Fun Filled Weekend #2

Yeah, another visitor!! We were in amazement when we found out that we would have not only 1 but 2 visitors in the month of September. Yeah for us!! This past weekend Derek's friend Kim came to visit. Kim flew in Friday, & with no time a wastin' the guys headed to the city. You don't realize how much walking you do in the city, they walked & walked & with no whinney kids (not that our kids ever whine) they were able to see & do alot...the bean, Millenium park, the Magnificent Mile,ride up to the top of the John Hancock Tower (sorry about the Sears Tower Jennifer, definetly next time),eat fabulous pizza & much more.





Unfortunatley for Kim we decided to purchase a basketball standard on saturday. Putting this together took a few hours & alot of "re-doing"!! (Thanks Derek & Kim the kids & I love shooting hoops.) Luckily they finished the basketball standard just in time for their tee time at Black Hawk Golf Course. What a manly day, building things & golf!!




The next day we decided to leave early & drive up to Wisconsin. We discovered a new place to see Lake Michigan, it was a beautiful spot.(Don't worry Kim I won't tell them about you getting drenched by the huge wave!!) Then back to Illinois, to hang out at Illinois Beach State Park. We love the beach & the kids always have a blast in the water. Kim & Derek were totally interested by the hang gliding surfers. Some of them were amazing, maybe next year we will give that a try!! And just like that the weekend was over & it was back to real life. Thanks for coming Kim & hanging out with us here in Illinois. Come back soon & bring Angie next time!!

Good Times

My friend Jennifer came to visit us last weekend, it was so great to have her here. Thursday night we took her to get REAL CHICAGO style pizza at Giordano's, it was delicious!! The next day it was off to Wisconsin to hang out in the apple orchard, then the Jelly Belly factory where we tried some of the best & worst Jelly Belly's. Some of the worst being skunk smell, baby wipes & boogers some of the best were caramel popcorn, pear & grapefruit. Then shopping at the outlets in Pleasant Prairie. Saturday we got up early to go into the big city. Every time we go to Chicago I am amazed & how wonderful it is. The best thing about the city was...Derek surprised Abby, Jennifer & I with tickets to go see Wicked!!! Yeah!!! That Derek he is always full of surprises. Sunday Jennifer & I stayed up most the night talking. That for me was the best night, just hanging out & catching up. We love having visitors & if you come we promise to show you a good time!

Dare to Dream

Yesterday I asked for Grayson's help cleaning the bathroom. He has always loved scrubbing the toilet!! When I went in to check on him he asked me to check out how sparkling clean the toilet was. When I told him good job, he said, " Now you know why I want to be a toilet scrubber when I grow up!" What can you say, other than Dare to Dream Gray, Dare to Dream!!

Time Flies

I would just like to say...I LOVE PRESCHOOL. I am amazed at how fast that 2 hours just flies by. I am also amazed at how much I can get accomplished in that time. It has been great to be able to clean without interuption, go to Target all by myself or blog in the middle of the day without anyone sitting on my lap. Yep I think I need to say it again I LOVE PRESCHOOL.

1930's wife

My friend hooked me up with this website & I thought it was pretty funny. So take the test & tell me if you would have been a good 1930's wife.

You Would Make an Okay 1930's Wife

You have some of the attributes of an ideal 1930's wife... but you probably didn't intend it to be that way. You don't buy into retro gender roles, though you do embrace your femininity at times. A 1930's man may find you passable, but you probably wouldn't want anything to do with him.

Would You Have Been a Good Wife in the 1930s?

First Day of Preschool

Today was Lindsey's first day of preschool. Oh my goodness she has been so excited,this is all she can talk about. Even strangers at the grocery store know that Lindsey is going to preschool. After I dropped her off (she wasn't nervous until the picture by the door where she can hear other kids crying) I called Derek to tell him what a perfect memory it will make of me & Lindsey walking through the woods collecting acorns on our way to preschool. I think people who are from Illinois take for granted all the beautiful trees & forests there are to enjoy here... Anyway when I went to pick her up from school, her teachers said she did great. I was glad to hear that, because I was having a hard time, walking out the door with my little girl in my arms, I felt a little Vaklempt (I don't know how to spell it), I can't believe my baby is a "Big Girl".

My new BFF

Lindsey played all summer with Abby & the neighborhood girls. These girls range in age from 6-10. Now that all of the kids are back in school fulltime (Abby is in first grade, so this is the first year she has been to school all day) Lindsey is a little bit lonely. Needless to say, Lindz & I are stuck at the hip, I don't do anything by myself...Nothing...Nada...Zip!! I keep telling myself I need to embrace this because I know she won't want to be my BFF forever.