Nice weekend

Hi everyone,
I know it’s been a while since my last update, just call it laziness I guess. I have good news to report as to the remodeling project…IT IS DONE !!!!! YEAH!!!! We are so very pleased with how it turned out! Here are some pictures…

Last weekend Sarah, Kaylin, Shane & Audra came over on Sat. and then stayed overnight as Matt was up in the Dells at a bachelor party. Sean came down too to visit during the day on Sat. & Sun., but slept at his friend Holly’s house as there was no more beds at the inn, ha, ha…We had a real nice time, but are we (me and John) exhausted !! Those 3 little kids keep you going and Sarah is so tired with not getting hardly any sleep, but just keep holding on, it will get better as she well knows. I don"t know how they (Matt & Sarah) do it.  It must be the age factor.  With not much furniture down in the family room yet, there is quite a lot of playing room there. With the running around, kicking balls, playing tag and Bailey joining in, it was an exciting time for everyone. Audra kept us on our toes too (mostly Sarah) with pretty much every 2 hours needing to nurse. She’s seems to be staying awake more now and looking around and listening to the different sounds. She is just adorable !

Sean has had some great employee awards given to him at his work since he’s been hired last October….He’s gotten 4-servusgrams...1 from Kay (his 3rd level boss), 2-from Tiffany (his 2nd level boss) , 1-from Judi (4th level boss), also has received a  Above and Beyond award from Tiff (2nd level boss), a Employee Engagement award from Tiff (2nd level boss) and a nomination for the Circle of Excellence program from Tiff....which is a huge award given out. All of these awards will sure look good in his employee file. He is going to be going upwards in this company with all the positive feedback from most of his supervisors. I personally think they are grooming him for bigger and better things, but he’s not able to get a higher position until he has been there for a year (Oct.2011). John and I are so proud of him…

This Sunday was a “girl’s luncheon” with my sisters and nieces. Because it was such a nasty day, Sarah & Audra stayed home so I and Kaylin went instead. We went to the Olive Garden and I’m sure it wasn’t the most exciting time for Kaylin with all grownups there, but she was a trooper. The waitress gave her some crayons and an activity sheet to work on. She got pretty most of it done too.. Our girl is so smart !!! For lunch, I had a mixed veggie & grilled chicken/steak plate and Kaylin had macaroni & cheese. We had bread sticks and salad too. Kaylin even had a kiddie cocktail for her drink ! Everyone commented on how well behaved she was and then made the comment…It’s because Sarah & Matt are such a good Mom & Dad. That statement is what every parent wants to hear. That is the ultimate pat on the back when others say that about your kids. It means you have done it right.

As some of you know, John is ½ Irish and because St. Pat’s Day was last Thursday, we decided celebrate the day by making Corned Beef on the grill for supper on Sunday. John thought it would taste so good by cooking it on the grill, so I went on line and found a recipe to cook it that way. It turned out so good! Little Shane couldn’t get enough of it…So we sent some home with them to eat later. We also had baked potatoes, sour kraut, fruit and ice cream or cupcakes for dessert. As I mentioned before, Sarah & kids & Sean stayed for supper and then left for their respective homes. It was a great weekend and do look for more of them in the future.

John and Sean are in a tizzy right now (more John is)…All I’ve heard about every day since last Sunday is when the TV is coming and why is it delayed? We ordered a new TV through Wal-mart. It was the store that had the cheapest price for the Vizio 55" Class LED-LCD 1080p 120Hz Internet-Connected HDTV, M550NV. It was $250 cheaper than if we ordered it on line at other stores sites. So, for getting it at a cheaper cost, there have been a few snafu’s involved which is driving my boys crazy….ha,ha…It was supposed to be delivered between 3/18 & 3/21…John received an email saying that it’s on back haul (what the heck is back haul??) and not supposed to get here until 3/29 (next Friday). It’s in Indiana right now, not sure where it started out from, but John’s to the point of getting in the truck and driving down there and getting it himself….Like dangling a piece of candy in front of his nose…ha,ha…***UPDATE***this afternoon, John got another email saying that it's now in the Wal-mart distrubution center in Beaver Dam and should be at the Delafield Wal-mart tomorrow.  He's very excited !!!

Other than that, we were thinking about going up north this weekend, but now we heard this morning that they are supposed to get 8” to 12” of snow Tuesday through Wednesday. I don’t think it’s going to be melted by the time we would get up there on Friday night. John talked to our neighbor Dewey last night and the snow was pretty much melted up there. Oh well, we will try again another time.

Here is a random picture from the weekend before when the kids stayed over on Friday night.  They were helping me wash dishes.  Kaylin took her clothes off so she wouldn't get her clothes wet...

Hope everyone has a good week.