Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Ella's First Bears Game!
Boy, it’s been one interesting week! I just wanted to post photos from the Chicago Bears game last Saturday and from Ella’s 4th Birthday Party! There are tons of photos from both.
Let’s start with the Chicago Bears game. We decided to take Ella to her first Bears game for her 4th Birthday and she had a blast. The NY Giants were able to get us sideline passes during warmups and it was an amazing experience. Ella is going to think we are going to get on the field for every game we get to go to! Check out the photos here.
Ella’s 4th Birthday part was the next day and it was tons of fun. Thanks to Aunt Lori and Uncle Joe for letting us have it at their house again in Woodstock. Our nephew Jake was the talk of the party! I don’t think John was even able to hold him the entire party because everyone wanted to get his hands on him.
Ella's 4th Birthday
We had a pool, slip n’ slide, bounce house, bags and great food. I wish we could have parties like that every weekend. It was a great way to relax for an afternoon and enjoy family.
Ella would like to say Thanks to everyone for making her day and birthday very special! Check out the photos here.
Tags: aunt lori, bears, beth, derrik, donnie, donny, ella, giants, grandma debbie, grandma marsha, grandpa mark, grayce, gretchen, jake, jill, john, kiley, mary, matt, theFam
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
We celebrated the fourth with family and friends here at our house. The weather cleared up just in time for a BBQ. Butcher on the block has the best brats and stuffed mushrooms by the way! We started out playing bags on the wii but did get a few games in outside. John and Robert (Eli) were the reighning champs! We ended up going to see Eve 6 at the fest in Crystal Lake. I now know why they haven’t been popular since high school. We had a good time, but the band sucked if you ask me! The girls even partied til almost 10:30. They both passed out mid concert…guess they though Eve 6 was lame too!
Today was the laziest day ever! We spent the whole day watching movies with the girls! It was nice to just be at home and relax for once. Matt did take the girls in the pool for a little while tonight so at least we made it outside sometime today. Well I am lucky enough to still have tomorrow off, but poor Matt has to go back to reality tomorrow. We hope all of you had a great holiday weekend!
Tags: beth, derrik, donny, ella, grandma marsha, grandpa mark, grayce, gretchen, jake, jill, kiley, lauren, matt, robert
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
So, it’s the 4th already! We are getting ready to have people over today for a bbq. It’s raining right now so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. The usual clan is heading over – Grandma Debbie, Grandma Marsha, Grandpa Mark, John, Jill, Jake (in womb), Donny, Derrik, Mary, Grayce, and Gretchen. Lauren and Robert (looks a lot like Eli Manning) from Beth’s work are coming as well! Happy 4th to all and look for pictures from today tomorrow!
As for yesterday, Ella and I spent the morning helping Ashley move out of the city. She is moving up to Madison to be with Fletcher. I still don’t know why… LOL. Ella was a great helper and Ashley’s mom gave her $10 because of how helpful she was. I’m thinking it’s because she’s too cute! After we got back from Chicago, Team Saip headed out to a festival in Crystal Lake. Kiley rode on the Ferris wheel at 17 Months Old! She has no fear and was just saying “Weeeeee” the whole time. Beth and I couldn’t believe it. We came home and spent the night getting ready for the party today. Cut the lawn, put up the pool, and played outside with the girls. It was a great time (except for mowing the lawn).
Big news in MLB, Pujols hit a grand slam (31st Homerun) as the Cardinals beat the Reds! Grandma and Grandpa Saip will get to see an awesome All Star game next weekend. Hopefully, we will be able to get the two extra tickets!
Here are some photos that John posted on Flickr from their baby shower! Here are photos from 7/3!
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Today is officially coming to an end. We had a good time at cousin Aimee’s graduation party on the South Side. We got a steal on detail jobs for the Accord and Pilot. It even took off the scratches on the door handles of the Pilot. That had been buggin me for so long. Now, Beth isn’t in too much trouble anymore (we will see how long it lasts)…
After picking up the cars from the car wash, I tried to pick up the crib for John and Jill. It wouldn’t fit into our truck. Urgh. That’s the reason we bought an SUV and it’s the first time we couldn’t fit someting into it. Aunt Lori is going to help us pick it up tomorrow for the shower. Thank you so much for the help Auntie LoLo!
Tomorrow is John and Jill’s shower and it should be a great time. Beth and Marsha have gone to great lengths to put together the shower. We will see you guys tomorrow!
Oh by the way, thanks for leaving a comment D-Rock! He was the first to leave a comment and I might have prompted him to but still 
Tags: aimee, aunt lori, beth, derrik, grandma debbie, grandma marsha, jill, john, kiley, matt
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