Happy Birthday, Allison!

Well, today's the big day!  Allison is now officially only one year from being in her 30's.  

Happy Birthday, babe.

I hope you have a fantastic day!

we did make it!

Just so everyone knows...we DID make it NYC...even though we were delayed two more times after my last post. We ended up leaving at the time we were supposed to arrive at NYC (7:30pm) oh well! :) we are about to go see chicago...yea!!!

pray for the kiddos, jackson has been really upset that we are gone...which makes me really nervous since the McCords are starting on Monday and the kids are already unhappy. thanks...will be back later!

here i am....delayed at usual!

I never did get around to uploading some new photos...never had a lot of free time. I have free time now, unfortunately I can't upload to the computer. We (Dave and myself) are stuck at O'Hare...going on 4 hours now...2 more to go! That is assuming that the flight doesn't get delayed for a 4th time! we were supposed to be taking off 5 minutes ago. My brother and his girlfriend are already in NYC....probably checking into the hotel, resting on a nice soft bed as my bum is getting numb from the hard seats and legs are tired (i have walked a couple miles already!) :) oh well....I am starting to question if it was worth a few hundered dollars to go straight to new york or hang out in O'Hare for 8 hours??? hmmmm :) probably better to save the money.

This is actually our first trip away from the kids for more the 24 hours....and not being able to drive over in 30 minutes. (that has only happened a couple times) We get back wed afternoon...seems like a long time from now! Dave's Mom and her mom, were very nice to come up and watch the kids for a 4 day weekend and then our wonderful neighbors (McCord's) will be watching the kids the last 2 days. Hopfully we don't get delayed on the way back....but since we are flying though O'Hare the chances are very likely!

what are we doing in NYC???

• Saturday we are going to meet up with some friends (the Higgins) since they are on their way up to Niagra Falls. They are our best friends that live in DC...also AGGIES! :)
• Sunday, Dave and I are going to a BROADWAY show and seeing Chicago! we actually booked the show while sitting here at the airport! (i guess being stuck here does have it's advantages! )
• Monday and Tuesday nights are the real reason we are visiting the Big Apple...BASEBALL!!! My brother and I are visiting all the baseball stadiums....very fun! Well this is the last year for Yankee Stadium...which is so hard to believe....it's such a vital part to baseball history! This also happens to be the last year for the Mets stadium. Which I guess means we might have to add the new staduims in 10/15 years :)
• wednesday is an airport day :)

This should be a really great trip if we ever get out of O'Hare...i hope we don't have to spend the night here! hope everyone has a great weekend!

*Update* we just got delayed again! (4:30pm) we are now leaving at 6:22

*Update* we got delayed again!!!! (4:56pm) we are now leaving at 6:38

Back home...

Well I know it has been a long time since I updated...I (allison) went down to TX with the kids for about 2.5 weeks. We have actually been back a few days, but I just haven't really gotten to the computer till today. it was a long trip and there are many things to share. I didn't take many pictures, but I will try to post some in the coming days. Thanks so much for all the prayers for my family. It is still hard to believe my stepdad is gone...and that my mom is alone and now more dependent on me and my brother. (well more my brother since he lives around the corner) I hope to go down every other month for a few months just to do what I can. Please continue to pray for my mom as her health is very poor and the death of her husband is still shocking and hard to deal with. thanks

Dave’s got a new blog!

Allison will likely kill me for advertising this, but I’m going to try (for the 3rd time) to keep up with my own blog.  I generally have a pretty strong opinion about everything, so this is my way to vent about all of that.  It will be refreshing to hurl all of my thoughts out into cyberspace, rather than turning them loose on our dinner guests. (You’re welcome, honey!)

For those who don’t know me, I’m a completely warped, so be warned that it might not be for everyone.

Check it out!

Happy Father's Day!

So this is a little late, but I just couldn't get to it. Here are a couple pics of Dave and his favorite kiddos! :) Happy Father's Day to Dave and both our Dads! We love you!