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!
Tonight we had a great New Year’s eve party at the Thompson’s. We at a bunch of food, played Just Dance on the Wii, and had a great time talking and hanging out. We like these kinds of parties because they are always pretty “low-key” and a lot of fun. The boys did really well
Tonight, Sarah and Brittany went to the big multi-stake New Year’s Eve dance in Naperville at the stake center. Brittany has been taking about this for weeks and was so excited! They had a great time and saw a lot of friends. Unfortunately, Sarah hasn’t had her license for a year yet, so I had
Today we had “split family” day… Angela went with Julie and Abby Thompson and our girls downtown to visit the Chicago Art Institute and to have fun walking around downtown. They drove downtown and had a great time. They first went to the Art Institute and “became cultured young women.” 🙂 It’s always fun to
Tonight we had a GREAT (but very cold) night! We went with our friends, the Thompson family, out to dinner and then to Brookfield Zoo to see the Christmas decorations and light shows there before they took them down for the season. It was freezing but we had a great time! It was down in
Merry Christmas everyone! What a wonderful day! This last year has gone so fast and it’s hard to believe it’s Christmas day again! As usual, the kids got up early and woke us up. They were so excited to go downstairs and were very temped to leave mom and dad behind! They were very good,
