14 September 2009

Indian Summer is Here!


What a great weekend!! I know that technically summer is over but I think this was my favorite weekend of the whole summer anyway! The weather has been gorgeous! Even better than summer because it's warm but not too humid and cool at night...perfect in my book. On Saturday, I had some rare time alone with Corey and Lilly. I usually have at least one of the 2 little ones in tow when I'm with them so it was nice to really be able to focus on and enjoy them without that distraction! I took them to Dozer Day. It's a bi-annual event held at a local rock quarry and it's very cool. You get to ride in the back of a huge dump truck, take a tour through the quarry, dig for treasures, hear cannons get shot every 30 minutes, make cement, drive a front-end loader...you get the idea. Very dirty and very fun! It was hot but we all had a great time and even had the unexpected surprise of running into our good friends the Irelands, so that was special too.

In the evening, we found a restaurant on a local lake and ate outside and then came home to roast marshmallows over a bonfire. We only did that one other time all summer and it was nice. Then Corey, Lilly and I camped out in the backyard. Emma cooperated and we all had a pretty decent nights sleep, surprisingly.

On Sunday, we all went down to Milwaukee to see Marquette play. Sadly, they lost and Ryan was still injured so unable to play. We thought that afterwards Ryan was going to be able to go out for a meal with us but at the last minute he/we found out otherwise so we only had a quick hello. We miss him and he's only down the road. :-)





Since we were downtown anyway, we went to a new-ish mall that I just discovered called Bayshore. It got loads of hype when it was built but since I'm a terrible shopper, I never looked for or cared about it. However, I had to go there Tuesday to pick up our new Mac and I fell in love with it! To call it a mall is really a bit of an insult. It's much more of a little village full of shops and restaurants...all outdoor. I can't imagine how they survive in a WI winter but it's great on a beautiful day. We let the kids play around in the fountain there and then had dinner outside again overlooking the fountain. A beautiful end to a beautiful weekend!!


01 September 2009

Happy Anniversary to us.

With all that's been going on around here the past couple of days/weeks, our anniversary hasn't been on our minds. This will be just another day around here...work, school, kids...but it's a day that I'm spending very thankful for having such a great man in my life. It's been 9 very busy, stressful, life-changing and wonderful years. Thanks for every minute, Rob. I love you today and for all our days to come...


That was then...

This is now...

Lilly's First Day of School

Alright, so I'm very behind on blogging. August has been a crazy month of traveling and I have lots of updates to catch up on but today is all about Lilly. About an hour and a half ago, Lilly boarded the school bus for the first time. She said she was nervous about it but it didn't show at all! She walked on that bus confidently and without looking back. I'm sure it helped that Corey was there to help show her the way and it also helped that she knows her new teacher, Mrs. Atilano, pretty well because she was Corey's teacher last year. But I think the main reason was just that she's such a sweet and enthusiastic little person who approaches everything with open arms! I hope she's having a great time. I miss her already.
Corey, of course, started school today, too. He was a little bit nervous only because he wasn't able to meet his first grade teacher prior to today. I'm sure he's over it now and doing just fine. He brought me to tears this morning though as he donned his tennis shoes and tied them all by himself! Sniff. My babies are growing up. I miss him already too.