Hi girls,
I'm sad that I won't be seeing you, however, can I tell you how thankful I am for this blog?! I'm currently sitting in a session at a Technology Conference in Copper, CO where we are talking about blogs. :) Hooray! I am sitting here, I can read our blog and write to you.
So, here are a few details to wet your appetite for Sapphire 2009. We are going to storm Breckenridge! It seems to be the best town for us to base in. There are lots of shops, lots of ski runs, ice skating isn't far and tubing is just around the corner.
I should have some specific dates for you to begin looking for plane tickets into Denver by next week. Denver is the closest airport, but you could look into flying into Vail, which isn't far either.
Take LOTS of pictures this weekend for me. I've got a page in the works for Joe's wedding! Get those baby girls together so we can get the 2nd generation documented. :)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wedding bells
Adam, Violet, and I spent the day in Laguna Beach yesterday with my niece Anna and her brand-new fiance, Justin. I had to blog about their getting engaged because I know a lot of you have met Anna a few times and probably remember her from my wedding.
I'm extremely excited and thrilled for her as Justin is a great guy and obviously loves her very much. And he got her an amazing ring, which always helps too. But quite honestly, I'm having a hard time getting it to sink it that my little niece is getting married. And that I live so far away from everyone during all of this.
They haven't set a date yet but are thinking of December '09 in order to wait for Justin to finish school and save up some money. They're already more responsible than I was -- we sort of just jumped in and hoped we wouldn't have to live on the streets. Luckily, all has worked out so far.
Anyway, we had a great time hanging out, even though it was incredibly hot. Laguna is gorgeous. It's funny how all the beaches around here can look so different for some reason.
Ok, gotta run ... I'm so excited to see you girls in just a few days!
I'm extremely excited and thrilled for her as Justin is a great guy and obviously loves her very much. And he got her an amazing ring, which always helps too. But quite honestly, I'm having a hard time getting it to sink it that my little niece is getting married. And that I live so far away from everyone during all of this.
They haven't set a date yet but are thinking of December '09 in order to wait for Justin to finish school and save up some money. They're already more responsible than I was -- we sort of just jumped in and hoped we wouldn't have to live on the streets. Luckily, all has worked out so far.
Anyway, we had a great time hanging out, even though it was incredibly hot. Laguna is gorgeous. It's funny how all the beaches around here can look so different for some reason.
Ok, gotta run ... I'm so excited to see you girls in just a few days!
Saturday, June 21, 2008
first major injury
Hey girls, I just wanted to post a few pictures of Seth with his first big injury. We're all quite proud of the manly wound and it's one to go in the baby books. =) It actually happened last week, but I just got the pictures from mom and dad. Seth got his first set of stitches on his forehead. We were at my parents house and I had just left to go pick up Josh when my mom called me about a mile down the road and said "everything's under control, but Seth bumped his head and it might need a couple stitches." So I turned around and went back to see how he was doing. His head was gashed open and it was so deep you could see right down almost to the skull. yuk! Apparently, he was running into my dad's office where uncle Dan was waiting to tickle him and then he would run out into the foyer where my dad was waiting to hit him back into the office with a pillow. So, dad hit him with a pillow and bounced him headfirst right into a marble coffee table. Everyone felt pretty awful. We weren't mad though because even if we had been there, we would probably have just been waiting on the other side of the room to hit him with another pillow. lol... I'm just glad I wasn't there because I think when his forehead popped open I would have freaked out at all the blood. My dad put in the stitches, which was nice so we didn't have to make a trip to the ER. So, Seth got 5 stitches in his forehead and is forever manlier from it. Josh took the stitches out yesterday and it looks pretty good. I don't think it will scar too badly long-term. So, anyways... here are a few trophy pictures from Seth's first set of stitches. The one of him playing guitar with Daniel was him and Dan singing the "Papa hit me with a pillow and I busted my head open" blues. (Seriously, Daniel taught him a whole song so that he could sing it to my dad and rub it in.) But the guitar session seemed to cheer Seth up. Well, I can't wait to see you girls in just a few days (except Jamie). =( Hope you all are having a good weekend.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sapphires storm DC in 7 days!
Hey girls, can't wait to see you all in a week!
Seeing that we are going to all be together (minus Jamie - so sad), it is only fitting that we set aside some time for Sapphire lunch and pampering. From what I see (wk-end schedule on previous post) the best time for this would be Saturday afternoon. I'm thinking a light quick lunch with possibly some manis and/or pedis if time permitting.
