hours behind schedule. After that little hiccup luckily the rest of our trip was a blast.<br />
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Our first stop was the Fort Worth Stockyards (<a href="http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/">http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/</a>). The stockyards is the old part of town where the livestock industry did business turned tourist trap. Even though it was oozing with tourist traps (think cheap t-shirt and shot glass kinda stores, and old time photo kinda places) we had a great time wondering around and checking out the sites. That night we enjoyed some music and dancing at Billy Bob's Texas: The World's Largest Honky Tonk. <br />
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The next morning we headed to Austin. We had nowhere we had to be until the rehearsal dinner latter that night so we decided to stop at the Lydon Baines Johnson Presidential Museum on our way into town. You know we can't pass up a good presidential museum! As always I learned lots of interesting things and the obligatory picture with Mr. President:<span id="goog_465212813"></span><br />
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After the museum we decided it was time for some good Texas BBQ. My aunt, Hildy, who used to live in Austin recommended we check out The Salt Lick (http://www.saltlickbbq.com/). Not only was the food out of this world we also got to drive a little ways into the Texas country and it was beautiful. The food was so good we couldn't resist a picture. If you were ever in Austin this is well worth the drive.<br />
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That evening we had another amazing meal and a great time celebrating Sara and Will's last night before their wedding and somehow I ended up with zero pictures from that evening. <br />
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The next morning we woke up and headed out early to hit up some more Austin sights. We started the morning at the Texas State Museum and then headed to the Texas State Capitol. <br />
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After our educational adventure we met our friend Katie for lunch and wondered around town before it was time to get ready for the big wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and we had a great time celebrating Will and Sara! <br />
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We had a great time in Austin celebrating the newlyweds and the next day it was back to Dallas, but this post is getting a little long so I will share that fun in another post. <br />
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You know those days when nothing seems to go like you planned? Well that was pretty much how our Christmas went. We had great, grand plans for this Christmas. It was going to be busy and probably stressful, but we had a plan and it was going to be great! And then....life happened. I will spare you the gory, gross (and I mean gross) details but needless to say it was not a picturesque, perfect Christmas. That all being said, however, I do think we were reminded of one very valuable lesson this year- Christmas is less about the where and the what and more about the who. Regardless of all the things that went wrong we were blessed to be surrounded by wonderful family and in the end that is what was important. Here are some pictures (from my brand new fancy pants camera that Nick gave me) Mostly just pictures of cute kids- I promise the grossness what not caught on camera:<br />
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Christmas with the McGeehons:<br />
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Somehow I missed pictures of Emily opening presents probably something to do with 15 people opening presents = chaos.<br />
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After Christmas was our big trip to Texas for Sara & Will's wedding and some adventures. I am hoping to have a post about that early next week.<br />
<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-13013415889228923192012-12-09T15:10:00.000-06:002012-12-09T15:10:13.276-06:00It's the most wonderful time of the year...Well it is December and that can only mean one thing....Lots and Lots of Christmas decorations! As always our house is done up from top to bottom in all things Christmas. We have made a few new purchases and I think our decorations are finally starting to come together in a much more cohesive way. You may also notice a few new pieces of furniture that I haven't blogged about yet. I have been planning on doing a House post 1 year later but haven't had the time to get the pictures done and now that all the decorations are up- it isn't quite what our house looks like all the time so I promise after the holidays I will work hard on getting that post done. So without further ado, our house in all its Christmas Glory:<div>
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We still have a little bit of work to do in terms of adding art, etc to the walls and we also want to build a more substantial bed with drawers for storage (which I will do my best to update you on when they happen), but I think this is a huge improvement and just feels so darn cozy!</div>
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Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-50429164899990790432012-10-11T20:38:00.000-05:002012-10-16T17:39:35.354-05:00A Fall RefreshYikes...I have again become a delinquent blogger. We have been busy just living life lately; nothing too out of the ordinary just everyday life and I just forget to blog. We did recently do a small house update that I think is worth sharing. Last spring we replaced the front door on the house and the front of our house went from this:<br />
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After dinner we went to another restaurant on the river and just sat and watched the boats. It was quite nice not to have anything we had to do for a couple of hours. We spent the rest of the evening rereading all of our wedding cards. We also brought along a bottle of pineapple wine that we brought home from our honeymoon.</div>
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Nick's reaction pretty much sums up how the cake was. It wasn't terrible, (much better than the wine) just not as good as it was a year ago nor was it good enough to really want to eat more than a few bites. Nonetheless, I'm glad we saved it; it was a fun little tradition. </div>
