Gosh…the days are just flying by!  I can’t believe that it is already Christmas Eve!!!  Well, we finished all our Christmas shopping now – not like waiting until the last minute.  I promise to do better next year!  West and I have both finished our Christmas rushes at work.  Working in the financial fields – [...]

I mean seriously….where did December go!?  I haven’t even begun to get things ready for people for Christmas and I hardly have any time left!  This is how it is every year…I have the best of intentions going in to the season, planning on getting presents early, etc, and then time always gets away from [...]

There is still snow on the ground and ice everywhere, but it is alright!  I’m finally adjusting to the FREEEEEZING temperatures again.  West and I are doing well – not much new going on with us!  West celebrated the “Rite of Welcoming” today at church for the RCIA program.  He was so nervous, but he [...]

      Well….I got my snow!  And lots of it!  I guess I should really be careful what I wish for because we had a big ice/snow storm move through on Thursday that left us frozen, 7 inches of snow, cold, and in the dark!  Our furnance stopped working on Thursday (not great timing [...]

I swear….it feels like all West and I have done for the last week is eat!  Don’t get me wrong….I absolutely love all the Thanksgiving food and the great time with the families!  We went to West Virginia last week and had a blast!  West got to go hunting and got his first deer!  The [...]

I think if it is going to feel like winter outside, then it needs to look like winter!  I can’t wait for the first snow fall….I haven’t seen too much snow in the last couple of years and I’m anxious for the snow to come.  I mean come on….if it is going to be 30 [...]

I think that not having a “cold” or anything for the last 2+ years has definetly set West and I back in our adjustment to the Illinois weather!  Both of us have been fighting off getting sick for the last couple weeks, and it isn’t working any longer!  I’ve been battling a sore throat and [...]

Well….we had a wonderful trip to Kansas City this past weekend!  It was great to get to see Adam, Stefanie, and the little ones again!  We had a great time hanging out, playing, jumping on the bed (MaryBeth and I of course), and making delicious pumpkin pies….all five of them!!!  It was a good weekend! [...]

So this has been a busy week!  We have finally gotten settled into our new house – no more boxes lying around or anything!  (Thanks to the un-packing fairy i.e. Mom!)  Everyone in the family chipped in and we are officially out of boxes!  Our house looks so cute and homey!  No more stark white [...]

Very quick update for everyone!  We made it to Illinois!!!  Dad and West arrived safe and sound in Arizona on Tuesday.  The moving truck came on Wednesday and was loaded by lunch time.  We all cleaned the house from top to bottom and then stayed at a hotel in Tucson that night with the cats.  [...]