There is a mall adjacent to our hotels (how convenient for us), so I was thinking we could meet up around 12:30 at the Marriot and hed over to the mall. We should be able to make it back to hotel by 3ish to get ready for the wedding, which starts at 4.
I know it will be kinda a quick thing, but at least we can set aside some time for us. It just wouldn't seem right if we don't.
Well, hope this works for everyone. Let me know if it doesn't work, or if you have a better suggestion.
Love to all - see you in a week!
Seeing that we are going to all be together (minus Jamie - so sad), it is only fitting that we set aside some time for Sapphire lunch and pampering. From what I see (wk-end schedule on previous post) the best time for this would be Saturday afternoon. I'm thinking a light quick lunch with possibly some manis and/or pedis if time permitting.
There is a mall adjacent to our hotels (how convenient for us), so I was thinking we could meet up around 12:30 at the Marriot and hed over to the mall. We should be able to make it back to hotel by 3ish to get ready for the wedding, which starts at 4.
I know it will be kinda a quick thing, but at least we can set aside some time for us. It just wouldn't seem right if we don't.
Well, hope this works for everyone. Let me know if it doesn't work, or if you have a better suggestion.
Love to all - see you in a week!
Monday, June 09, 2008
Colorado
Hey girls,
Colorado is very iffy for us this year. Chances are we will not be able to do this one for financial reasons. If we just get lucky and are able to save some extra cash it might work out, but I don't really see that happening. Josh can't really moonlight his second year and I doubt I will be doing a ton of extra work at home with having the baby, etc. My due date is Nov. 30th. So, if we are able to make it, I should be fine traveling at the end of February and and will definitely have baby #3 in tow, not sure about Seth and Lilah. We would probably try to unload the older two on mom and dad. =) So, that is where we stand on it.
So it has been an exhaustingly busy week because Vanessa and her husband and baby and Josh's mom have been here since last Monday. My house is full of people and stuff and I'm starting to go a little stir crazy. But josh has been working ALLLLLLL the time, so the company has been nice. I got the flu this past weekend. Let me tell you, that is not fun when you are pregnant and already sick. But Vicki and Vanessa were a big help with the kids. Much appreciated. The kids and I are going to King's island on Wed. with my family, which will be fun. Josh has to work of course. It was an interesting and stressful weekend in that on top of the flu and all the company, Josh was offered an ER residency position at his hospital. We had been very interested in switching specialties for better hours and more family time and because ER allows way more time for moonlighting and is one year shorter program. Several months ago Josh had mentioned it to someone when he was particularly frustrated with surgery. Since then, he has kind of found his niche in surgery and his attendings and chiefs have been going out of they're way to point out his strengths and have been telling him that he's really talented and has a good future as a surgeon. On Saturday Josh got to remove a gall bladder solo and did a really good job and his superiors were impressed. Immediately after, ER called to offer him the spot. They had an open spot and and knew Josh and a few others were interested in it. So the ER chiefs and attendings had a meeting and unanimously voted to offer the spot to Josh. It was quite the ego-boosting day, which let me tell you is much needed these days as a lowly intern. =) So anyways, we had the weekend to decide and Josh feels (as do I, much to my chagrin) that he is supposed to stay in surgery. We will probably regret this decision for the rest of our lives. You don't even know how much easier our lives would be like immediately if we switched. But we feel like God wants us to stay in surgery and so I will continue to be a surgery widow for the next 10 years of my life. Please pray for us that we don't regret this. The hours will be more bearable if I know we are doing what god wants us to do. Well, that's the update for us these days. love you girls!
Colorado is very iffy for us this year. Chances are we will not be able to do this one for financial reasons. If we just get lucky and are able to save some extra cash it might work out, but I don't really see that happening. Josh can't really moonlight his second year and I doubt I will be doing a ton of extra work at home with having the baby, etc. My due date is Nov. 30th. So, if we are able to make it, I should be fine traveling at the end of February and and will definitely have baby #3 in tow, not sure about Seth and Lilah. We would probably try to unload the older two on mom and dad. =) So, that is where we stand on it.
