What's Been Goin' On?

Since June- when my last post was, a lot has been going on! Here's a quick rundown of the fun things I've been up to!

On June 24, 2011 Ryan, his sister Krystin, her boyfriend Brendan and myself were going to Medieval Times for a show. We ended up having a nice time. I was even Knighted by the king as the Administrative wench at the castle. Overall, the night was great and it made me proud of the place I work! I'll be going back in a few weeks with my mom, my aunt Cindy and her roommate Sue to celebrate some birthday's!




On July 3, 2011 My dad, brother, Ryan and myself went to a Crosstown Classic Game at Wrigley Field. Ryan is a die hard Sox fan who was brave enough to go to the came with 3 CuBS loving baseball fans. It was an awesome game and the CUBS WON!!!!!!!






On August 6, 2011 Ryan and I went to a Brad Paisley concert at the Tinley Park Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. It was an awesome concert and I think Ryan became a little bit more of a country music fan!




On August 13, 2011 Ryan's best friend Nick got married- to his beautiful wife Sarah. We had a great time at the wedding! Nick and Sarah are expecting their first baby in January!





On August 31, 2011 My mom celebrated her 50th Birthday! We went out for a family dinner at Chilis, followed by a delicious cake from Jarosch Bakery and a present of beautiful Diamond earrings (which my mom LOVED)!

September 5, 2011 Ryan's family went to Arlington Race track for a day of fun horse racing and family time. We had a great time celebrating Labor Day and hanging out with the family!

September 10, 2011 My mom and I went to a Lady Antebellum concert at Joe's Bar in Chicago. We had bought General Admission tickets and we went to the concert not expecting to be anywhere near the stage-but to our surprise, we ended up standing RIGHT at the very front of the stage. It was a great concert!!!! We LOVE Lady A and we knew that the show was going to be great-and they didnt let us down! Mom and I had a blast!

Great Grandma's 91st Birthday

2 weeks ago today, my mom and I were in beautiful Tampa, Florida to visit my family and to celebrate my Great Grandma's 91st Birthday!

Last year we went to Florida for my grandma's 90th Birthday and we were given some awful news. My grandma was really sick with a bacterial infection and the doctors told our family that she probably wouldn't make it much longer. We flew home from Florida all of us in tears, because we thought that it was the last time that we would be seeing her, forever.

Well, here we are a year later and my Great Grandma is as healthy as ever. We knew that we couldn't miss her birthday this year, especially after how her birthday had gone last year.

Great Grandma didn't know that we were coming into town, so when we snuck into the house, she was really surprised. She started crying because she was so happy to see us. We spent the day with everybody and headed back to the hotel later that night.

Friday was grandma's birthday and we had sandwiches for lunch, went to the beach to take in the sights and take some pictures with Great Grandma. My grandma made us a wonderful dinner of ham and mac-and-cheese. We had a wonderful day spending lots of quality time with my Great Grandma on her very special day.

Saturday my grandma threw a little birthday party for my Great Grandma. There were quite a few people that came over to celebrate my grandmas birthday. We had some birthday cake and it was a wonderful celebration. When it was time to say goodbye and to head back to our hotel for the night, I fought back some tears. We were scheduled to fly home on Sunday. It was sad saying goodbye to my family because I didn't know when we would be seeing them again. I just love them and I love spending time with my family. It was really a special few days.