Max's Birthday Bowling Bash

Max decided this year he wanted to have his birthday party at the bowling alley. It was a fun time for all of us. Max got to play with his friends and Daddy got to school the kids at bowling. We had pizza and a Wall-e cake. Connor thought it was cool to run down the lanes towards the pins when no one was looking.

Happy 6th Birthday Max!

Today our big boy turned 6. Where did the time go. I still remember him crawling around chasing the cats. His day started off taking Mingma and Papa to the airport for their trip to Mexico. After he returned from the airport, he got to open gifts from us, which included new cap guns, Wii ski and some random boy stuff.. Next he got to go shopping and spend some of his birthday money. He bought a Bakugan holder and the Nerf shooting game for the Wii. He insisted we take him to Applebees for dinner and we had a piece of cake at home for him which he put his sparkler candles on to close out his day.

Fire

HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL FIRE

So I finally decide to join the Catholic Church this year and the chuch that we are supposed to go to for our Rite of election with the Bishop, catches fire. This church has been here for over 130 years and it waits until now to do this. hmmmmm maybe its a sign ;)

Still alive and kicking...

We survived the deep freeze of '09. It has just been such a hectic week. Lets just do a recap.
Sunday - 9 am mass, donut Sunday, birthday party for Max and Megan to attend
Monday - Work all day and RCIA all night- Tae Kwon Do for Bill and Megan
Tuesday - House able chores by day (laundry), Girl scouts by night, also had to fit in picking up stuff at mom's and visiting my friend and her new baby that came home from hospital and grocery shopping
Wednesday - Work day - Tae Kwon Do for Megan. Bill had 20/20 committee meeting at church.
Thursday - Finish more house able chores that I didn't finish on Tuesday during the day. Megan and I volunteered at a local soup kitchen at night.
Friday - Work day - Volunteering at open gym at school providing a movie and popcorn and supervision at night
Saturday - Max and Megan both have birthday parties to attend. Of course both are at separate times and separate places.. Tomorrow should be fun, especially if I have to work too :) Bill will have to put on the SuperMom Cape and Brassiere on his head to survive.

Baby, its colder outside!!

Current Conditions at 7:01 AM CST, 1/16 observed at Waukegan, IL
-18°
Windchill -34 (feels like)

Hope you all are keeping warm :) Because I can't feel my toes or fingers :)

Baby, its cold outside!

Current Conditions
at 9:51 AM CST, 1/15 observed at Waukegan, IL
-8°
Windchill -27 (feels like)

These weather conditions turned it into a snow day for the kiddies today. We are not leaving the house if we do not have to today. We are snuggling together in our PJ's, heating up some hot chocolate and trying to keeping warm.

Hope the rest of you are all enjoying your sunny weather and above 0 degree conditions :)

Perks of working for Disney

Since Christmas, I think we have watched the Wall E movie approximately 983 times and the twins just love it and ask for it by name. They both run around the house wanting Wallllllle and Evvvvvvaaaa. A couple of weeks ago we were all at the Disney store and Bill was admiring the Wall E display we had up on the wall, he asked if he could have it and he was told he couldn't have it because it is still being used. When I went into work last Saturday night, our store manager remembered Bill's obsession with Wall E and sent home with me the display we had up for Christmas.. I have no idea where this is going to go.. It is huge. It was quite a challenge putting it in my van too.

What do YOU do when you have like 15 inches of snow?

Go sledding of course!! We packed up the whole fam and went headed out to the sled hill. All the kids had a blast until Megan got knocked down protecting Connor from another sledder.

Its Cookie selling time again

Once again the time has come for Megan to sell Girl Scout Cookies.

This is always a fun time for her. She enjoys taking the orders and sorting them all out when they come in.

Happy New Year..

OK, so this post is about a week late. We celebrated new years at home with a delicious meal of steak, lobster and crab legs. The twins were in bed by 7:00 and just couldnt hold out to celebrate the new year coming in. Which was fine, because if they would have stayed up, they would have been extra cranky and might not have made it to see the next year come in at all :) Max passed out about 9:30, but we woke him up at about 11:45 so he could spray his silly string all over the house at midnight. We had our neighbors come over for drinks, games and snacks and Megan was playing the Wii with their son Josh. I just cant beleive it is already 2009. Where did the time go. We will celebrate 2 year old, 6 year old, and 10 year old birthdays this year, 13 years of marriage, and my official joining of the Catholic Church. These are just the highlights I can think of now.. Each week brings more and more..