[Livin' the good life] Photo Dump

There is really no use in pretending that I keep up with this blog anymore, but it is a good way to keep track of my favorite photos and to remember what went on during the year...So, here's a recap of the last six months...

Seth turned 5 at the end of August

First day of school

Halloween

Our Fireman and Dalmatian Puppy had a blast this year

We're getting very close to finishing our main floor renovation

We had a great holiday season.
We hosted 31 people for Thanksgiving -- I can't believe I don't have a picture!

Christmas
December was filled with visits from loved ones, fun activities, and of course cookie making. And silliness. Lots of silliness.

Farewell to 2015. It has been a busy, but mostly good one.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 1/09/2016 10:55:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] Audrey's Birthday

We were still in the middle of our renovation (and without a kitchen at the time), so Audrey's birthday was pretty low-key this year. But, we did get to enjoy a delicious ice cream lady bug with some cousins...

 Hard to believe my baby isn't really a baby anymore. She's a hilarious, opinionated, determined, sweet and beautiful "little miss".

We love her to pieces!

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 7/19/2015 07:48:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] Easte

The kids had a really great time waking up and being surprised with an egg hunt in the basement. It was Audrey's first, but she picked up the concept instantly. In fact, we gave Seth a little handicap so he didn't find all the eggs before she could find very many, but we quickly suspended it because she was holding her own!

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 5/18/2015 03:44:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] House progress

Most of you know that we bought a fixer upper a few months ago and have since been gut-renovating the entire main floor. I've been keeping a blog chronicling the progress named "Taming Tanglewood" at tamingtanglewood.blogspot.com.
Progress is slow and steady...

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 2/18/2015 05:11:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] Christmas 2014

This Christmas we spent in Portland with Luke's family. We're a little short on pictures this year because we were sick most of the vacation, but that didn't stop us from having a good time with everyone.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 1/21/2015 04:32:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] A couple more from Calvin and Hobbes

I just uploaded our pictures from the camera and there were so many really cute ones, I had to share:

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 11/02/2014 07:49:00 AM

[Livin' the good life] Happy Halloween!

From: Calvin and Hobbes

The kids had such a good time trick-or-treating last night. Audrey was so cute -- she wouldn't say a word until we put her back in the wagon and started on to the next house and then she would say, "tat too! Tat-too!" (Thank you). This happened after every house. Darling. She also had a death-grip on her bag and didn't let it go even once the whole time we were out.

Seth also loved it this year. Last year we visited two houses and he wanted to go home, but this year I think he would have continued for a few more hours...

It was a great chance for us to meet our neighbors on the street. We've got quite a group -- from a woman who is turning 90 in December (her husband is 91), to a couple from the Netherlands that are here for just a couple more years and then they're going back, to a couple who built one of the first homes in the neighborhood and has seen all the growth in the last 35 years. Almost everyone we talked to said they loved this neighborhood -- despite all the snow they get. We keep getting warned that we are going to get a ton of snow in the winter. I guess the snow storms just re-circulate and dump and dump. We'll make it through this winter and then I guess we'll see if Luke is going to get that snow-blower he wants...

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 11/01/2014 07:50:00 AM