The tile was finished yesterday and today, we wiped down the floor and sealed it! The washer and dryer are back in their home! We are very happy and are doing a BUNCH of loads of laundry to get caught up! 🙂 Last night a blizzard started that could end up being the worst in […]
Construction still continues! We have been without a washer and dryer for about 4 days now and Angela is getting tired of it being in the hall. The good thing is that it blocks the running track that the boys use to chase each other around in circles and that has been a blessing on
Happy 12th Birthday, Kirstyn! It’s hard to believe that our little baby girl is already 12! Time is flying by so fast! With Kirstyn turning 12 on the 26th, we had a small family party for her which she loved! She also, being the socialite that she is, wanted a little party to hang out
Happy Birthday Kirstyn! Wow, it is amazing how old our kids are getting! Kirstyn went to her first Young Women activity yesterday and everyone sang to her! It was really cute! On Monday night, we celebrated with a birthday dinner at Sweet Tomatoes! We ran into a friend of Sarah’s that works there. HE gave
Today, I started a LONG overdue construction project… We are remodeling our laundry room! I pulled the washer and dryer out in the hall (we will be without them for a few days so I told the kids to be sparing on throwing the clothes down if they are clean) and also pulled everything off
Today was a pretty cool day in our home. After church members of the Young Women’s Presidency came over to visit Kirstyn to welcome her into the YW Program! 🙂 It’s really hard to believe that she will be 12 this week and now we’ll have to be more careful of our Tuesday plans because
Over the past 2 days, I had an IT Senior Leadership Team retreat that I was invited to at the Wyndham Hotel in Lisle. As the chair of the IT Leadership Committee, I have been able to work closely with the committee to help draft the Grant Thornton IT strategy for the next 3-5 years.
Tonight we had a date night at the Chicago Temple with the Thompson’s and had a wonderful time. We always like going with others up to the temple. We have great conversations while driving up and back and it’s nice to be in the temple with friends. After we got back from the temple, we
Whew! What a long awaited time! The semester finally came to an end. All of us were extremely worried after every quiz was taken, every test completed, and every assignment turned in for the past 2 weeks. Sarah and Brittany were teetering on the edge of grade levels in many of their classes, and fortunately,
Today, Angela surprised Zachary at school! She signed up to be the “Mystery Reader” today for Zachary’s class. She submitted questions for the teacher to read to the class so the kids could guess who was coming in. They really liked that and when it came to the point that she had 5 kids, Zach
Today the kids all went back to school! I think that they were excited in a way because they were driving each other crazy over the break!
