What? No working this weekend??

We are happy to report that our house and garage are totally re-shingled and looking fabulous!!  Kurt earned himself a big pat on the back for all his hard work over the past 2 weekends, plus numerous nights (and even a day off work to finish it off).  With the help of our family & a few friends the guys finally finished this big (pain-in-butt) project.  THANK YOU Dad, Jim, Adam, Joe, Jerrod, Chuy and Noah for letting us put you to work!

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We have to admit this roofing project actually ended up being the perfect way to attract visitors, and we loved that part of the deal!  Last weekend we got to spend time with lots of Kurt's family and it was really fun to have everyone at our house, especially the little ones!  The nieces and nephews proved that our house is not childproof but they sure loved the park down the street!  Oh, they also loved Pita... A LOT.   Maybe it's because he is so small and fun to chase??

Proof that 2-year-olds really LOVE Pita.

Now that the roof is finished we finally are enjoying a weekend with NO PLANS.  This rarely happens for us so we've been flying by the seat of our pants and doing whatever we please.  This weather has been SO fabulous all weekend that we did end up doing some work around the house but we also got some fun and relaxing in, here's our favorite parts:

• Enjoying a cup of coffee on our front porch
• Staying in our PJ's until lunchtime
• Renting movies
• Cruising around to enjoy the changing Fall leaves
• Purchasing and putting together a little storage shed for the backyard
• Game night with good friends
• Winning tickets to a Blackhawks game while eating Chinese at Hy Vee (lucky!!!)
• Hitting a nearby trail and taking the dogs to the park

We love all the local trails!  We can access this one just a few blocks from our house.

Rockie liked the park by the river!

 Pita loves walks too...but this one tired him out! :)