Home Again, Home Again!

We came home from Key West on Tuesday night. We had such a good time and the weather was so nice it was difficult to leave. We already have our tickets to go back and the Christmas tree is all set up and decorated so we have that to look forward to. This week, while I was working from home on Friday, the gas company came by to do an inspection. Much to our surprise, we had a gas leak. So, they dug up the front lawn and replaced the gas line that goes into the house. They did it right away and worked until 9:30 on Friday night to get it repaired.

While they were replacing the line, they moved the gas meter to the outside of the house.

One of the best thing about coming home from KW was that we got to see Liv and celebrate her 2nd birthday. On Saturday we packed up the car and headed up to Lee, NH.

Lots of friends came to celebrate with Liv. And everyone brought her a present!

Don and Marie were there.

Neal and Don got to catch up a little bit.

Aunty Debbie was there.

Matt and Amy were there, too.

Nonno and Nonna were there.

And lots of friends.

Andrea and Drew served their guests some wonderful food. They had cheese, dips and crackers.

And some wonderful hot hors d'oeuvres, too!

Andrea made a great sauce with meatballs that she served with a delicious lasagna.

Andrea must have been very busy getting ready. She also made and decorated cupcakes for Liv's birthday!

The kid's enjoyed their supper together at the kid's table.

After supper, Liv blew out the candles. I think she is a pro at this now!

Liv's friends loved the cupcakes, too.

After supper, cupcakes and candles, it was time for presents! All the kids are ready to help. And Mommy was going to try to keep things under control.....

Liv loved the great new outfit from Gramma and Grampa Mugherini.

She had lots of helpers at-the-ready in case she needed assistance opening all those birthday gifts.

Presents, presents everywhere! But you can't have too many presents!

After presents, it was time for a little piano concert on Gramma and Grampa's piano. Nonno stayed close by to keep things under control.

Another great thing was that one of Drew's friends brought a bounce house which they set up downstairs in the new playroom they are building in the basesment. The kids loved it!! They played together in it all day long. What a great thing!

This is how they got into the bounce house.

And this is how they got out!

This is going in and out at the same time.

Nonna gave it a bounce, too!

It was a really nice birthday party. Everyone had a great time! Thanks to Andrea and Drew for a really nice afternoon. On Sunday, we did car things. It was time to put the Mercedes Benz into storage before the snow. But before we put it away, Neal washed it all up.

When we put the Mercedes Benz away, we got the VW Rabbit and brought it home. Neal washed that car, too.

It was a beautiful Sunday, so after all the car washing, we took the Triumph out for a ride in the sunshine.

This is one happy guy!

After a nice, long ride we brought it back home and tucked it into the garage until the next sunny Sunday.

One other thing we celebrated this weekend was my 10 year anniversay with Fidelity. Can you believe it - 10 years! They gave me a really nice Howard Miller brass clock.

And they had it engraved on the back.

Despite the gas leak, it turned out to be a really nice weekend. Happy Birthday to Liv! I hope you all had a great weekend, too, whatever you did!