Videos of Brody

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Xmas 09!

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Kitchen almost done!

Mom and Dad (Sheeler) came down this weekend. Dad and Andy built a beautiful built-in bench while Mom and I made fudge. Once we paint the bench/shelves we'll post more pics!

Halloween in RI

We spent Halloween in RI with Meg and Mike and had a great time. Here are some pics!

Busy Traveling!

We've been busy travelers over the last month. Andy was in...

San Fran,



St. Louis,


amongst others...

while I was in Boston.


During one of our free weekends, we pretended to be tourists and visited Georgetown. We took an unexpected detour past Congress...


This past weekend, Beth was in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia celebrating a friend's birthday...

September

This past weekend our friends Rachel and Nick came for a visit. It was a beautiful September weekend, so we spent most of Saturday outdoors. First we went to the National Harbor and then to Old Town, Alexandria. The first picture is "The Awakening" statue at the National Harbor. The last picture is of Nick playing the glasses in Old Town, Alexandria.

Life Is Good

A candid pic I got of Copper.....

Kitchen Painted

The kitchen was painted a few weeks ago! The painters did a great job, in less than 8 hours! It would have taken us weeks to do b/w work, summer BBQs, painting prep, etc. Two days later, Copper decided to chew the corner of one of the walls. I was not happy! There area few other random pics in there too:

Another BBQ!

We went to the East side of PA for Beth's parent's BBQ, celebrating both grandmom's 80th birthdays! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Gram Sheeler and Gram Tula!! Here are some pics. Unfortunately we didn't think to get a pic with both Grams, but we got LOTS of pics of Brody!

OBX 2009

We're back from the beach - our annual Outer Banks trip with the Youngs. As always, we had a wonderful time. While we were there, Copper made a new best friend at camp - Madison, an 85 lb Bernese Mountain Dog! Double click the slideshow below to see our pics.

Enjoy!

Summer Picnics

We've had a busy summer so far. A few weeks ago we were in Derry for a family picnic and last weekend I was home for Sonia & Chris's baby shower! Unfortunately we missed OCJN again this year, but I stole a beach pic of Brody from Megan and created a comparison of him - now versus 1 week! Click on the slide shows below to view the pictures from our latest adventures and enjoy :-)

From Brody Vallas Winters

A "Splash" of a 4th

Mom and Dad (Sheeler) came down for the weekend and helped put in a kitchen backsplash and changed our original lights. It looks great and we couldn't have done it without them! Check out some of our photos (Click to enlarge):

Busy Busy!

We've been quite busy over the last month or so! Andy bought his first motorcycle, we celebrated our marriage locally, in Derry, PA and we went to Bern, Switzerland! Below are the pics from each. I'm hoping to add to the Derry BBQ Celebration soon...Double click the slideshows to maximize them.

May

It's been quite some time since we posted. We've been busy with Copper, the house, work and travels. Here are a few pics of Copper and our finished living room and "sitting room." Next is the kitchen!

Expect to see more pictures in June. We have our Mr. & Mrs. BBQ on June 13th and then we're off to Switzerland (Andy's working, while I'll be hitting the farmer's markets and botiques!). We'll make sure to post pictures of both.

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Spring is Here!

We spent all day yesteday outdoors and it was wonderful! Andy surprised me with a picnic lunch at our favorite park (also, where we had one of our first dates). We discovered an old graveyard in the woods of the park.

Then we went on a long Jeep ride to Middleburg, VA where we enjoyed a few cold ones, some ice cream, and each other's company.

We've Been Busy, So Here are Just a Few Random Pics

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Randoms

Brody and Copper

We've been quite busy with our new puppy Copper, but Beth had a chance to go see our new nephew, Brody, last weekend in OH. He's adorable! Here are some pics of Brody and the pup. Double-click the slideshow to open a new, maximized window.

New Family

This past weekend was an exciting one! We have a new nephew as of March 21! Brody Vallas Winters was born at around 7 lbs. This is the first grandchild for the Sheeler side of the family!

















Andy and I also just added to our family! Copper is our new Sheltie mix. He's about 3 months old and adorable! He's very shy and getting used to his new home. Once he adjusts, though, we're sure he'll break us in to being new pup parents!

Friends

Beth went home to PA this weekend for a BU girls luncheon. She had wonderful time catching up, telling stories and laughing like old times. Soon we will have two new BU buds to add to the group - with Liz due June 4 and Shannon due July 4th!
















On Sunday we both went to Mr. & Mrs. Hopper's celebratory luncheon where they announced their recent marriage. Congratulations Tom & Shannon! Tom is headed to Iraq in one week and we wish him a safe tour.

Mr. & Mrs. Shean

It's official! We are now Mr. & Mrs. Shean! We had a wonderful time in Negril, Jamaica with family and friends last week, sharing our wedding day and a much needed warm vacation in the middle of winter. We took lots of pics and a video too, so as soon as we have them organized we will share more. Click the slideshow to maximize the pictures.

The Coming Weeks...

The next few weeks are going to be busy!! Both Andy and I will be on business trips while Inauguration is underway. It is going to be CRAZY here! The streets are already lined with Port-O-Pots! TONS of them!

Then we'll be on our way to Jamaica for our big day!! We can't wait! And look how warm it is there :-)

We'll post wedding pics once we're back! And maybe a video too :-)

FINALLY...continued (downstairs pics)

Here is the first floor. Don't mind the blue tape! It's our daily motivation for painting...

FINALLY...

Sorry it has taken a little over a month to post house pictures! We FINALLY got things situated this past weekend. Enjoy the pictures! We are taking the next month or so "off" from doing anything else, but after the wedding we will start painting and adding the finishing touches! Here are the upstairs pics. I will post the downstairs pics in a separate post.

Ikea - A Love/Hate Relationship

As we unpacked, we realized storage space is at a minimum, so we bought a wardrobe at Ikea this week. We spent all day on New Years and some of the day on Friday putting this massive beast together and it's still not quite finished. Ikea = headache. Wardrobe = Lots more space!