So it has been an exhaustingly busy week because Vanessa and her husband and baby and Josh's mom have been here since last Monday. My house is full of people and stuff and I'm starting to go a little stir crazy. But josh has been working ALLLLLLL the time, so the company has been nice. I got the flu this past weekend. Let me tell you, that is not fun when you are pregnant and already sick. But Vicki and Vanessa were a big help with the kids. Much appreciated. The kids and I are going to King's island on Wed. with my family, which will be fun. Josh has to work of course. It was an interesting and stressful weekend in that on top of the flu and all the company, Josh was offered an ER residency position at his hospital. We had been very interested in switching specialties for better hours and more family time and because ER allows way more time for moonlighting and is one year shorter program. Several months ago Josh had mentioned it to someone when he was particularly frustrated with surgery. Since then, he has kind of found his niche in surgery and his attendings and chiefs have been going out of they're way to point out his strengths and have been telling him that he's really talented and has a good future as a surgeon. On Saturday Josh got to remove a gall bladder solo and did a really good job and his superiors were impressed. Immediately after, ER called to offer him the spot. They had an open spot and and knew Josh and a few others were interested in it. So the ER chiefs and attendings had a meeting and unanimously voted to offer the spot to Josh. It was quite the ego-boosting day, which let me tell you is much needed these days as a lowly intern. =) So anyways, we had the weekend to decide and Josh feels (as do I, much to my chagrin) that he is supposed to stay in surgery. We will probably regret this decision for the rest of our lives. You don't even know how much easier our lives would be like immediately if we switched. But we feel like God wants us to stay in surgery and so I will continue to be a surgery widow for the next 10 years of my life. Please pray for us that we don't regret this. The hours will be more bearable if I know we are doing what god wants us to do. Well, that's the update for us these days. love you girls!
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Colorado '09
Here are my thoughts on the reunion for '09....
I thought we had agreed on inviting the men to this one because of the skiing... I figure that they are the ones that want to ski the most. So... if Chris can get away from work...we'd love to have him!!
Definitely bring the babies!!! I'm going to need some cuddle time with each of the girls. Plus, they are Sapphires too!! :) I'm looking at getting us a house that will have a bedroom for each family. No details solidified yet, but I'm working on it.
As for dates... I thought I would just check and see what the cheapest was. Julie, I can't remember when your due date is, and I know that you all coming is still up in the air, but when would the earliest that you could travel?
Take lots of pictures during the wedding!! I can't wait to hear all about it.
I thought we had agreed on inviting the men to this one because of the skiing... I figure that they are the ones that want to ski the most. So... if Chris can get away from work...we'd love to have him!!
Definitely bring the babies!!! I'm going to need some cuddle time with each of the girls. Plus, they are Sapphires too!! :) I'm looking at getting us a house that will have a bedroom for each family. No details solidified yet, but I'm working on it.
As for dates... I thought I would just check and see what the cheapest was. Julie, I can't remember when your due date is, and I know that you all coming is still up in the air, but when would the earliest that you could travel?
Take lots of pictures during the wedding!! I can't wait to hear all about it.
Friday, June 06, 2008
various
Hi ladies,
hopefully you all got my email already :) I'm just thrilled to pieces tha we're having a little girl. So nice to finally call the baby "she" or "her" instead of just "it". I'm going to embrace the temptation and buy a little girl outfit this weekend, probably hang it in her room or something.
So tonight we took our two 'kiddos' to West Lake in Davenport. We met up with two other couples who have labs and let all the dogs go swimming. This was Nobu and Fujiko's first ever time swimming. They LOVED it and we had a blast watching all 4 labs swim until exhaustion. Lots of laughter was had by all. We'll definatley be doing more of that this summer.
Concerning DC, we are available starting Friday afternoon to do whatever. I went ahead and reserved a rental car. And though we have seen much of DC two years ago, we'd still be interested in seeing some sites if everyone else is interested.
Concerning the next official reunion in Colorado, is this supposed to be one where the men are invited, or is it just a girls event? Either way, Chris will likely travel out west with me since just this last week he officially hired his new partner who lives in Colorado (i think around Denver). This partner, Peter, will not be moving to the Quad Cities so Chris and Peter will do lots of traveling back and forth for several years. So, if it IS or ISN'T a guys event, Chris will go out and probably work for most of the weekend or week, whatever. But anyway, Praise God that Chris has found a partner. Jamie, i think originally i told you i'd fly into whichever airport was closer to the location of our reunion. But, Moline recently added a direct flight into Denver so I will likely fly into Denver airport. What about kids/babies at the colorado reunion? am i thinking too far ahead? yeah Jen, get through DC and childbirth... THEN think about February!!
