Castle of Van De Walle: June 2011

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In this episode, Brian's unpaid parking tickets nearly gets Joe arrested. Brian attempts to smooth things over by asking out the female arresting officer. Unfortunately for Brian, she is somewhat obsessive and does not take well to his later attempts to break up with her!

Wait. That's a synopsis of an old "Wings" episode. My mistake. And now...time for a word from our sponsors.

We do have some exciting news to share. I don't know if I can put this into words. I'll try. Okay. Here goes. After a very long time, a time full of laughter, tears and adventures, Kelly...has finally turned 30. I know! It's crazy.

Also, we bought a house.

Well, not yet. We close on Friday. The house is located just outside of Beaverdale. Off of Lower Beaver Road. And Jess and I graduated from Buena Vista, who are the Beavers. This is a lot of Beaver-related coincidences. I think we should get a pet beaver. Shhh..don't tell Jess. It'll be a great surprise. I have a leash picked out and everything. Ohmygosh it's going to be spectacular. I even have him named: Gnarles Livingston.

Mr. Gnarles Livingson-Van De Walle

I'll post photos of the house soon. But it is a 3-4 bedroom (1 basement non-conforming room) ranch-style with a finished basement complete with a bar. It was built in 1960 and has been completely updated/renovated by someone who knows what they were doing. See, what's good about that I don't have to "fix" anything (see: screw anything up). We couldn't be more pleased. It was our first-choice back in December. And now it will soon be ours!

And now...the photos!