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It wasn't an elaborate weekend, but it was nice to get away from home for a little while with no agenda and just enjoy our surroundings. </div>
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The first adventure was a trip to Indianapolis for a baby shower for my wonderful friend Gabie. Nick stayed at home for the weekend but I had a wonderful time seeing college friends that I hadn't seen in almost a year! Katie, as always, did a great job as photographer and captured these wonderful pics of the 4 of us:</div>
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I hadn't seen Sarah since she became a mom to the adorable little Hugo almost a year ago so we had to squeeze in a little trip to see the little man as well. <br />
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Any day now Gabie will be adding a second little man to the crew. Hopefully it won't take me a year to meet him! </div>
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When I got home Sunday evening Nick and decided to have a date night before he had to leave for the week for work. The Missouri Botanical Gardens had a Chinese Lantern Festival all summer that we finally had some time to go check out. It did not disappoint and was absolutely spectacular:</div>
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The only downside was that it was incredibly crowded but luckily we ran into a very nice volunteer on our way in who gave us some tips on what to hit up first before the huge crowd got there so it wasn't too bad. </div>
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Our last adventure was a bit on the nerdy side. Nick's brother is back in the states from his deployment in Germany and was going to be at his parent's house this weekend so we decided we would head to Decatur for the afternoon. Since he wasn't getting in until early afternoon we decided to make a stop we have been talking about making for what seems like forever, The Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library in Springfield. The museum was incredibly well done and very educational. Most of the places in the museum you can't take pictures but we did snap one with Mr. Lincoln:</div>
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So there was the end of our summer fun. Hopefully with the craziness of fall and the election we will still find some time to squeeze in some fun this fall that I will be sure to share as well!</div>
Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-79485420646849916662012-08-07T02:43:00.000-05:002012-08-28T09:47:20.405-05:00Mustache PartyAbout a month ago we had a wedding shower/going away party for our dear friends Austin and Amanda. Nick and Austin used to be roommates and Austin and Amanda were recently married and moved to Syracuse with the Army and for graduate school. We did a simple mustache and lips theme with some diy decorations. <br />
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We also tried to serve food that reminded us of the two of them.<br />
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Don't Feed them to Wrigley Austin...</td></tr>
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Wrigley and Austin have a very special bond and when Nick and Austin used to live together Austin would regularly share his Raisin Bran breakfast with Wrigley which is where the Raisin Bran cookies come in.<br />
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Healthy & Cheesy, just like Amanda</td></tr>
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Our gift to them even stuck with the theme, matching mustache Tervis cups and the mustache sandwich cutter we used for the PBJ sandwiches.<br />
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It was a great night celebrating two great friends who we already miss a lot!</div>
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Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-24760495511699981202012-08-03T14:19:00.001-05:002012-08-03T14:19:54.429-05:0028Last week was my 28th Birthday. Unfortunately I had to work. Yes I recognize that most people have to work on their Birthdays but when you have a July Birthday and summers off you don't expect to work on your Birthday. Luckily it wasn't too bad of day. After work Nick and I went to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Brio and it was quite delightful. Prior to dinner, Nick came home with these beautiful flowers:<br />
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Saturday he also surprised me with a kayaking trip. We have been talking about this for a while and it was a great surprise. It was a great 7 mile trip down the river.</div>
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It was a pretty low key birthday but we had a great time and so far being 28 isn't so bad!</div>
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<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-60163815203672684872012-07-23T02:44:00.000-05:002012-07-23T02:44:00.267-05:00Baby Alphabet BookFor our niece, Payton's birthday Nick and I made her a custom alphabet book. <div>
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We used an online photobook company to put it together. Each letter has pictures of family or of Payton doing something like napping or going to the zoo. Here are a couple of the pages:</div>
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A- Aunts</div>
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B-Bathtime</div>
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C-Cousins</div>
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D-Daddy</div>
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E-Easter</div>
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F-Friends</div>
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G-Grandparents</div>
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H-Halloween</div>
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I-Itty Bitty Payton</div>
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J- John Deere</div>
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K-Kisses</div>
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L-Lake</div>
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M-Mommy</div>
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N-Naptime</div>
