We're Back

What's up everyone? We totally forgot about the blog. Yesterday Erica remembered a video that was posted here which made me wonder if our account was cancelled or not.





Guess not.....

On the phone with Mimi and Pop Pop

Hi Mimi! Happy Easter

Here's Easter with the West and the Gunthers, and a little surprise in the potty.

Just some random photos

Dad and Riles pumpkin picking at Butler's Orchard
Mommy and Riley taking a break
Feeding the goats at Butler's petting farm
Page, Mike and Bella were down from NJ.
Little Red Riding Hood
We were only out trick-or-treating for an hour but Riley got tons of goodies.
Riley and Bella together again at Devon and Steve's new house.
Christmas already?
Kitchen before
Kitchen during construction (I'll get an after pic up when it's done)
Bath tile before
Current bath tile is white subway tile with recycled glass accent and marble niche.
view of "some what" screened porch from dining and living rooms
Now dining RM has a built-in cabinet and living RM has a door to what was the porch and will be a study/ office.
All new doors and moulding, which are now painted and door hardware has been installed too.

Wow

It's horrible not having a computer. Ours crashed last month I guess, it seems like last year, and with selling the house we're trying to keep the townhouse clutter free and as open as possible. Apparently a new computer will take up too much space so "no-go" on purchasing a new one. We ,of course, don't have a laptop either so it's impossible for me to get on the net (Erica can navigate at work, but not me).

Most of my free time is spent at the new home anyway. Here are some pics taken a few hours before settlement on Sept. 24th. The house looks pretty different now, since it's getting almost entirely renovated. I'll get some shots up of the work we've done early next week.

We will also get some Riley pics up, she's going to be Little Red Riding-Hood for Halloween this year. Here are some recent photos of her including her 2nd birthday.

Baptism, Carnivals and Haircuts oh my.

Unfortunately we didn't get any good shots at Logan's baptism. I must say I am very proud to be his Godfather and I know that the Kerrigan and Betmarik families will remain close for many years.

Other late breaking news is we submitted a contract, on a house, Friday night. Of course nothing can go extremely smooth for us, the sellers are in West Virginia and are not capable of receiving faxes. So ratification is on hold until they get to MD. Which unfortunately means there is a possibility of them receiving another offer. We actually got the inside scoop and saw the house before it was on the market. Wish us luck.....today is Sunday and we where told they would sign off on the contract Monday.

Godfather Bill with Riley and new Godfather Jeff with Logan

Riley was surprisingly behaved in church, only a few audible comments about the readings and a spot on the floor that she wanted Mommy to "step on".

Two boys under the age of 2, good luck Bill and Susan. We'll definitely give you a hand when needed.

Party time after church and the little ones ( bigger ones too) are running out of steam.

Riley not happy at all about the haircut. She wouldn't sit in the chair alone so Mommy helps out by sitting Riles in her lap. The next picture explains why the rest of the haircut went smoothly.

Much better.

The bruise on her right cheek is from belly flopping out of the computer chair. She's not the most graceful little girl.

OK not totally into it but she hung in there.

Checking out the fire engines at the Mo. Co. fair

Fishing with the carnies is kinda scary.

For the most part we checked out all the animals at the fair. Riley's still too small to ride any of the rides by herself. We also enjoyed a lot of carnival food like funnel cake and ice cream.

check this out!

Wow, I got an unexpected reminder today that I still have a blog going for Riley and we just up-loaded a bunch of photos so check it out. Some are of Ava's 2nd birthday party, July 4th, trip to the DC Zoo, blueberry picking at Butler's Orchard but most of them are just silly Riley photos. I can't resist posting the funny face and strange pose ones. It's great that the camera can occasionally catch the goof-ball at her finest. She probably isn't the only goofy one in the house though.