Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Happy Halloween!

Our friends had a housewarming party last weekend and this is the only picture I took!  It is a cheeseball with crushed Doritos and pepper stem to make it look like a cute little pumpkin!  It also tasted very good!


Friday, October 19, 2012

Busy & Fun Weekends!

Spa day is my favorite day of the year!  I had an amazing massage and facial.  Shari and I enjoyed the "tranquility room" before our treatments.  

After our morning at French Lick Spa, we went out to lunch at a restaurant on one of the golf courses in the area. 

French Lick Casino and Resort

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ISU's School of Business held their "Hullabaloo" during homecoming weekend.  The old federal building has been transformed into the new school of business.  Tours, live music, and a silent auction were held.

View of the courtroom

View of the trading lab
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A huge tree at the farm fell and had to be cut up.  Craig's family came in from St. Louis and spent the day working on the tree.  Lilly, 4, decided it was her job to pick all the acorns off the tree.

She filled her pockets full!


We also celebrated Isabelle's 2nd birthday!


She had a little help blowing out her candles from dad and sister.
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We visited a huge apple orchard and pumpkin to get in the fall mood.

I never knew that there were so many different pumpkins!


It was a little bit of a drive, but it was a great place!
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Our quick trip to Chicago was rainy and cold, but it was GREAT time spent making memories with friends! 


Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Landscaping

This is what our house looked like when we bought it about a year and a half ago - full of overgrown landscaping.


Then this past spring we had everything cleaned out!  It looked completely bare all summer!

We have had some nice weekends and Craig was able to get a ton done all in one Sunday afternoon.

We were able to get most plants 50% off because it was the end of the season.

The retaining wall Craig installed looks very nice.

Craig picked out this cute maple that has some pretty fall color right now.

The plants all look pretty small and immature, but hopefully it will all fill out.



Craig put a ton of black mulch down!