Well, since the last time I posted so much has happened. For starters I finished another semester. Woo-hoo...go me!!!!
BUT, the big news is that my sister and her husband now have a son. Can't post pictures or anything, but he's a pretty cute little guy! He's 6, soon to be 7 in the winter...just started the 1st grade on Monday...he's into Transformers, Hot Wheels and Spongebob...and I believe he's going to be really happy in his new home with his new family!
John and I have been pretty busy ourselves. Right after my last post we flew out to Washington state for a business convention his company sent him to. While we were there we took the opportunity to drive out to Seattle to meet my uncle (mom's brother...I'd never met him), aunt and cousins (who I haven't seen in 20+ years). It was a 4 hour trip one way, but definitely worth the drive!
Here is a picture of me, my aunt and cousins:
The day after we returned to Michigan from Washington, John left for a one week long fishing trip with the guys to Canada. I enjoyed my quiet time at home, even though I still had schoolwork to do.
John returned home on a Friday night, and Saturday morning we all participated in a 5k that would earn us a donation to our case, The Toni & Trish House. http://toniandtrishhouse.org/
John finished the race in under 30 minutes (somewhere around the 28 minute mark). I finished just over 43 minutes. It was pouring down rain and windy all day long. Not exactly the best weather for a 5k. But overall, we had a good time, despite being drenched.
The weekend after this we went up to northern Michigan for boating on the lake, and then to attend a Kid Rock concert. We went to this same concert last year and had a blast! I wasn't much into seeing Kid Rock again (not a huge fan), but the group had a great time!
This past weekend was the first we'd had in a while that didn't involve any plans and it was GREAT! We did go furniture shopping on Saturday to find some new living room furniture, and found a great package. Two black leather sofas, a set of 3 side and coffee tables, two lamps, and my favorite part a new desk!!! We just picked up the furniture yesterday and it looks great in our small living room. The living room is kind of awkward for furniture set up because it's long (20 feet), but not very wide (12 feet). But the furniture we picked out works great for the area! Once I get some more pictures on the walls I'll take a few pics and post them!
So, this brings me to today. I'm still on break from school, so no homework to deal with yet. But I do have a mountain of a mess in our current office. I'm trying to declutter, toss and organize our belongings in this area so that eventually we can use this room again for a bedroom, as it was intended.
