Knocking Your Socks off at the REAL Rock City

Here's beautiful Yosemite National Park. Thanks to our wonderful friends, Tim and Val, for showing us around San Fran and Yosemite. We had a great trip. Wish Chattanooga were just as spectacular so we could show you around here but you will have to settle for Rock City and whitewater rafting on the Ocoee. Michael and I also enjoyed the beautiful Napa Valley while out on the west coast....Michael enjoyed some good wine and I made him buy bottles of all the good stuff so we can crack it open on D-Day (Dec 19th). We also enjoyed the Charles Schultz (creator of the Peanuts) museum..a must see in Santa Rosa.

Meet Baby Stewart

Meet Baby Stewart....due date Dec 19th. Here are our first pics of the baby.....7 weeks and 1 day old.

Love to all.

Here's a pic of the new house...we had the inspection today and all came out OK.....moving on July 18th.....and we have SO MUCH to do at our current house....thanks to my wonderful in-laws (George and Lynn) for coming last week and helping...I hear George will be back to help some more. George, all the Bruster's you can eat on us :)

Also, I would like to wish Lynn a very happy Birthday. Hope it is a great one!

Spring has Sprung and....We have GREEN grass

It is like 78 degrees here today....love it. Look at the GREEN grass we have....for those of you that don't know the story, we had an "accident" last year and somehow all the grass died...we have now learned to label all the pesticide/fertilizer/round up containers in the basement! The accident was well worth it bc look at the lush grass we have now....and Michael was such a wonderful hubby today and bought flowers to plant....he is officially the landscaper...put me in a nursery and my head starts to hurt.

We also enjoyed the warm weather today and rode our bikes down to our favorite neighborhood deli (The Vine Street Market) and had lunch....a couple of weeks ago we took the new bicycles out for a spin on the River Walk....I didn't take the camera with me but it was beautiful....I'll take it next time. Glad we decided to get bicycles for our anniversary...lots of fun...once I can master riding up the hills around here.

Here's my new hair....much shorter than before....love it. And, how embarrasing...it is almost April and there is a Christmas basket still sitting on the ledge in the living room full of dog treats....

Wonderful new website I have found...lots of inspiration, cool shopping, and great message board. Love the pink and black....visit scrap etc

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit...a family tradition held monthly. Don't forget, good luck. 

She just looks nice... 

Michael is the best husband and I am the luckiest....aren't these beautiful???? 

Happy New Year! Here is a compilation of some of the Christmas cards we received this year.....total scraplift of Ali Edwards (http://www.aliedwards.typepad.com/) but I thought it was such a great idea I had to use it myself. 

What a cute family! Robert, Cathy and Maggie (their 4 legged baby).....Robert is my cousin and Cathy will officialy be joining the family in July when they get married....looking forward to more holidays together. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.....hope you enjoy this pic of our snowman cake.....may be the last time you see him.  

Who's 32 today?

Who's 32 today?????????

Happy Birthday, Michael.

Love,
Kristy

A Fall day at Coolidge Park 

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween.

More yard Pictures

By request, more pictures of the yard....to view more, go to ofoto.

We have a yard!

Finally. We have green grass. After an accidental killing of our lawn this Spring and our first round of sod that died, we have green grass at last. We also got a sprinkler system to help maintain the new landscape. We are watering it feverishly and hope it lives this time. Here is Michael, watering a few spots that need some TLC.