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O-Ohio State</div>
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P-Pictures (we used pictures of art that Payton had created at school)</div>
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Q- Quite Happy</div>
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R-Reading</div>
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S-Sisters</div>
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T-Toys</div>
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U-Uncles</div>
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V-Very Busy</div>
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W- Wedding</div>
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X- X-mas</div>
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Y- You</div>
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Z- Zoo</div>
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It wasn't the easiest thing in the world to put together and as you can see we had to stretch a bit for some of the letters, but in the end I am pretty happy with how it turned out and hopefully Payton has not only an educational book but also a keepsake!</div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-58788656476135105212012-07-17T14:34:00.002-05:002012-07-17T14:46:01.198-05:00Baby Bucket ListNow that Nick and I have been married almost a year the most frequently asked question we get asked, I am sure comes to no surprise, "When are you having kids?" Actually some people started asking us that question pretty much the day after we got married but they shall remain nameless :) My usual response is either "someday" or my favorite response "Its at the end of our 5 year plan, we just haven't decided when our 5 year plan is going to start." The real answer however, is just that there are a few things that we would like to do before we are responsible for a tiny human. On one of our many road trips lately we decided to make a list of all the things we would like to do before having a baby;<br />
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<li><b>Both of us would like to complete a Triathlon</b></li>
<li><b>Finish the basement</b></li>
<li><b>Go on another all inclusive vacation</b></li>
<li><b>Pay off debt</b></li>
<li><b>Learn to kayak</b></li>
<li><b>Leave the hemisphere </b></li>
<li><b>Lose a combined 60lbs</b></li>
<li><b>Go to Vegas</b></li>
<li><b>Vacation with friends</b></li>
<li><b>Nick wants to relearn to play the piano</b></li>
<li><b>I want to relearn to use my sewing machine</b></li>
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Now we both know that somethings are out of our control and people have unplanned babies all the time. We also know it is probably unlikely we will accomplish everything on our list but we figure we are much more likely to at least accomplish some if we don't set goals! </div>
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We will keep you posted on our progress and until then we are happily living baby free! </div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-86923801661278661512012-07-10T16:15:00.001-05:002012-08-28T09:47:57.213-05:00Bye Bye Mr. Kookaburraor at least your sweet gum tree. If you don't know that reference it is from an old preschool song (this was the least annoying version I could find!):<br />
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Anyway we have 2 sweet gum trees in our yard, one in the front and one in the back. If you have never experienced these annoying little trees in the fall they drop these prickly little balls all over the yard: </div>
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They are a pain to clean up in the yard and they really hurt when you step on them. Basically they are very very annoying. I'm not usually a fan of cutting down trees but this tree had to go. So a couple weeks ago we hired someone to come cut down the tree in the backyard. (the one in the front yard we think might belong to the city so we are still working on that one)</div>
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Here is what the yard looked like when we moved in:<br />
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The sweet gum tree is the one on the left. It did provide a lot of shade which we enjoyed but the annoyance was enough to make it go. The guy that we hired does this as a side job so he broke the process up over a couple of days. First, down came the branches</div>
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The next morning all the branches were gone</div>
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but our yard was a bit of a mess</div>
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Nick and I cleared the yard a bit and made a nice big pile of branches </div>
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Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-28049911718543554652012-07-02T03:21:00.000-05:002012-07-02T03:21:00.521-05:00#BandGwed!The first weekend in June, Nick and I packed up and headed to Grand Rapids, MI for my dear friend Brittany's wedding. It just so happened that my grandparent's house is a little more than halfway there so we decided to leave St. Louis Thursday after we both got home from work. We drove to a hotel near their house so Nick could work Friday morning and I could have breakfast with my grandparents. I didn't get to spend a ton of time with them, but it was nice to see them and enjoy some yummy pastries. <br />
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Around lunch time Nick and I continued North. Our first stop when we got to Grand Rapids was to swing by the airport and pick up Jenni and Tyrone. The four of us then headed to the hotel. All of the wedding events were in the same beautiful hotel, The Amway Grand Plaza. After we checked in we still had a few hours before the rehearsal dinner so the four of us headed to the hotel restaurant to kill some time. On our way back to our rooms to get ready we ran into the wedding party in the lobby. We couldn't resist our first photo opportunity even if some of us were still a little under dressed.<br />
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It was a beautiful evening celebrating the happy couple's last night before wedded bliss began.<br />
