Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Top 13 of 2013

1. We had lots of visits from the tooth fairy for both of the kids.

2. We joined the subdivision pool. (it cost a pretty penny to join but we are so glad we did).

3. Lucas learned to ride his bike without training wheels which then led to a lot of family bike rides.

4. Addison and I went to the Taylor Swift concert in Chicago with friends and had an amazing night.

5. Bob ran a personal best half marathon in 1:38!

6. We bought some new furniture for the house and made some much needed improvements to the exterior of our house. (can't wait to see what improvements we make to the house in 2014).

7. Lucas had his first season of baseball and loved it (as well as soccer) and Addison started soccer too.

8. A very wonderful friend became pregnant for the first time and is due in May. :)

9. Bob and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary and we had an amazing vacation in Colorado. We went whitewater rafting for the first time!

10. I ran the Chicago marathon (my 3rd marathon) and finished in 4:09.

11. Addison got her ears pierced.

12. Bob completed his first full year at Stinson which has been an amazing career move for him and it is a great and growing law firm.

13. We had a happy and healthy 2013...what more can you ask for!

Monday, December 30, 2013

Thanksgiving, Christmas and a few things inbetween.

I have become really lazy with the pictures that I use on the blog. I use the ones I already posted on facebook because I am too lazy to upload other pics from my phone. BUT, I am just glad I am still posting on the blog!!!
 
 
Thanksgiving family pic.
Not the best but I am just glad that I got a picture from the day. It was a normal Thanksgiving spent with family.
 

 
Right after Thanksgiving the kids and I went on a quick adventure to Springfield, IL. We met Marina, Hendrix and Maddox (they drove from Chicago). We went to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum which was really amazing. We spent the night in a great hotel and had a chance to check out a few other sites. It was fun but a really quick trip!
 
 
I love this pic of the kids outside of the library.


 
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas was consumed with shopping, list making, class parties, family parties. Lots and lots going on and very little pics taken.
 
 
Christmas Eve family pic.
The party was at my parents house with lots of family members and lots of fun!



Christmas morning.
 
Addison's favorite Santa gifts...monster high dolls (as if she didn't have enough), shirt/earrings from Justice, legos, soccer ball, jacket, AG doll clothes.
 
Lucas' favorite gifts....legos, legos, legos, magformers, baseball glove, batting glove, hexbugs, Blues hockey shirt, football
 



 
Nana and Papa topped Santa this year....they got each of the kids a kindle fire. It has been a huge hit! They love them!!!


 
Christmas day pic.
Dinner, cousin time and great family time at Bob's parents house.
 



 
The day after Christmas we met up with our friends Steve and Sarah (in from Florida) and went ice skating. It was so much fun. We haven't taken the kids skating in a few years. Lucas was so excited to skate as fast as he could and didn't care if he fell. Addison took it slow at first and was a little pro by the time we left. 



So Christmas is over and I am super sad about it. I am not ready to take the tree down and move on to boring January. We have some fun things coming up in February and the kids start soccer soon....so we will be plenty busy.