VACATION!!!

Here are some pictures from our vacation to the Outer Banks in NC. It is tough to sum up such an awesome week with just a few pics, but I did my best and left out all of the crazy Eddie pictures (there should be a whole blog dedicated to that!).

My dad preparing for the drink of the day at the outdoor tiki bar by the pool!

Kathy, Becky, and Ben hanging out in the game room

Ryan and Mike on the fence showing off the flags!

Ben and Mike having fun!

Cheers to vacation!

Hanging out on the deck before dinner.

Engagement photo perhaps?

The family enjoying a sunset before dinner.

And one of Mike and I too.

Ryan and Kathy enjoying a day of golf.

Trip to Maryland

I went to Maryland last weekend to visit Jill and although Josh and Abby were in Wisconsin for the weekend, I did manage to get a few cute shots!!

The Big Dig

Mike took on digging out our front lawn, in order to put in a retaining wall and level out the yard a bit. Yup, he did it all with a pick ax and a shovel. It took quite a few weekends, but he did it!! Check out all of those rocks. Now we are ready to put the wall in. Another job well done!!

Connor's Baptism

Connor Edward's christening was today at St. Cecilia's church in Rockaway. It was a beautiful day and Connor was pretty well behaved through the whole thing. Matt, Melissa, and Danny were missed by all and I hope Danny is feeling better soon. Since Matt and Melissa are Connor's godparents, Brian and I had to step in for the day. It was a great honor and a day I will remember forever. God Bless Connor!!

May!

Well, I don't want to be accused of not updating, so here you go! Some pics from the last month. Enjoy!

First up, Cinco de Mayo!




Here are some cute ones from Mother's Day!




Then, there was Memorial Day! Eddie and Erin both came to NJ to hang out!!!





And here are a few from our visit with Cristin, Pat, and Connor yesterday!

Connor

I know this is what you've all been waiting for. Well, here you go...a picture of Connor Edward Lee. He was 4 weeks old yesterday.

Spring Cleaning?

The past two weekends have been busy at the Beattie house. Last weekend we installed a new dishwasher all by ourselves and this weekend we (mostly Mike) conquered the massive rhododendron!!


Old, loud, broken dishwahser...


Gone...gone...gone...


Check out the results! Mike did a fantastic job, and what do you know it cleans dishes too!!



For those of you who don't remember, the rhododendron is the massive bush to the right of our house. Pretty huge, huh? We found out from our neighbors that it was huge when they moved in 24 years ago, so it's one old bush! Too big and too close to the house though, so it had to go!


Mike did a great job chopping it down, while I clipped all the branches and prepared for bundling so the town will take it!

There it is, all bundled and ready to be taken away...


Look at what was left, that should be a piece of cake to remove right??????



WRONG!!! Mike spent the entire day on Sunday digging and chopping it out. But he did it!! Now, what do we do with it???