Happy 30th Birthday, Joshua!

One of the best parts of Joshua's birthday: The giant chicken/singing telegram Emily sent

Happy Halloween!

Because we do not have children and that is becoming the theme of this blog ("Things You Do Before Children!"), we spent Saturday morning at a dog Halloween party at the park where we walk Simon.

For lack of a better costume, we dressed him in a boa and peacock feather. (S)he got lots of compliments and friendly glances from other pooches.

The afternoon was spent napping in the living room. Too cute!

Ladies Weekend at the Beach

For the second summer in a row, I spent a relaxing weekend at the beach (Ventor, NJ) with my college girlfriends. It was great to hang out with them: watching silly videos on Heather's computer, having Amanda absolutely school us in a game of hearts and hearing about Donna's adventures in NYC as a social worker. I'm blessed to have the support of their friendship.