MERRY CHRISTMAS

merry merry from NJ - we are having a great time with the fam here up north. much love to you all!

THE PICTURES!!

ok - here are the 'before' pictures. here comes the tour!!



so this is the front door and when you walk in you are in the living room. then keep walking straight and look right = the kitchen



there is a door on the left of the kitchen that takes you outside to the HUGE yard. come over and we will throw the football around - k?







when you walk back inside and look to the right (across from the kitchen) you are in the dinning room



the door on the left of the dinning room takes you out to the garage



if you walk back from the garage and into the living room and hang a left down our hallway the first room on the right is our 1st bedroom, which is also known and the office / studio (sorry about the mess - the other pic w/out the mess didnt come out to well)



here is the office closet



walk out of the office and down the hallway to the left is our 2nd bedroom - come and stay with us please!! you have a room now!!



and it's closet



when you walk out of the 2nd bedroom and go straight - the bathroom is on your left





and here is the bonus - you can see our bedroom furniture!! same thing with these 'before' pics - didnt come out that great - so here is our bedroom




hope you enjoyed the tour - we will hopefully have some 'after' pics at the end of the week - and if not that then after the new year!

death cab for cutie

last thurs night amanda and i headed out to see our favorite band of all time, Death Cab For Cutie. it was definitely the biggest venue we have seen them in - and a crazy weird mix of people. ok go opened - they were not as fun as i thought they were going to be - but had a sweet visual experience with the show. the best part of ok go was the last song - they put all the instruments away and danced like champs! ha!

after ok go it was time for our boys...and it was an amazing show once again. here are some pics of our evening:




here is a pic of 'title and registration' (amanda's fav song):



typically (or at least the 3 times i have seen them) for the last song before the encore they do 'we looked like giants' and they bring out a little kit and ben plays drums at the end. so amazing! here are some pics from that song:




for the encore they did:

i will follow you into the dark



marching bands of manhattan
transatlantacism

yes. it was a great time. go see these guys if you can - ken, we are jealous - you get to see them on the last day of the tour...

thanksgiving update, part 2

so yes - we did have to wait like 40 min at the causeway cafe on Friday morning - but it was amazing!!! amanda had oreo and peanut butter pancakes. yum!! and i had an omelet with a sausage biscuit. man i am getting hungry just thinking about it. after the cafe we headed for the coast. i could not have been any more beautiful. here are some pics for ya:








matt's emo picture:



after the amazing day at wilmington - we picked up my sister at work then headed back to raleigh. when we got home - mom had the amazing mexican feast ready for us and we ate like champs!! then it was back to helios one last time. oh the caramella is so good:





after helios we headed back to my house to hang - talk about music and chill for our last night together. another highlight was that my dogg from back in middle school days, Pat - was able to stop by as well. great, great times had by all. here are some of the 'goodbye' pics. enjoy:





it was a blessing to be with you all in NC!!