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The next morning Nick and I were up early and decided to explore Grand Rapids a bit. The hotel was just across the river from the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum. Anyone who knows my husband knows that we couldn't be that close to a Presidential Museum and not stop by. <br />
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After we got back from the museum we met up with Jenni and Tyrone for lunch at a local yummy restaurant called "Taco Boy" and then we wandered around a local art fair that was happening downtown to kill some time before the wedding. Then it was time for the big event!<div>
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The pictures really don't do justice for what an absolutely beautiful day it was. We had such a great weekend celebrating with all our friends and it was a great mini-vacation to kick off our summer. Congrats Tany & Gabe- we couldn't be happier for the two of you!</div>
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<br /></div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-22237722734955335592012-06-29T15:13:00.000-05:002012-06-29T15:19:45.937-05:00Kicking off SummerWow it has been over a month since I posted last. To say the least it has been a very busy summer already. I have several posts on my list to write but I will start with a recap of how we kicked off our first couple weekends of summer. <br />
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Our first big adventure was the weekend before Memorial Day with a tour de family. Our weekend started at my sister's for our niece, Payton's, first birthday party. It was a beautiful day so we spent more of it outside grilling and enjoying the nice weather. Here are a couple pictures (<a href="http://www.hilmanfamilyadventures.blogspot.com/2012/05/happy-birthday-payton.html" target="_blank">for more check out my sister's blog</a>).<br />
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The next day we got up early and drove to Decature for Nick's cousin. Ethan's, high school graduation. I hadn't been to a high school graduation since my own and needless to say I felt OLD! Unfortunately it was a quick visit but it was nice to see everyone.<br />
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Up next was Memorial Day weekend. Two of our very good friends, Katie and Brandon, came to town for the weekend. We had a great weekend cooking out, mini golfing, and winery visiting! We only managed to get a couple pictures but here is a glimpse of our weekend.<br />
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Next up was a bit trip to Michigan for the Barber/Garcia wedding, but I think that deserves a post all it's own and I promise it's coming soon!<br />
<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-49670894051542288172012-05-23T16:32:00.000-05:002012-05-23T16:32:00.301-05:00Green Seats!Last night Nick and I experienced a first for us: The Cardinal Club and Green Seats. For those that don't know these tickets include a pre-game buffet that had yummy things like stuffed pork roast and buttery potatoes and fondue. Once you get to your seats there is another menu of more ballpark like food including a bacon wrapped hot dog (which let me tell you was AWESOME!). Our seats were first row literally right behind home plate. It was a great vantage point to watch the game, but knowing that we were constantly on TV was a bit nerve-wracking. Who wants to be on national television stuffing their face with a bacon wrapped hot dog?? Here are some pictures from the night:<br />
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The nice group of old men sitting behind us took this picture for us. It was also there first time sitting in the green seats and I think at least one of them was on the phone with their wives and/or children the whole game asking if they were on TV. They were quite entertaining. <br />
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We also had a request to wave for the camera and one of our friends caught it on their DVR. There were also a couple of foul balls that came right at my face and my reflex was to duck and cover even with the fence. Those around me were quite entertained by my reaction and I'm pretty sure it was also on TV at least once. <br />
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It was a beautiful night for baseball and we had a great time!Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-72325392113002000902012-05-07T17:18:00.000-05:002012-05-07T17:18:00.396-05:00Derby Party: I'll Have Another<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This weekend Nick and I threw our first Kentucky Derby party. It was a great afternoon of wonderful friends, amazing food and some friendly betting on horses. Nick as well as two of our friends were the lucky winners picking the horse named "I'll Have Another" who pulled ahead at the end and won the race. <br />
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Unfortunately my camera is still MIA but I did manage to remember to take a few pictures on my phone (please excuse the poor quality):<br />
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We also managed to squeeze in a little Cinco de Mayo celebration with some Mexican food for dinner with those that were still around. It was a great day that we think we will have to make an annual McGeehon Tradition. <br /><br />
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<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-74017625105675245722012-04-22T16:00:00.000-05:002012-04-22T16:01:02.798-05:00Happy Earth Day!In celebration of Earth Day we decided to finally start our garden. After spending most of the day Saturday watching the sun position we finally decided on the best location for the garden. We decided on the back corner of our yard. <br />
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As you can see the corner of the yard already a little bit of landscaping and really is the only part of the yard that isn't really shady. We decided to move some of the plants that were already back there and extend it out just a bit and put the garden there. We planted tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, green beans, spinach, kale and onions. I didn't get any in progress pictures but here is our final garden:<br />
