Nothing to plan, so much to do, but without a time crunch I can't decide what needs to be done first so I end up just putzing around all day. Sure I got some laundry done, and took pictures of the roof and sent them to the insurance company and helped Jordan look for jobs and talked to the insurance company about Jonah's possible surgery (deviated septum) and made dinnner and walked the dogs and lifted my irises (THAT'S why they didn't bloom!)...just nothing big.

I drove down to her house on Friday to see him and her as they arrived back from their honeymooon and to watch them open their cards and presents. What fun! I was glad to be part of the weekend. I was amazed at the generosity from both family and friends as they received an overflowing amount...packed down and overflowing. They are certainly blessed.

They are predicting wild storms this afternoon. We had the roof repaired yesterday and today, per the new insurance company's instructions. Now I need to send them pictures of the repaired roof. Then I need to hope that they accept it and then hope the storm doesn't destroy it today.
Fun stuff!

The kids seem a bit worn out today. Jonah, Jordan, Sarah, Ethan, Kara and Jacob have been doing various activities non-stop for two days. They've also been awakened by a roofer at 8 a.m. two mornings in a row. :/ They went mountain biking at Rock Cut State Park, out to eat three times, biking along the Fox River, jumping at the trampoline park, saw "Now You See Me," painted a long board (well, Jonah did that, the others watched) and today they are going to a skateboard store (hopefully BEFORE the storm hits).

I haven't fed them much because they keep going out to eat and the chocolate strawberry pancakes I made this morning were only slightly eaten. Tonight I'll make a big batch of fajitas. Hope that is something they like.
Storm update: It missed us...went all around us. We could hear the thunder, got a bit of rain, but, as is typical, the bubble that surrounds us continued.
The fajitas were well liked.

The last weekend had to be one of the best weekends of my life. Hardly any tension. "I can't find my wedding shoes." and "I forgot the honeymoon papers." Spiked a shot of adrenalin and my high-pitched, "WHAT?" But we recovered. :-) The weekend was filled with smiles, loved ones, beauty and good food. That's kinda like heaven, right?

My family was extremely helpful in setting up the rehearsal dinner. I had a sister, sister-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, aunt, cousin, a handful of nieces and nephews, and of course my husband and kids all there at the park and Sewall's house to help set it all up for me. I was able to get them started on show them my vision.Then I left for the rehearsal and came back four hours later and it was beautiful. Pics are on FB.

The wedding day itself was absolutely dream-worthy. We got ready in the downtown Hilton in a huge suite and Chick Fil A platters of chicken minis and fruit and cinnamon rolls (yum! I could live on those) were brought to us. My friend, Sandra, drove over from Illinois and did my hair!! Such a sweet woman. So blessed to have her generosity.

The wedding venue was absolutely beautiful and so was the wedding party. Again, the pics are on FB...hope you can all get to them.

Mike and I feel very blessed to have such a good connection with Ted and Anita. We feel we've found friends for life, most definitely. We enjoyed their hospitality all weekend and felt right at home. I didn't want to come home yet.

So....you know how your husband or kid asks as they are leaning in the fridge or the cabinet, "Where's the ____________?" And you say, "It's right there by the ________." And they say, "I don't see it." And you then blindfold yourself and reach in and pull it out on the first try? We women tend to take pride in our ability to locate missing items when no one else can find them.

Well, my husband had a similar moment yesterday and I thought I should give him credit where credit is due. No, nothing was lost. It was my fridge. Remember? It stopped working. I mentioned it to him and he said, "Probably blew a fuse." I told him we checked that already, but I'd run down and check them again since I did have a kid check that for me yesterday. He reached to the outlet and pushed a little reset button on the outlet and I said, "Jordan tried that yesterday...a couple of times." He pushed it anyway, plugged in the fridge and voila it was working. Yay for Mike!

Lots of cooking got accomplished today. Lots of organizing also took place.

Kara got her driver's license. We grabbed a bit to eat at Panda Express. My grandma bought pedicures for me and Kara. :-)

'Twas a good day!! And it's not over yet. :-)

Must pack and pack and pack and pack. After Bible class.

what's for dinner?!!

Dinner Update: (cuz I know you all are just hanging out here wondering what we ate) Jonah came home from work and said, "What's for dinner?" It was about 4:45 and honestly I had no idea. I offered leftover taco meat. He suggested pizza. We settled on a roasted chicken from the deli, chips and salsa, corn and rice and crescent rolls. Yay! It felt like a real meal with minimal effort.