Weekend Fun

This past weekend we all took a trip down south. Well to Chicago that was! We went to visit Andy's family, his grandma, and aunt & uncle. They have never met Emilee so it was very exciting. Emilee new we were going to visit Grandma but of course she had no clue who she was gonna see. The ride down was good and the ride back was good. The weather was cold but no snow or rain or anything crazy. We all had a good time and it was great. We cannot wait to go back in the summer so we can go outside and do other fun things. We can't thank them enough for letting us stay with them and being so kind. It's nice to be able to live close and know we can now drive to visit like that. We also got to visit some friends while we were there and that was nice also. A short trip but was really great. We made it all in one piece! Here are a few pictures of Andy's family, grandma, his cousin, the little guy is Aiden, he's adorable.


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Miss Chloe.......

Mr Sean.. so serious...!

I'm Back! Happy New Year!!

It's been awhile, but yes I am here! Alot has been going on since my last post. Christmas came and went and the New Year is upon us. I was working alot and getting ready for Christmas as everyone else was. I was looking forward to my time off around the holidays however I was sick for a majority of it :-(. The stress of everything going on, the holidays and well just life in general takes a toll. My migraines did not help at all. Anyway we are all well. Andy is still off work and went to a different urologist and got some better answers however he still lives with the pain. We are getting by and hopefully the New Year will be better for us. Sorry it's taken me so long to post but here are some pictures from Christmas. Most of you know we've had snow upon snow in December and I've spent alot of time shoveling and being outside. I love the snow but that's no fun. Christmas Eve Jacqueline and I went to Mass, it was fun, Teresa stayed home with Andy and Emilee, the roads were bad and it was cold but the two of us went. Christmas day we spent the early afternoon at my grandparents and it was great. Always is. Then we came home and spent some time at the neighbors, i started not feeling well so we were home early and then we had our turkey dinner Andy made. The kids had a good Christmas and that's what its all about. It's harder when they get older that's for sure. Again on New Years Eve I woke to a migraine from hell and was throwing up all morning, but it went away by the afternoon which is good because I had to work at the restaurant at 4. I was off by 10, came home and we were at the neighbors where all the kids were, including Jake and Emilee who were up till midnight! Now its back to work and back to the grind right? Can I have a few more days, or what Emilee likes to say.. Ten more minutes mom? lol. Hope everyone had a great holiday and hope you all have a Happy New Year!

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Weekend Update ....

Can't tell you where this weekend went? I hate looking forward to a weekend and then in a blink of an eye its gone. I had a horrible migraine Wed night into Thursday. Then Friday I still did not feel better but only had to work a half a day. I got nothing really done that I wanted to.
The holidays are fastly approaching and as my daughter said Saturday, "you're rushing me"! Well don't I ever feel that way. Saturday I tried to do some Xmas shopping but have the two kids with me doesn't help. Can't really get stuff when they are around, not for them anyway. Before we did that we went to my grandma's for her Birthday. She turned 82! She's so funny and we had a great time just sitting around talking and looking at all the Xmas stuff she and grandpa were starting to put up. Emilee of course was eating everything in sight. We had cake and ice cream! Then we watched Paula Dean on TV for a bit. I had to be at work by 3 so again, we were "rushed" at the mall. By the time I got home on Sat, I was tired and well we went to bed. Today was more shopping with just me and Andy and we got most of it done, still have a little bit more, its tight this year so it's looking for bargains and seeing what to get. Anyway, the Packer game sucked so we didn't even bother watching it all. Don't even get me started. It has been nice the last 2 days though but tonight we are in for a freeze. It's going to get down right COLD!

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"Carter"

Well the Winter storm "Carter" has come and gone. Dropped 6.5 inches of fluffy white snow on us. Yes its pretty but not fun to clean up.. Yesterday the kids had a snow day due to all the snow that fell overnight and the high winds that were going on. Emilee also stayed home and me? No I went to work. I made it fine and so did Andy. However, when Andy got to work, he was sent home, dealership wasn't going to be open, all the appointments were cancelled and it was worse out by him. So it was a fun filled day for them, no school and no daycare.

Here are a few pictures of Emilee playing in the snow...

I guess she still thinks she can "mow".. lol

Spending Time "Indoors"

This week we got quite a few inches of snow dumped on us. Then the temp got down right cold .. I am not complaining because I absolutely love the snow, however driving in it can be challenging, but I'm careful and I do fine. Andy and I celebrated our anniversary, last week we saw "Four Christmases" and it was hilarious. So Wednesday we went out to dinner and it was very nice. Today Emilee pooped on the toilet all by herself, and of course I was not home to witness it.

We are inside for most of the day. We have a birthday party for Jake next door later today. Andy and Teresa are downstairs playing Rock Band and Jacqueline decided to make some Christmas cookies. St Nick came last night and visited the girls. Brings back lots of memories. If I told them what we used to get they'd look at us weird. Anyway hope everyone is doing well.

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Anniversary

It's hard to believe that 3 years ago today Andy and I got married. It was December 3,2005. When I think of everything that has happened from the time we met until now is crazy! But I wouldn't change a thing. We are lucky in a lot of ways. We have each other. We formed a little family together and then created one with Emilee. As difficult as times have been and are at times, we couldn't do it alone. We were married outside in Arizona of course. It was a beautiful day and it goes by so quick but I just remember loving that all my friends and family were there. We could have skipped the ceremony and just did the party.

Andy and I tease each other and joke around like I never have with anyone and I enjoy it. I have friends that have been married alot longer, and hope we have many years ahead.

Thanks for taking time to read my blog, i have to run because it snowed MORE last night and I gotta get out of here..

Julee