Bridget and I would like to thank everyone that came over this Saturday to Ben’s 13th birthday and our deck warming party.  It was so nice to see everyone and we had such a good time… and Ben enjoyed all of the company for his birthday too!

Here are some of the pictures from the party:

  

  

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Congratulations to Holly and Todd on their wedding this weekend.  Bridget and I both had a wonderful time.  Here are some of the pictures that I took:

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Some more pictures that I took today of some butterflys and birds in our backyard.

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Mom wanted some pictures of her beautiful fountain and all of the landscaping from the side yard.  Here they are:

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Here are some cute pictures that I took of Mia while she was sleeping in our bathroom.

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Bridget and I went to the West Chester Restaurant Festival on Sunday.  It was very crowded this year, since we got there later and it was such a beautiful day outside.  But as always it was a fun time with lots of great food to be sampled.

Some of our favorites included the egg roll from Margaret Kuo’s Mandarin, the tomato pie and meatball swandwich from Limoncello Ristorante, the crab cakes from Pietro’s Prime and the Goshen Fair Donuts.

Well the deck builders, Keystone Custom Decks, came by today to finish up putting on the railing, lights and other finishing touches.  Now all we need is for our furniture to get here.

Here are some more pictures of the finished deck:

And here’s the deck all lighted up at night:

We just had 2 new Fiberon decks installed on the back of the house, one outside of the slider from the kitchen eat-in dining area, and a smaller one off of the basement slider. 

The old deck that was there was wood which was already in need to repair and not very well built, along with being very small.  The stairs were also way too steep for the dogs, they were becoming too much for Ben, so we moved them over to a better location so he would have less steps.  They can also now go into the yard from the basement, before Mom had to bring them upstairs at night to let them out.

Here are some pictures of the new deck.  They still haven’t put on the railing or finished the trim work, but it’s almost done.

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Bridget and I went into center city for the weekend to celebrate our second wedding anniversary.  Of course we walked around the favorite areas of the city and I got plenty of pictures.

Here’s some from Rittenhouse Square:

Love Park / JFK Plaza:

Philadelphia City Hall:

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