4th of Thanksgiving!

So we are having a great time up here at Glendo. We are spending the days out on the lake with the wave runners and the boat. At night we are hanging out by the fire roasting marshmallows. My mom is the master of planning meals for everyone. One night she made Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings and then later that night we had a nice firework show put on by Michelle, Jim, Robert, and Lesley. We officially named that night the 4th of Thanksgiving and we might even make it a yearly event.

We are off to Glendo Wyoming!

So we are off to my parents place in Glendo, WY population 269. We are looking forward to having a whole week off from work and to just be able to relax. The lack of people is a nice change of pace from our day to day of living on the east coast. Hope everyone has a good week.

Finally a new Fence!

We are so happy we finally got our new fence! After waiting 9 weeks and lots of phone calls Tater has her new fence. She can now run free in the yard with out a lead. It was a long day for the fence guys they started at 11:30am and left at 10pm. I guess that is why they are called Midnight Maintenance. Tater is a little scared to initially go outside but once she is out there she is happy to run free. I think we are all a little sad that we don't have a open view anymore, but I think it was a good trade off. Below I will post some before and after pictures. We look forward to everyone coming over for a BBQ sometime soon. We want to thank my parents for helping fund our new fence. We had been saving for the fence for sometime and when my parents were out here visiting in April we all came into a little extra money. We all decided to go check out the newish casino in Chester. When we were at the casino we were all standing around my parents while they played a dollar slot machine. Some how the fence topic came up and out of the blue my Dad said if we hit the 777 that they would give us the money to go toward our new fence. As luck would have it they hit the Jack Pot. Matt and I were jumping up and down and in shock that we were going to get our fence that would have been at least a year of saving for. Thanks Mom and Dad, Tater and Tyson love their new gift!



Tyson with Matt Dad when we first moved in to our house October 2006.


It's a little sad that our grass looks better in October than July!

Tater getting her first good run in the new fenced in yard.

Tater and Tyson having a good time.

Still dealing with the ticks!

So we are still dealing with the ticks. Just yesterday morning before I got into the shower I found another tick on me. Of course I am freaking out and all worried about Lyme disease. I going to keep an eye on the bite spot for a few days. So far it only a little red and seems to be fading which hopefully is a good sign. We are gearing up for another weekend of hiking. We have plans to go up to Bushkill in the Poconos and I am feeling a little uneasy though. Hopefully we won't bring as many ticks home this time!

The Pine Barrens

Today Matt, I and the dogs hopped in the car and headed to the nearest place to go hiking. Which is the Pine Barrens in South Jersey. Matt did some research and found a great state park with lots of hiking trails. We all had a great time, we hiked about two miles around a lake. Tater and Tyson had so much fun running around off leash getting drinks from the lake. We were loving this place and talking about how we should come back often, that was until we did a tick check on us and the dogs. We probably pulled 20 to 30 ticks off all of us combined. It was very scary! After we dusted our self off of all the ticks we couldn't wait to get home to shower. But of course we had to stop at Stuart's Root beer stand for some cheese fries and shakes. I had a blueberry shake and Matt had a Strawberry, they were good. All and all we had a great day with our dogs.

Wow it's June already!

I can't believe that it is June already! Where did the month of May go? So for me the last couple of weeks of May just flew by for me. Again I have been staying busy with home improvements. We finally got our new roof, and I painted our wood paneling on the front of the house. Our house is slowly becoming one of the nicer houses on the block. We are currently in a holding pattern for our fence. We were hoping it would be up by now but still nothing. Luckily it hasn't been all work and no play for us. We did get to go down to Charlottesville for Memorial day weekend to visit Matt's parents. We had a great time they showed us around their cute town and Matt's Mom planned vegetarian meals for me. We even got to visit with Matt's friends Jenn and Jamie. To kick off the begin of the month we went to see James Taylor with our good friends Sue, Charlotte, and Maureen.

Staying Busy

So it has been a while since I last blogged. The past two weekend we have been busy. We got some much needed yard work done. We got rid of some half dead bushes and trimmed back the have dead pine tree. Matt also trimmed the bushes on the side. When all the work was said and done we had over 30 brown bags filled of bush, leaves, and branches


















When Matt was trimming the pine tree he got a nice surprise he found a nest with a morning dove and her baby. Later the dad must of come for a visit because we got a nice picture of them together. The birds are no longer in the tree they have left that nest or something has eating them I am going to believe they found another nest.



















So this past weekend we had a little relaxation. We went up to Northern NJ for a concert. For Matt's birthday I bought him ticket to see David Wilcox one of his favorite singer songwriters. Since Matt birthday is in December he has had to wait five months to enjoy his gift. It was a long wait to get his gift but he said it was worth the wait. We stayed in a hotel for the night and got to sleep in a king bed so that is always nice when that happens. Below are a few you tube videos of the David Wilcox and Justin Roth. Both put on a great performance.