2 Days till I will be swimming with the fishes!!!

Countdown!!!!

5 days and 7 hours till the Triathlon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

219 Honeysuckle Street

Hi everyone.........I have been a very bad blogger....but I do have some good news...Ryan just bought a house we absolutely love :) !!!!!!!!!! We have had our eyes on it for awhile, but having found it early on in our house search...we waited and continued looking but we kept going back to this one..... I think most of you know that we were looking for houses for Ryan. As much as we love, love the city, we knew that what we wanted we could not afford. So, each week, we picked a new city and picked about 5 houses to look at each day. So, after a couple days in Bolingbrook, we just found that you can get some really great homes at more affordable prices. So low and behold, we found this one. Of course we got into a bidding war with 3 other people, it must have been meant to be since we won!!! It is located near Weber rd behind Clow airport. About 2.5 miles from Becky and Venessa. And there is a awesome pond and walking/running paths that you can see from the driveway. It is only 3 years old and practically new inside. We will have to replace a few appliances and do some landscaping cause it looks like no one ever lived there. The master bedroom closet is the size of my studio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, anyway.... there will be more to come, the house is getting inspected Monday and closing sept 5th as it stands right now...so Ryan will be a resident of Bolingbrook in no time......get ready.....parties and BBQ's to come!!!! Woo hoo......

PS:

Happy 30th Birthday to Lisa today!!!!!!

Busy Couple of weeks!!

This summer seems like it is flying by! So, Ryan officially sold his house, we moved him out last week....now its crunch time to find a house. Lots of great things have been going on. Becky had her baby as all of you know, Rebecca came to visit last week and Ryan moved back to Chicago all in the same week!!! Woo hoo..... below are pictures from all the events. The very last couple of pictures are from my very first Nascar race. I know....most of you are like, what? But, Ryan had to work the event and then we got free tickets. It was quite exciting and it had my favorite...a flyover!!!!!

Most of us were able to welcome Rebecca back to Chicago for a couple weeks and we all went for dinner and drinks. Before that, I got to meet new little Cole...so adorable.....such a great baby and sooooooooo cute. I love being a pretend aunt!!

So, now what? lots of house hunting, almost 4 weeks till the triathlon and enjoy the rest of the summer....

Little teddy bear

Ryan's neighbors had a going away gathering....he is really going to miss them!!

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Dewalt!!! Ha ha

Did I mention....you can't hear a darn thing except engines

Flyover.......my fav, they flew by twice...very cool......

SOLD FOR 1 DOLLAR....

World's largest truck stop on the way to his house

His office

Upstairs deck (there are all houses back there now)

Downstairs

Kitchen and part of living room

Ryan's house is sold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The process has been going on for awhile now since his relocation company has to handle it after the bid is accepted but it is official and the moving truck is picking up Ryan's things next Friday. It is exciting but I know its a little sad for him too as he has to say goodbye to first house and wonderful neighbors. We have a wedding there in a couple weeks...so we can see them all again....I really enjoyed it there too and will miss my visits :) but so happy a million times over that Ryan will be here officially again. Next up....where is Ryan to live? Thanks to Kelly's mom, we have been looking at houses for Ryan to possibly buy. Not sure where, each week we research a new city and price ranges, etc....Its been fun too to see what's out there. So many foreclosures. This is such a crazy time in the world right now. I will keep you posted on his future residence :) Until then, its 2600 my shoebox lane. Above are pictures I took when he first moved in just over 2 years ago.....

I have been out of the loop!!!

So....Happy late 1st birthday to beautiful blue eyed Erica! Her bday was on the 4th of July. Ryan and I decided last minute to head to the Dells for the weekend ( i think we are starting a tradition) but we wanted to go to Erica's bday first. It was a lot of fun and a perfect weather day for the party. After that, we flew up to the Dells since most everyone was already at their parties...for once, no traffic!!! We stayed at the Wilderness, which was awesome. Last 4th we went to the Great Wolf lodge. I love, love the water slides!!!! I think I want to come there every year. My grandparents lived in the Dells and we would go up there all the time when I was little but we never did all the touristy stuff. We got free passes to Tommy Barlett from the Wilderness...go figure since there is no water. But, they have a good sense of humor about things and we watched the air and laser part. Overall, it was a really nice weekend. Below are some pics!!!

Ode to the flag

Happy 1st Erica!!

Good ol' Paul Bunyan's...best breakfast on the planet

Last 4th of July 2007

Just for you Mia!!!

Ryan was hungryyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Poor Lake Delton...or what it used to be...so depressing...

There are plans to have it refilled next year

Dinner at an Italian restaurant

Bad ass...fake tatoo's.....it was fun...

I went with the cheesy butterfly

Ryan to the left