Lazy February Saturday :)

Well, after a long week, Mark and I called it an early night last night (couldn't even get through 30 minutes of "Smoking Aces"), and got up at the butt-crack of 8:30 this morning :) After working on loading the dishwasher, eating breakfast, and getting the laundry started, we headed off to the gym. After the gym, we took advantage of the above 30 temps, and took our cars to the car wash to give them a nice bath :)

I met my old college roommate, Amanda, in Worthington for lunch at Ground Round, and then we did a little shopping before parting ways. Mark and I met up in Bergen for supper with some Eleanor House neighbors, Justin and April, and after a 50 minute wait, enjoyed some yummy steaks.

Mark and I came home afterwards, and then watched "Michael Klayton", and well...now I'm just blogging :)

In other news, Mark and I are VERY excited about the beginnings of planning a trip out to the East Coast this fall! We're hoping to be able to take in the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 in Richmond, Busch Gardens in Willmington, and a couple days in Washington DC.

Last Weekend's Trip to Michigan!

We heard that my Grandma wasn't doing very well, and that she won't be with us much longer, so Mark and I drove my mom out to Michigan for a quick weekend trip to see her. Dan and Sarah joined us (as did little Jacob and Hannah) :) and we celebrated Dan and Mom's birthdays on Friday night at Red Robin.

Saturday in the late morning, we went to visit Grandma, which was a pretty tough time. She'll be rejoicing with the Lord soon enough, and what a wonderous time that will be! But it's tough to watch her in such rough shape :(


After visiting Grandma, we joined my cousins Cheryl and cute little preggo Katy, Cheryl's daughter, Sarah, and my other cousin Christy's daughter, Maggie, for lunch at Broadway Cafe. Mark and I went to pick up a few things at Meijer, and then went to see Katy and Jake's house. Shortly after that, I went shopping with Sarah and little Hannah Joy at Target, and then back to the hotel to pick up Dan and Jacob. We all went back to Katy and Jake's for pizza and visiting. My cousin Bryan and his friend Ted also stopped over for a while.


After pizza at Jake and Katy's, we headed back to the hotel for swimming and then facials. it was a super late night, but I think we definitely had a good time :)

Sunday morning, we got up early to take off and try to beat the bad weather to get home, and got all the way through Illinois before deciding we didn't want to chance the blizzard ahead, and we pulled over to get a hotel in Moline, IL. After about 3 hours in the hotel, we didn't think things looked too bad out, so we got half the cost of our room back, and started back on the road. It is 100% of the Lord that we made it home that night! Since we stayed in Moline for 3 hours, we avoided the majority of the horrible blizzard, and while the roads were still beyond horrendous, we made it home! We counted 193 cars in the ditch (7 of them being semis)!! And had we not stopped in Moline, we would've been car 194!

It was a pretty crazy weekend, but it was good to see everyone, and nice to be able to celebrate Dan's birthday with him this year! The Lord continues to blow me away with how faithful he is, and how he watches over us!