Oh, and i don't think i posted this, but May 30th was Chris' last day working for Fidlar. He now works for himself and his own company! the new company hasn't technically been formed but they 'close' on it mid June. Did any of you know that it's "double points weekend" on 'Call of Duty 4 - X-Box 360 Live' this weekend?!?! well, apparently it is, so i will be spending a lot of alone time this weekend while Chris racks up the points. perfect time to shop for little girl things :)
hopefully you all got my email already :) I'm just thrilled to pieces tha we're having a little girl. So nice to finally call the baby "she" or "her" instead of just "it". I'm going to embrace the temptation and buy a little girl outfit this weekend, probably hang it in her room or something.
So tonight we took our two 'kiddos' to West Lake in Davenport. We met up with two other couples who have labs and let all the dogs go swimming. This was Nobu and Fujiko's first ever time swimming. They LOVED it and we had a blast watching all 4 labs swim until exhaustion. Lots of laughter was had by all. We'll definatley be doing more of that this summer.
Concerning DC, we are available starting Friday afternoon to do whatever. I went ahead and reserved a rental car. And though we have seen much of DC two years ago, we'd still be interested in seeing some sites if everyone else is interested.
Concerning the next official reunion in Colorado, is this supposed to be one where the men are invited, or is it just a girls event? Either way, Chris will likely travel out west with me since just this last week he officially hired his new partner who lives in Colorado (i think around Denver). This partner, Peter, will not be moving to the Quad Cities so Chris and Peter will do lots of traveling back and forth for several years. So, if it IS or ISN'T a guys event, Chris will go out and probably work for most of the weekend or week, whatever. But anyway, Praise God that Chris has found a partner. Jamie, i think originally i told you i'd fly into whichever airport was closer to the location of our reunion. But, Moline recently added a direct flight into Denver so I will likely fly into Denver airport. What about kids/babies at the colorado reunion? am i thinking too far ahead? yeah Jen, get through DC and childbirth... THEN think about February!!
Oh, and i don't think i posted this, but May 30th was Chris' last day working for Fidlar. He now works for himself and his own company! the new company hasn't technically been formed but they 'close' on it mid June. Did any of you know that it's "double points weekend" on 'Call of Duty 4 - X-Box 360 Live' this weekend?!?! well, apparently it is, so i will be spending a lot of alone time this weekend while Chris racks up the points. perfect time to shop for little girl things :)
DC trip prep...
Jamie - so very sad you will not be joining us in DC, but we are all looking forward to the trip to Colorado in February. Last week of Feb should work for us. If Aaron is still at Toyota the last week isn't always the best time to go, but February is usually a really slow month, so it shouldn't be a problem. Although, chances are he won't be at Toyota by then (fingers crossed).
For all those making the trip...
I was in DC last weekend and managed to get the low-down on the weekend plans, etc. It looks like the wedding will be formal to semi-formal, so cocktail/sun dresses are a go. For the guys - probably a tie, but a jacket is not required.
For those in town Thursday night, the guys will be going out for Joe's bachelor party. We are still working out the details, but it looks like they will be heading downtown to a comedy show, dinner and possibly a club afterwards. We should have all the details for that, including estimated costs sometime this weekend (look for it via email Julie, Kim & Liz). Us girls are on our own that night, which means girls night in? Maybe we could get take out and rent a movie on-demand in the hotel. Just an idea.
Friday is wide open for those who don't have husbands involved in the wedding, so enjoy the sites of DC. For Liz and I, Joe is taking the guys out in the afternoon (he didn't have the details yet on time/place etc), so looks like you and I are on our own. Maybe you could join me on the jaunt to BWI to pick up Steph and Shawn? Then the rehearsal dinner is at 7, which means the rehearsal will probably start sometime around 5. I think he is sending invites for the rehearsal this week or next. I'm thinking we could skip the whole rehearsal thing and go straight to dinner at 7. We have plenty of time to work out the details. Unfortunately Joe could not invite all the out-of-towners the the dinner - about 70% of the wedding guests are coming from out of town. :)
Saturday is also wide open for those not involved in the wedding. Notes for Liz and I - I think Joe said pictures will start around 2ish, but they are doing all the bride and groom pics after the ceremony. I'm guessing the guys will start getting ready around 1 or so. So I guess you would have the morning to see some sites.
