October

We had so many things going on... life is getting busy. I am so glad that I have been able to snap a few pictures to help remind me of all the fun things we did.

First on the list this month was painting our brick fireplace. We have been talking for quite some time about building some kind of custom wood piece to cover the brick but the more I looked at the actual brick and all the little corners/turns we would need to make I started to feel like I was in over my head. So we decided one day to just paint the thing. Aaron and Thatcher met me on my lunch hour at home depot so we could get the paint and some less expensive brushes and rollers (I had read online that the rough surface would trash your nice brushes- which it did- so glad we bought some cheap-o disposable ones)

Since we hastily decided to paint the fireplace, I didn't remember to get a good "before shot" so this is the "undecorated and taped off" image :) and sorry for the wonky lighting- light is a bit of an issue in our living room and we had to wait for the baby to go to bed before we got all painty. Oh, and did I mention the reason for our hasty decision making? I was hosting a baby shower for two co-workers at my house... two days after deciding to paint. Nothing like having a bunch of people over to make you want to start a decent sized painting project right?

This is the next morning... it took about a half gallon of paint with primer. I had read that the brick would soak up the paint so I think we did pretty well. It took two-ish coats of paint- our method: roll with a little roller any surface we could (lay it on THICK) then go back with a brush and touch up all the little raised edges and grout lines.

All done- tah dah! This was a quick take a picture after throwing up some fall decor. I am loving the white now, I wasn't so sure after the first coat and a half but I really like it and it has brightened up our dark little corner.

I love fall in Boise. I love seeing all of the trees change color and going for walks in the cool air. We have really enjoyed strapping Thatcher in the stroller and getting out and about and seeing everything through his eyes!

Aaron's parents came for a quick visit- somehow I only managed a few pictures of Thatcher and Grandpa looking at books. I really need to work on the quantity of pictures I take... It was just a quick weekend visit and we seemed to be constantly on the move.

Happy Halloween! We weren't too worked up about Halloween this year (I know bad parents) but with Aaron working Halloween night and Thatcher still young enough to not really know whats going on I decided I didn't need to stress about it. I did find a simple costume for Thatcher (Good Will- a whole $1.50 for and Old Navy costume) and we ended up at "Trunk-or-Treat" at Grammy's church parking lot. So I decided that every frog should have a princess to go with him- I borrowed an old formal from a co-worker and threw my hair up with some glitter/curls/tiara and we were set.

What you can't see in this picture: the dress was a little too long so I had it bunched up and tucked in the pocket of my yoga pants, oh and I was wearing some pink tennis shoes too- no glass slippers for this princess give my my sneakers any day! Aaron was a pirate, it didn't really work into our little theme but we had it on hand from a theme wedding we attended last fall. Maybe next year we will be better...

Thatcher is already 8 months old- how did this happen? Every month I try and snap a few "posed" pictures of him. It is getting a bit harder now that he can move around a little, and Jack the weenie dog as my wonderful "assistant" I took over 100 pictures and I would say I have at least 30 that have some portion of a dog in them. He is a pro photo bomber.

(Thatcher "barking" at Jack once I finally was able to get the dog outside)

(Thatcher's Halloween froggy costume and a pumpkin we grew at Grammy's house)