Thanksgiving 2009

This year we enjoyed Thanksgiving in Philly with Ryan, Megan, and Cora! We also got to visit with Matt's cousins Dustin, Raven, and Sandy who also live in Philly. Aside from feeling the effects of swelling feet from sitting in the car when 8months pregnant, we had a really fun time!





PS - Baby Cora rules!
PSS - Matt is feeding Cora baked sweet potato fries home made by Megan.

An Eventful Week!

I had a great week in Philly visiting my sister Megan!  Baby Cora continues to grow and Ryan continues to study.  We also got together with Krister and Sheri for dinner and Sheri is looking especially cute with her little baby bump.

If I were to write out all the things we did this would be a really long post.  So instead here are the highlights:  

• Megan and I both got our hair cut
  
• We finished the last must do project in the condo which was painting the kitchen. (It looks awesome by the way.  No more sponge painted walls and sunflower tiles on the backsplash!)
• Cora got her ears pierced!!!!

I also have to mention that Megan taught me how to reconstitute beans to make an amazing black bean soup, and she also made cinnamon rolls from scratch!  YUM!

  

Going Back to Philly....to Philly, to Philly

I was able to spend last week in Philly and visit Megan, Ryan, Cora, Krister and Sheri! It was a great trip and so much fun.
(Anderson siblings Krister, Jana, and Megan pictured below.)I took the bus from Boston, stopping in NY, and then on to Philly. It was a breeze and cheep too. I also tried out Philly's commuter rail which stopped really close to Megan's place.

Megan and I completed phase one of our "extreme condo makeover" in just about 5 days. All we have left to do is a little more work on the kitchen and from there on out it's just the fun and easy extras to make the place even more cozy. A little more cleaning (as Megan had already done the hard cleaning), removal of excess wiring and stripped screws, re-arranging funiture, hanging pictures and art, new drapes and rod hung, some painting, lots of new lighting, new ceiling light fixtures installed, and the place feels fresh and like home! YAY!


Megan will have better before and after pictures of the condo as my pictures don't do the space or our work justice.




Mingled in with our condo project we were able to have a lot of fun. Play time with Cora, hanging out at Megan's place, exploring the area, the best philly cheese steak and hoagie ever, pumpkin water ice with vanilla custard at Ritas, dinner at Krister's house with Uncle Blaine, Aunt Kathy, cousin Heidi, and Mike!