Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! It is nice to have an extra "fall-back" hour on Halloween weekend; especially after being at two parties the night before. Alicia helped me put on all the make-up to become a werewolf, which was about an hour and a half. She did a good job, and I got lots of complements on it last night. She dessed up as a "One, Nightstand" (although you can't see her whole costume in the picture), complete with a lighted lamp top. She got lots of points for being clever with her costume.

We attended two parties last night. One with our friends from Volleyball, and also the group of friends we hang out with more often. The first was a full-blown event, with lots of people and events going on. Even Karaoke. It was pretty crazy. We didn't know most of the people that were there, so we didn't stick around too long. We spent the rest of the night hanging out and drinking with our other group of friends. It was a good time.

The trick-or-treaters have been kind of slow tonight, we have probably only gone to the door 10 times. We'll see if that is all we get. We are running low on candy anyhow :). Anyhow, I hope you all had a great halloween. We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Jeff and Alicia

Motivated People

Alicia and I were motivated people over the last couple of weekends. We took it upon ourselves to finally get rid of the ugly "blue-jean" painted room. Since the previous owners had textured this room, we had to sand it all first (yea!).

After the sanding was done, one coat of primer, two coats of paint and a new window treatment .. it turned out pretty good.

Alicia and I really like how it turned out. Unfortunately we think it looks better than out master bedroom :). Doh .. now we'll probably have to end up tackling that one too. Hope you like it too! ;)

Fully-Loaded Weekend

Well, the weekend is over .. it was a blink of an eye. We had a 6:00 am flight on Saturday, and had to wake up at 4:00 am to make it to the airport on time. That forced us to goto bed at 10 o'clock Friday night. Yikes .. that is super early for me on a weekend :).

We made it to St. Louis by 9:30 in the morning though, so that was good. Alicia and I got to hang out with my parents for a couple of hours before one of Alicia's sorority sister's wedding, which was good. The wedding was nice, and the service went by pretty quickly which is always a plus :). There was an oboe solo during the ceremony which was different, and sounded really good. As usual, the bride, groom and wedding party all looked very good. Overall a good ceremony.

After the wedding, we met up with our good friend Sarah and headed out to visit our shared friends Kerri and Joe along with their daughter, Hailey. Hailey is a cute little girl, and quite the climber .. anything she could climb she would. We were glad to see each of them. Joe is in the hospital but seems to be on the road to recovery. We wish him the best.

We had the reception in the evening .. open bars are always good! :) Alicia and I were so tired at the reception though because it started at 7pm, and we had been up since 3am St. Louis time. Ugh. Alicia and I didn't dance very much, but hung out with friends and talked a lot :).

Likewise, Sunday also passed by in a flash. We woke up early to visit my Great Aunt Maryan. It was good to see her doing so well. She seems to be doing very well recovering after her stroke.

After our visit with Maryan, we helped my parents setup the house for Kelly's baby shower. And soon we (the men) were taking off to hide from the women :). I got to spend some male bonding time with my Dad and brother-in-law, Jason :). I'm not sure how the shower went since I wasn't there, but Kelly did end up with a bunch of stuff. I know; I had to help pack it all up in Jason's car :P. It was nice having the shower there because I got to see a lot of my family that I wouldn't have otherwise.

After we recovered from the shower, and ate some dinner with the family Alicia and I got to meet up with our friends Kelly and Mikey. We wanted to go to get some coffee at Starbucks and just hang out for a while, but ended up at the Cheesecake Factory instead when (shocker) Starbucks closed at 9:00. It was really good to see them, and I'm glad we got the chance to hang out. Oh and, the Cheesecake was good too.

So, that was our weekend in a 'nutshell'. You all can thank me for the short summary. Hope to see you soon!

Jeff and the better half