Swings are fun!

In looking back over my posts I realized that I use a lot of exclamation points in the titles. Is it bad that I'm excited and I want to emphasize that excitement? I don't think so. I'll keep doing it then.

I think the biggest thing that has happened in the past two weeks is that my friend Kelly (see post below about trip to Georgia) had her baby boy! His name is Brad (short for Bradford) and so far he is eating, going to the bathroom, sleeping, and crying just for the fun of it. Sounds like a healthy baby to me! They're home now and enjoying some peace and quiet I'm sure.

Dan is going to be in the Christmas production at church and the practices for that are pretty time consuming. Our productions are large and very professionaly done so I'm looking forward to it. I will have a lot of alone time as Dan has his practices. Someone joked that all the spouses should form some kind of support group so we can all get together while they practice. =)

We have been enjoying the gorgeous weather lately. The temperatures have been awesome. We walked down a trail near our house and played on the swings (pics of that at the end). Of course the really nice playground is at the other end in the bigger houses neighborhood while on our end in the old ranch houses neighborhood is the cheap version of a playground. Oh well...at least there's one in walking distance.

























































I'll throw one in of Lisle too. My friend said he looks like he's on his throne looking down on all the commoners.

Oh baby!

We survived our weekend with the triplets! I took 103 pictures over the weekend so I will post some at the end. The triplets are growing and they are so cute! They are just all smiles and love to babble and smile at you. They can also get quite a grip on your hair. =) Owen is such a great big brother and enjoys his roll of making the babies happy.

We also had a lot of fun at the Alison Krauss concert. When we walked up to the arena there was a long line of people but we got to go in a separate entrance just for VIP tickets. Then in our clubs seats (second row up) we had an envelope at our seats if we wanted to order any food. We just mark it on the envelope, put our money in, and then wave it at our server who would come down and get it. We also had our own concession stand with some tables and chairs in a glass enclosed area. It was really nice! The concert was great too. =) There's nothing like hearing blue grass in person.

Tuesday evening I was down in the basement getting pop to bring up to the fridge. When heading up the steps I noticed a large black insect. I started yelling for Dan to come and kill the big black insect (Dan is the insect killer). While Dan tried to catch it it jumped which freaked me out and a Pepsi with lime fell onto the floor and burst open spraying Pepsi onto the carpet. I stood there watching it because, really, what could I do? If I moved it, it would just spray other things. So I watched it spray until it finished. It was a pain to clean. At least it smelled like lime though. Dan just laughed at me. Which is why I'll add that his grover (character from Sesame Street) stuffed animal survived because it was in a plastic bag. =)

Pics!

Ariana:














































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Evan:





























Owen saying, "CHEEEEESE!!"

I love Pioneer!

Dan won tickets to see Alison Krauss through his company! (sorry Carrie!!) Earlier we had decided to not spend the money on the concert even though we both wanted to see her. Not only will we get better seats than we could typically afford but we also get to enter through the V.I.P. entrance! I don't know what exactly that means but it sounds good!

The past two days the temperature was up to 90 (I put that in for Kelly) and now we're back down to 55 again. The Midwest is crazy!

The garage sale season is winding so I'm sure anything I buy from now until next season will seem expensive. Speaking of buying...the financial class at church is going really well. We'll see how well we stick to our budget this month. It's easier to stick to it when you go to class every week and are accountable to other people.

I took my two licensing exams Monday and Tuesday. They were really hard and I'm pretty sure I'll be taking them again. Now, at least, I have a better idea of how to study.

This weekend we're visiting Owen and the triplets (oh, and David and Marisa)! I'm excited to get some new pictures of me and Dan with all the kids using my new camera. Then, of course, I'll post them here for you to see!