We hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving! We sure did! The day started off with Angela and Brittany running the 2009 Naperville Turkey Trot 5K. They had a great time and although it was a little chilly, it could have been much colder! We all then cleaned up the house, started cooking the […]
Today, the Comcast cable installer came and hooked us up with new internet access (cable with up to 20 Mb download), new internet phone, and a huge cable package of over 300 channels (HD included), and an HD DVR! We are very excited! We were on Dish Network, AT&T DSL, and standard phone service and
Tonight Brittany had a “Sing and Share” at Waubonsie Valley High School. They put on this program every year and invite the honors choruses from the middle schools that feed into Waubonsie to sing with them. It was a short program, but it showcased some of the talent at the high school. The honors choruses
Today we went to a memorial to veterans in downtown Naperville. At the park by the carillon tower, they had over 2000 flags set up, honoring those who had fought for the freedoms of our country. This was in conjunction with Veterans Day last week. It was cool to see all the flags set up
Tonight Sarah and Brittany had their Young Women in Excellence program. What a wonderful program! The cultural hall at the church was decorated to the hilt and on the walls, each girl had a side-view of their silhouette. We all had to go around and match these to their names. It was very interesting and
After a short night, I got up at 3am, got ready, and met a couple of the group in the lobby of the hotel at 4am for our trip to the airport. My flight left at 6am (not sure what I was thinking when I booked the flight)! 😐 After sleeping most of the way
Day 3 of SIMposium was great too! We had some more great workshops and learned much. The best part of the day was in the evening when a bunch of us got together and hung out. We started by going to a local recommended wine bar where everyone tasted of the local wine (I was
We had a great second day of SIMposium in Seattle! It was full of great keynote presentations, breakout sessions, and good food! I learned a lot of great things not only about Information Technology but about leadership in general. There were a lot of CIOs from around the country that we were able to talk
Today I graduated from my leadership program (RLF) in Seattle! After 9 months of hard work, we finally finished! We met early this morning and had a giveback session for members of other RLF groups and it turned out really well. Each person placed a thumbprint on a paper we had stuck to the wall,
Today was a HUGE busy day! We had a bunch of things going on that took us all in multiple directions. As part of my leadership program at work, I flew out to Seattle today the Society for Information Management (SIM) conference called SIMposium. Part was to attend the conference, and the other part was
We just picked up new portraits of our kids today. We decided not to have the school pictures this year so we went to the studio to have them done. That way, all the backgrounds looked the same. Ben doesn’t have his yet but will soon. The girls also got a shot of them as
Brittany had her Still Middle School Fall Chorus Concert tonight and it turned out very well. She loves singing in Honors Chorus and they did very well. She also sang in the 8th grade chorus and did wonderfully well there too. The chorus director also had the parents and attendees stand and sing as well!
