Happy Birthday Danny

Brenda and I took off for Sterling yesterday morning. We always try to get up to visit the Welty's during our Christmas break (not always together) and it just so happened that we were able to make it for Danny's 2nd Birthday. :)

We arrived just in time for naptime. It took the boys (Ryan age 2- almost 3, and Danny-just turned 2) a little while to fall asleep. Shoot I don't blame them, they had two very special friends visiting! We were able to get in lots of play time, book reading, and eating with the boys!

When the boys woke up from their naps we had a special Birthday celebration. Beth even had a cupcake for me! She has always been so thoughtful! The boys LOVED the lamb cake!!! Great job Beth!

We had lots of time to catch up with Beth and Anthony, and I even got some marriage advice from the happy couple! They've been married for almost 5 years!!! :)

Thanks again to my dear friend Beth (and Anthony too!) for hosting us! I might have to make an extra special trip next year, since I'll be living even further away!!!

Christmas with the Keimig's

Well...Mother Nature DOES NOT listen very well. It started snowing some last night and then it really started coming down this afternoon. Santa might have two extra passengers tomorrow morning!



I made it safely to St. Charles just in time to pick up Brian. We headed back to Illinois and arrived a little after 8 last night. It wasn't so bad being in the car that long! I had some pretty awesome company on the second half of the trip.



Brian and I got back to my parents just in time to play Blackball and then the LONGEST game of Continental Rummy ever. We were playing cards til almost midnight! BOO!!! It was fun being with everyone, including Tiffany's parents. We had a blast!



Tiffany, Grandma, and I made homemade cinnamon rolls this morning. It was fun getting to do this together. We had breakfast and waited for Dad to get home from the bank. He had to work til noon. He brought Grandpa Keimig home from the nursing home.



We opened up Christmas gifts, played Tripoly (another card game), and had dinner. We are all going to Midnight Mass tonight, so after dinner we will all have to go to bed so we can be sure to stay awake! I'm looking forward to Mass tonight. I don't ever remember going to a Midnight Christmas Eve Mass!!!



Brian and I'll head to his parents tomorrow morning. I am really glad we only have one vehicle to take back. I don't think I'd handle driving in the snow very well!!! I'll head back to my parents on my birthday or early on the 28th.


Something fun: Tomorrow, Christmas Day, is exactly 6 months til our wedding! CRAZY!!!

Don't let it snow!

I love Christmas songs. I have been singing them since September (just don't tell anyone else). I would normally love hearing the song "Let it Snow"...but I am hopefully driving down to St. Charles tomorrow to pick up Brian. The snow better stay away until we are almost back to my parents!

We are getting ready to start our Christmas festivities. Brian and I will be at my parents Christmas Eve day (going to midnight mass-woohoo) and then head down to Brian's parents Christmas Day. I'll be staying there for the weekend and driving back to Illinois on my birthday. :)

We'll spend New Years at Josh and Julia's house this year. My goal- to not ring in the new year in the hospital. :)

I'll hopefully post again soon with pictures!

:)

Just thought my readers would like to know that today was a much better day, and I actually like my new desk! HA.

I thought we'd have a snow day today, but man was I wrong. The "bad" weather totally missed Macomb! Bummer! Oh well...headed to my parents tomorrow after volleyball practice for the weekend. It'll be a busy one- wedding dress shopping on Saturday and the Keimig Christmas on Sunday!

Had a bad day...

Remember that song? That's the only line I remember from it. HA!



Needless to say it wasn't the best of days today. It all started during our small group reading. I was reading with my group and all of a sudden I burst into tears. Yeah I know. I don't know where that came from, but I couldn't stop the tears. I think my students thought I was crazy. At first they thought it was because of the chapter we were reading. Nope. It wasn't a sad chapter. One little boy went over to get me kleenex. I think it is starting to set in that this is my last year at St. Paul. Wow. It is hard to imagine not working at this awesome school next year.



I finally composed myself and things started looking up...until the afternoon. The secretary told me my new teacher desk would be in my room this afternoon. No. Matter. What. HELLO!!!! Do you not see the HUGE mess in my room...we have been working on our classroom Christmas gifts for our parents, practicing for our Nativity Mass, and trying to finish up last minute lessons...but yeah why not add an oversized desk to the mix. I was not a happy camper. So the janitor delivers the desk during my prep time (twenty five minutes that I treasure!) and I start transfering my junk. Well, as I started moving things I also moved the book shelf over a bit....BIG MISTAKE! THe huge glass of water fell off as the book shelf broke and every book fell out. There were also two ceramic mugs that fell off and shattered into a million billion pieces...along with lots of thumb tacks. GRRR.... TIS THE SEASON TO BE IN A BAD MOOD....So I stayed at school til after five getting my room back in an orgainzed chaos....rolling my eyes, saying inappropriate things under my breath...etc.etc...

I came home, made some dinner, and am now enjoying a diet pepsi. HA! I really wanted a bud light but I am trying to be good this week so I can have a good WW meeting tomorrow.

Thanks for reading my boring post about being in a bad mood.

Needless to say it was definitely a bad day.

Busy Reading Other Blogs....

Brian gets mad when I don't update my blog...hahaha...My response was that I was busy reading other blogs, therefore I had no time to update my own! HA :)

Then I realized that I did update my blog, just the other day...about the house...I guess he hasn't read that blog post yet.

Well I'm off to read some more blogs!

4 Lemonwood Ct

Brian and I have some exciting news...below are some pictures from OUR house.... We put in an offer earlier this week, and after a couple counter offers, the house will be ours in about a month! We are super excited and so blessed to have found such a great house in a great location.

This is a picture our the "formal" living room. The house is a split level, with a nice basement and great main floor :)

This is the "informal" living room in the basement. It is pretty big and we can't wait to start painting it (and by that I mean Brian is excited!).

A view of the kitchen sink. HA!

The wood floors are AMAZING! The bedrooms all have carpet, but man I love the wood floors! :)

This is the master bedroom...corner shot! HA :)

Upstairs bathroom- I like the paint! The only bad part is this bathroom is the only one on the main floor....I shouldn't complain though, there is a full bath downstairs too! WOOHOO!!!!

A view of the stairs leading up from the basement.

The house is a great starter for us. There are three bedrooms, two full baths, a large backyard, and it is in a cul-de-sac (?) I am excited for it to be "ours", even if we have to make monthly payments for the next I can't wait to go shopping for decorations...hopefully Brian will let me! :)