Then of course, Sunday is free for all...
For those coming back to my place on Sunday. I'm anticipating that we will leave DC sometime after dinner. Julie - are you planning to stay in DC on Sunday night, or come back to PA for the night? We would definately have a room for you.
Well, guess that's it for now. I'll keep you posted as I get more info.
Can't wait to see you in 18-21 days!
For all those making the trip...
I was in DC last weekend and managed to get the low-down on the weekend plans, etc. It looks like the wedding will be formal to semi-formal, so cocktail/sun dresses are a go. For the guys - probably a tie, but a jacket is not required.
For those in town Thursday night, the guys will be going out for Joe's bachelor party. We are still working out the details, but it looks like they will be heading downtown to a comedy show, dinner and possibly a club afterwards. We should have all the details for that, including estimated costs sometime this weekend (look for it via email Julie, Kim & Liz). Us girls are on our own that night, which means girls night in? Maybe we could get take out and rent a movie on-demand in the hotel. Just an idea.
Friday is wide open for those who don't have husbands involved in the wedding, so enjoy the sites of DC. For Liz and I, Joe is taking the guys out in the afternoon (he didn't have the details yet on time/place etc), so looks like you and I are on our own. Maybe you could join me on the jaunt to BWI to pick up Steph and Shawn? Then the rehearsal dinner is at 7, which means the rehearsal will probably start sometime around 5. I think he is sending invites for the rehearsal this week or next. I'm thinking we could skip the whole rehearsal thing and go straight to dinner at 7. We have plenty of time to work out the details. Unfortunately Joe could not invite all the out-of-towners the the dinner - about 70% of the wedding guests are coming from out of town. :)
Saturday is also wide open for those not involved in the wedding. Notes for Liz and I - I think Joe said pictures will start around 2ish, but they are doing all the bride and groom pics after the ceremony. I'm guessing the guys will start getting ready around 1 or so. So I guess you would have the morning to see some sites.
Then of course, Sunday is free for all...
For those coming back to my place on Sunday. I'm anticipating that we will leave DC sometime after dinner. Julie - are you planning to stay in DC on Sunday night, or come back to PA for the night? We would definately have a room for you.
Well, guess that's it for now. I'll keep you posted as I get more info.
Can't wait to see you in 18-21 days!
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Hello beautiful women! I've been missing you girls lots lately. So, I started working on our scrapbook. I'm not sure if that is helping or not, but it is fun to see your smiling faces everyday. I do need more pictures... or at least pictures that you want to include. If you have some on Snapfish, could you send me a link again. I can't remember how to get to them. :) I have all the Kodak ones... and I'm picking through to find the best ones.
Now for some sad news... I won't be making the trip to DC with you all. We are just unable to do it finiancial this summer. Plus, Nick and I have decided that this is our "Summer of Rest". We are trying to stay low key and not travel too much. (Plus, I think I may be ovulating that weekend and Nick won't be able to come with me.....) So... take lots of pictures, send me lots of stories and have a drink (or soda) for me while you are all together.
We are planning to head up to Breckenridge this July to find a place for our ski trip. We'll be letting you know as soon as we find a place. :) I'm doing my best to keep in with a reasonable budget. Any votes for the last week of February as our week to go? That will be right before the Spring Break crowd shows up. I'm not able to ditch school the first week of March at the moment (huge state test stuff). I think all the babies will be here by then and everyone will be able to travel.
Let me know what you think! Enjoy DC and Joe's wedding!! I can't wait to hear stories. Love you all!
Now for some sad news... I won't be making the trip to DC with you all. We are just unable to do it finiancial this summer. Plus, Nick and I have decided that this is our "Summer of Rest". We are trying to stay low key and not travel too much. (Plus, I think I may be ovulating that weekend and Nick won't be able to come with me.....) So... take lots of pictures, send me lots of stories and have a drink (or soda) for me while you are all together.
We are planning to head up to Breckenridge this July to find a place for our ski trip. We'll be letting you know as soon as we find a place. :) I'm doing my best to keep in with a reasonable budget. Any votes for the last week of February as our week to go? That will be right before the Spring Break crowd shows up. I'm not able to ditch school the first week of March at the moment (huge state test stuff). I think all the babies will be here by then and everyone will be able to travel.
Let me know what you think! Enjoy DC and Joe's wedding!! I can't wait to hear stories. Love you all!
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