Busy Busy

Well, we have done a lot in the past few weeks! Beth turned 30, Ella turned 5 and started kindergarten! We enjoyed ourselves at Dan and Sarah's wedding this past weekend as well! They are off to Aruba and we are jealous! We loved our honeymoon and would do it all over again!

Labor Day Weekend will bring us to St. Louis to visit the family and head to a Cardinals game! Hopefully they will start playing better ball leading up to our game! Check back soon for more updates!


     

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    Happy Father’s Day!!

    Monday, June 21st, 2010

    Happy Father’s Day to all of you daddies out there!!! I would like to wish a very special happy Father’s day to my dad, my father-in-law Lee, and my wonderful hubby and greatest daddy to our 3 beautiful kids!

    We had a great day together today!! We had a nice morning at home with the kids. Ella was at her Dad’s house until this morning so we got to sleep in a little (she is our early bird). We then went to meet the family at Congo River mini golf in Schaumburg. We played a “round of golf” with the girls, Grandpa Mark, Grandpa Lee, Grandma Sue, Aunt Jill, and Uncle John. The boys were carried along too. The girls had a blast trying to hit golf balls. Kiley resorted to kicking them into the holes. She also pooped out after about 10 holes and went to join Grandma Marsha in the car. We all went out to lunch at Fridays after that and were joined by Steve and Amber. We all had a lot of fun spending time together!

    On our way home, Ella said the cutest thing to Matt. She told him she loved him and he reciprocated. She then responded with “Daddy, but I think I love you more.” We are really all so lucky to have him in our lives!! He is the best husband and father!!

    We hope you all had a great day as well!! Check back soon for some pictures from today.

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    Last Weekend!

    Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

    It’s Thursday and I can’t wait for the weekend. I’m on the train on the way to the office and was thinking about last weekend again. What a great few days off! Allison and Donnie’s wedding was perfect! We are so happy for them!

    This time last week, Beth and I were able to enjoy a lunch together at The Onion Pub in Barrington. We then hung out with Ben, Jess and Makayla (who is so stinkin’ adorable). That night, Beth and I went to see Daughtry at the Sears Centre. It’s a great little venue and Daughtry always puts on a great show. He played a few 80’s covers which is always fun! We ran into Candi, Pat, Jess and Mark at the show as well. Good catching up with them even if it was only for a few minutes.

    Friday, it was a day with the guys. Todd, Ben, Makayla (only girl allowed) and I went to get our Tuxes and hung out at Rookies in Elgin. $1 burgers, can’t beat that! Cardinals took it to the Cubs so it was a lot of fun. It’s not everday your starting pitcher gets pulled before the recording an out. After Rookies, we had The Saips over for a BBQ! Good times the day before the wedding. Aunt Dena spent the night and we stayed up way too late catching up.

    Saturday was a crazy morning in dropping of all the kids, getting hair done and heading to the hotel/cottage by noon. Beth and I split up to be apart of the bride and grooms parties leading up to the wedding. The ceremony was really well done and Allison looked beautiful! It’s was a bit hot but totally worth it. The reception was a ton of fun and Connor actually slept in his pack n play near the dance floor music blaring and all. He’s a trooper!

    Again, big thanks to each family member that helped out with the kids. Beth and I were really able to enjoy ourselves and I know each of you really enjoyed your time with the kids!

    Sunday was spent picking up the kids and hanging out at the Shepley’s and O’neill’s. Nothing like a final get together after the wedding! It was fun to hear the bride and grooms take on the festivities.

    Monday was a lazy day with us watching movies all morning. Ella and I went and saw the new Shrek movie in 3D. It was a lot better than the 3rd Shrek but still not the same as the first two.

    Only a few more days in the office and it’s the weekend! As you can probably tell, we can’t wait!

    Check back soon for more updates and pictures from this upcoming weekends festivities – Donny’s Birthday and Connor’s first Sox game!

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    Congrats Allison and Donnie!

    Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

    We probably should have posted something sooner but it’s been a crazy 5 days! So, a big Congrats goes out to Allison and Donnie!!! The wedding was beautiful, the reception was awesome and the day after was a blast as well! Please check out our photos from the wedding on Flickr! Beth will follow up with a post about the crazy weekend soon! Special thanks to Aunt Dena, Aunt Vicki and Aunt Teri for taking care of Connor, Grandma Debbie for taking care of Kiley and Grandma Marsha for taking care of Ella during the festivities on Saturday! Without you guys, we wouldn’t have been able to do all that we were able to do with the wedding! Muah!

    on the dance floor!

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    Surgery/Mother’s Day

    Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

    As most of you know by now, I had to have my gallbladder removed last Friday. I guess it’s an Evenson woman thing since my sister had hers out in February, my mom in late March and now me. Crazy!!! I started having symptoms that Monday and tried to ignore it for a few days. I started having a lot of pain and feeling really sick so decided to just go into the ER to have all of the tests done and see the surgeon right away. Sure enough, the gallbladder needed to be removed. I got to go home that night and come in for out patient surgery the next day.

    I seriously thought that this surgery was going to be no big deal since I had just been through a C Section. There was no way it could be anywhere near as bad as that. YEAH RIGHT! Believe it or not, this has been a much more difficult recovery than the C Section in my opinion. I just feel that it is much more painful and difficult to move with having 4 incisions all over my abdomen and having an organ actually removed I guess. I have been home all week from work. Thankfully, our families have helped out a ton with the kiddos. Grandma Debbie picked the girls up from day care on Friday and Connor spent the day with Grandma Marsha, Aunt Jill, and cousin Jakey. My mom, sister, and John helped out on Monday as well here at the house since the kids don’t go to day care on Mondays and Matty had a big presentation at work.

    Matt has been SO awesome through this whole ordeal. He has been taking such good care of me, doing everything that needs to be done with the kids, taking care of the house, and having an enormous amount of things going on at work at the same time! We are all SO lucky to have him!!!

    On a side note, I had a wonderful Mother’s day! Because I was only 2 days post-op, everyone stopped by here for a little while to hang out with us. We had My parents, John, Jill, and Jakey, Donny, Debbie, and Aunt Lori here with us. It was kind of an improptu little party. It was nice to just visit for a little while before taking a nice afternoon family nap. All in all, it was a great day, and I felt very special. I am so blessed to be the mommy of 3 amazing kids!!

    So I have a few more days to recover and then its back to work next week. Let’s see how that goes :)

    Also, my parents moved into an awesome new house in Schaumburg last weekend! We are so happy for them. It is such a nice place and I know we will all be gathering there often. We actually already had our first gathering there last night with all of us and Aunt Marsha, Aunt Lora and Grandma. Thanks Mom for a yummy dinner!! It was nice to visit with Auntie Lora one more time before she headed home to Mexico this morning. It is always nice when she comes to visit but that time goes way too fast!

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