5

Well today is our 5 year anniversary! 5 years! Hard to believe. We got a sitter for tonight and we are going to a minor league ball game. We were going to go all fancy dinner and a show, but we both prefer a ballgame, beer and hotdogs though! So that’s what we are doing. We are taking a trip for our anniversary, but that’s not until August. We are going to go to the Grand Canyon and all that stuff out there. Smart of us to pick AUGUST to go the dessert! I know I am going to end up like those people on tv- fall off the trail, get trapped, have to eat my arm off or something. Should be interesting. Ryan wants to do that donkey ride along the canyon thing! HELL TO THE NO I say on that though! I don’t even want to get out of the car truth be told! I am afraid of heights! I do hope we get to white water raft- do they have that there? I really know nothing about that place at all. We are going to be in Phoenix too. What is there to do there?
The kids are staying with my parents, but it’s like a vacation for them there anyways. Alex will get to be in the pool and I am sure won’t miss us at all.

Ok well back to work- have a great weekend everyone!

HI STRANGERS

I should be able to start blogging more often now- I hope anyways- Did everyone's hubbies have a good fathers day? I felt kind of bad for Ryan. I had these big plans to grill out steak and corn onthe cob for him- well I SUCK at the grill so he made it. I just felt bad making him cook his own fathers day meal!!!!

Everybody Loves Raymond

Well she has finally won! My mother has been trying since about the day after I moved out, to get me to move BACK to Streator and love across the st from her like Everybody loves Raymond. BEFORE you think I am moving to Streator though- read on. So after several attempts to get me to move there she gave up. I would have no problem living in Streator, I think it would be great, but what on earth would Ryan and I do for jobs? So anyways- I thought she had calmed down about moving close together again. NOPE I was wrong. Her and my dad are right now as we speak, looking at "vacation/weekend cabins" on the lake or river- BY MY HOUSE! Yep- they are going to move here. Not full time- they will still live in Streator and everything, but just spend their weekends here. I have not told Alex yet but she is going to be SO happy!!!! I am actually looking forward to it too. When they aren't up here, we can go there so it will be like we have our own little vacation house too!!! OH- we could even have a little girls (with spouses and kids) reunion at the "lake house" as well! That would be fun! So anyways- just start calling me Debra! : )

DANCE!!!

Well Alex’s dace recital was a success! She did so good! I was SO nervous for her! I thought for SURE something was going to go wrong. I was MORE nervous for her right before she went on than ANY time I ever went on for a dance or cheerleading thing. I just thought of all the things that could happen- shoe falling off, tripping, crying, freezing up and forgetting her dance, bow falling off, her falling off stage, etc…. nothing went wrong at all though. She LOVED it. She is a little performer that’s for sure. She has asked me when we can go back to Sarah’s mommy’s house. She thinks it is the neatest thing in the world that they have a “built in stage” in their backroom!!!
I will have to post some pictures as soon as I get them…