One exciting thing to add is that Justin and I are getting smart phones with Verizon. A friend gave us the opportunity to go onto their Verizon plan for a great discount, so we are finally moving off of the unreliable Sprint network and onto the Verizon network. I am looking forward to finally being able to answer the cell phone in my house. With Sprint, the call would either not come or it would be full of static or just drop. My number will remain the same, but the service will improve!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Past Posts
It has been a long time since I have posted. I have several posts that are in edit mode that I still either need to write on or upload pictures to. My days are filled with kids and driving to and from school, swim, gymnastics, etc. I love the chaos, but unfortunately, it leaves little time to catch up on other things. I hope to post more this weekend, but you will have to go into the history.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
New Dishwasher
We found out some time ago that our dishwasher had been recalled. We did some research on which type of dishwasher we wanted. After many, many weeks, we decided to get a stainless steel GE Profile. The hunt was on to get the best deal. After price matching and negotiation paired with a $300 rebate, we were able to get a slightly better model than we planned on for less than half of the original price of the dishwasher. Ian was excited to help daddy with the installing of the new dishwasher. He happily pulled out tools to help daddy!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Chris Tomlin Concert
Ben and Wyatt clapping along. Cami is in the row behind them
For the last few months, Ben has been asking us if we could go to the Chris Tomlin concert. Since tickets were around $60 each, we had to say no. It would have been fun to buy them for an early birthday present, but reality is, we need to be smart with our money since we are hoping to save enough to go to Korea in a few years. With a family of 5, we need to start saving for that trip NOW. Yesterday Justin received an email from our pastor's wife, Lynn, stating that her sister won tickets and couldn't use them. If anyone was interested, the tickets were free. Free definitely fits in our budget, so he emailed her back and said that we would love the tickets. Since there are 4 tickets and 5 people in our family, Justin offered to stay home with Ian, who is currently fighting a lung infection and had visited Urgent Care last night for a chest Xray.
We brought Ben's friend, Wyatt, with us for the concert. Cami, Ben, Wyatt, and I headed to the Alliant Energy Center for the concert. I did not tell Ben until we were about to pull into the parking lot for the concert that we were going to see Chris Tomlin. He just knew that we were going to go somewhere awesome! To say he was surprised and excited is an understatement!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Ian's Birthday Weekend
My baby is 4 years old. The time has flown the last 3+ years. We remember the woman who gave him life. We are extremely thankful for his selflessness of placing her child. We pray that she has the comfort of knowing that her child is loved and cherished.
Grandma Sandy, Grandpa Neil, Uncle Joe, Aunt Keri, and Natalie came to celebrate with us. Uncle Mike was even in town for work, so he was able to come and celebrate with us. Upon Ian's request, we went to Red Robin for dinner to enjoy some burgers and french fries.
After dinner, we headed home for dessert. Ian requested Grandma to make him a fire truck, dinosaur, airplane, choo choo birthday cake. As always, Grandma exceeded expectations and made an amazing cake! Ian was a VERY happy boy!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Protests
What a crazy week in Madison. With the unions being challenged and wages and bargaining threatened, public employees from all over the State came out to Madison in full for protesting. Madison schools were cancelled Wednesday and today and will likely be cancelled again tomorrow. While I believe that people should be treated fairly, is is fair that the unions told the superintendent of the schools to cancel school? How is that fair to the children who are suppose to be there to learn and the parents who now have to take sick days while their kids are home?
I am extremely thankful for my children's teachers who choose to teach despite the low salary and benefits they receive compared to the public schools.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Snow Day!!!
The snow came falling down! Well over a foot of snow fell in 24 hours. This was after several inches fell the day before. The wind blew and blew, which made it difficult for the plows to effectively plow the roads. Schools were called off since the roads were too dangerous to drive on. The kids enjoyed a day off from school. They even braved the blustery weather in order to climb around in the mounds of snow.
A look out our back door
Ben loved being out in the deep, deep snow
A Princess in the Snow
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