Da Bulls!

Arick and Lilo are going to the Bulls Game tonight! He was delighted-LOL -when we gave him the tickets last night!!! I video recorded his reaction! I taped the tickets to the bottom of an Eastern Conference basketball. OMG, I am so happy for him! Great seats!!!! A few rows from the floor! They are leaving right after school so they can watch them warm up! He is going to FLIP!!!!!!

Home Sweet Home

We're back. Sunny Arizona is yesterday. When we left yesterday, it was 90 and sunny only to arrive in lovely Chicago to a whopping 40 and rainy! UGH! Back to work, back to school.

The kids had a blast! They swam like fish, and soaked up rays. We did alot of things we have never done before. It was really nice. Dad had a nice time too. He enjoyed Lilo and Arick's goofy personality.

I have a ton of photos.

We went to the Pima state fair, visited San Xavier, one of the oldest (still active) churches standing. Beautiful. I heard it being compared to the Sistine Chapel. Wow. Now that's amazing.

We went to the Titan Missile Museum. It was just deactivated in the 80's. Total history here. Wehad an amazing dinner at a great Mexican restaurant, we went up 8,000 feet to Mt. Lemmon. That was awesome. It was 99 at 4,000 feet and once we got to 8,000 it was 67. We had lunch at about 5,000 feet. We visited the town of Summerhaven. Stopped in a shop for fudge. There Arick found a bag of very inflated marshmallows because of the pressure.

Lilo and Dad took a ski lift to the very tip of the mountain. Snow was still very present. Very cool. In the meantime, I was trying to obtain a wireless connection in order to check in online to get my boarding passes. LOL. It was a great time.

All good things must come to an end, and another begin! Arielle's Communion is coming up, along with Megan's 18th birthday and my baby boy's 15th! 

Busy. Busy. Busy. 

Will post pics soon.

Tuesday Time

Well t is Tuesday, and tomorrow we leave for Arizona...sunny Arizona! Whoo Hoo!

I am terrible...got through Easter, now on to packing...did I say I was leaving tomorrow...and still have to pack! Argggghhhh! That's ok...I'll be up all nite packing. I'll sleep in the sun..haha..like my cat! Well Easter was wonderful. Beautiful weather, lovely company. We had a great time. Arielle still enjoys every bit of it! For now.... off I go!

This is Spring?

Well Happy Monday! At least its a 4 day work week, whoo-hoo!!
Yesterday, my Arick bowled in a state tournament in Champaign, IL that consisted of 3 squads (9 games total): team, doubles and singles. In the team, Arick had a 246, a 245, and a 185!
Arick took second place for singles. Boy was he worn out last night!
It was a great time and I am so very proud of him! Arielle kept herself quite busy all day. She was so good, coloring, drawing and building tents in the bowling alley.

We left at 4:30 a.am. to head out and did not pull into the garage until 9 p.m. last night. It was a very long day but worth every minute! On our way there it was raining, turned to sunshine and then rain again. It was storming on our way home. We even saw a rainbow and we weren't in Hawaii! Drove until Peotone and the thunderstorm turned into a blizzard. It was insane! ONLY IN CHICAGO!

This morning we awoke to about 3 inches of snow. UNREAL. 9 days until Arizona...and counting.