Today was a great day! It was very hot and muggy, but we had a great time going to the memorial day parade in Aurora and watching the girls march! It was kind-of weird, however, as it was just Angela, the boys, and I watching. What a small group! 🙂 The girls did a GREAT […]
Today we had dinner with some friends and did some long overdue catching up. We had a great time. A highlight of our night (not a good one, by the way) was when Ben disappeared and we couldn’t find him. We thought he was playing with Zach in the basement. Turns out, he went up
Yesterday, Angela and a bunch of her running friends drove down to Indianapolis, and today, she ran in the Indy Mini Half Marathon along with about 37,000 other runners! This is her 4th race there and she did a GREAT job! Her time this year was 2:12! That is her best time so far (she
Today marks the BIG 20 year mark for Angela and me! Wow! How time has flown. It seems like yesterday that we got married, and now it’s been 20 years, 5 kids later, and a few gray hairs. OK, more than a few gray hairs… 🙂 We are planning a 20th anniversary get-away when we
Over the past few days (26th through today), Angela’s Brother Jim, his wife Heather, and their 3 kids came to visit us. They were out in Wisconsin for the funeral of Heather’s Grandmother and decided to extend their vacation and come down and see us. We had a great time! The boys were really excited
Happy Easter everyone! Today we had a great Easter Sunday! Church meetings were wonderful and then after that, we went over to some friends’ house and had a wonderful dinner. Most of my early morning meetings were cancelled so I didn’t have to get up as early and didn’t have any after meeting appointments! Yea!
Today was a pretty busy day! The boys had an Easter egg hunt with some friends (Kirstyn helped out as well). They got loaded up on candy and had fun playing at the park as well. After Zach got back from the egg hunt, he and I went to the Kane County Cougars baseball game
When we were shopping a month or so ago at Jewel, Zach picked up a sheet to color for their annual coloring contest. He entered and we found out that he WON for his age group! 🙂 What a kick in the pants we thought that was! Zach is not known for his patience with
A couple of months ago, we got a call out of the blue from my Uncle Mike and Aunt Pat. They were taking a trip out to our area (to see Chicago and then Nauvoo) and wanted to know if they could stay with us for a couple of days! We were excited for visitors
Happy April Fools Day! 🙂 We are finally home from our family vacation now and can sleep in our own beds! We got up early, ate breakfast, and drove the 700+ miles (12+ hours) home. It is good to be back and finally out of the van. We had such a wonderful time and got
Today was battlefield day and our start for home. We got up, checked out of the hotel, and drove to Manassas to learn more about the second battle there. From there we went and saw Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and the Wilderness Battlefield areas. It is so fascinating to learn about all of these places and to
Today was a GREAT day but also VERY tiring! We walked so much we thought we were going to die! 🙂 It was very fun though. We drove downtown and parked way out in the free parking, a good walk from the Jefferson memorial. We walked around the tidal basin and saw stuff we didn’t