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We also re-potted this little plant. A few years ago my mom gave me this plant and it was probably a quarter of this size. I have no idea what the plant is, but let me tell you this little guy is hardy. I very rarely remembered to water it and really just left it alone and it seems to flourish- that is my kind of plant! Yes those stones are a Cardinals stone and a Cubs stone. They were housewarming gifts from a good friend of ours. <br />
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The last thing we did yesterday was replant one of the plants we removed to plant the garden. When we moved in there were 3 of these bushes along the back of the house They were still green then but looked like they might have been on their last leg and unfortunately they don't seem to be making a come back so we replaced one of them with a plant from the corner of the yard. We hope to replace the other 2 soon, maybe with a flowering bush or two. <br />
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<br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-65804427124211065152012-04-05T05:09:00.002-05:002012-04-05T05:09:00.045-05:00Getting Our Spray Paint On!Lately our house project focus has moved outdoors. We have been busy cleaning up all the leaves and discovering plants that the previous owner planted. Spring is such a surprise at a new house; you just never know what might appear. In addition I recently planted an herb garden and plan to plant a vegetable garden soon as well. This past weekend, however, we took on a couple projects that just needed a little refresh job!<br />
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Unfortunately I forgot to take very good before pictures so you won't get the total transformation. The first project was a new fire pit that our friends weren't using anymore and donated to the cause. It was a bit rusty so we decided to give it a fresh coat of paint. <br />
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We also found a great patio table at a garage sale a couple weeks ago for much cheaper than we could have bought the same thing new. It was however a forest green color and the chairs we have are all trimmed in black so we gave our cheap table a new look with a can of black spray paint.<br />
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Since we had the spray paint out and still had a lot left Nick decided to give this chair a new color as well.<br />
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I really don't know where the chair came from and it didn't really look all that bad, but now it fits in nicely with our new chairs and "new" table. <br />
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Those are our outside updates so far. Hopefully in the next couple weeks I will have some details about my garden and our other outside updates.Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05396803627883516043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187166920238557656.post-31332344812829140342012-03-28T02:37:00.066-05:002012-03-28T02:37:00.794-05:00Honeymoon Part 4: "Happy Thanksgiving!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I mentioned in a previous post we decided to go to the Dominican the week of Thanksgiving both because of cost and because it allowed me to only have to take a couple of personal days. I was bummed to be missing my favorite holiday at home with family but we ended up having a great day even without Turkey.<br />
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Most of the day was similar to how we spent any other day; we started the day relaxing on the beach and ended the afternoon at the pool. We had decided early in the week that one night we wanted to have dinner on the beach. The resort provided private candle light dinners on the beach and we decided this would be a suitable substitute for missing Thanksgiving dinner. So after relaxing all day we got dressed up and headed to the beach:<br />
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The meal was like a 7 course dinner that consisted of:<br />Grouper Ceviche<br />
Salad Symphony<br />
Portobello Mushroom Soup<br />
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Grilled Chicken and Potatoes<br />
Passion Fruit Sorbet<br />
You & Me Black & White Chocolate Cake<br />
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I took pictures of each course but the pictures really didn't capture the yummieness of dinner. Our waiter, however, noticed me taking pictures and when he brought us our dessert insisted on not only taking a picture of the dessert for us: </div>
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We were also surprised by a mariachi band that serenaded us during dinner:</div>
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While it was no turkey and mashed potatoes it turned out to be a pretty great Thanksgiving dinner!</div>
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After dinner we were headed back to our room and walked past the buffet and discovered this little beauty:</div>
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How fantastic is he? We also noticed a sign that said the buffet was serving Thanksgiving dinner so I thought it would be interesting to just go look and see their interpretation of the American tradition. Let's just say I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up. There was not a single thing on the buffet that even remotely resembled a good ol' American Thanksgiving. Good thing they had Mr. Turkey out front to make up for it. </div>
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Every Thursday on the resort was also "White Beach Party" night so we decided to take a walk down to the other side and check out the festivities. The party consisted on lots of performances by men in little white shorts included a bar tending show, dancing, and flame throwing and don't worry there was a pretty fantastic conga line thrown in as well. Sadly the darkness mixed with the glow sticks we didn't get many pictures but here are a few to hopefully give you an idea:</div>
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All in all it was a pretty great Thanksgiving and one we definitely won't forget. <br />
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So that is the end of the wedding and honeymoon recaps. Now I suppose we need to get to getting on house stuff so I have more stuff to post about! Hopefully I will have a couple house posts soon. </div>
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