What a week…

It’s been over a week since I really had time to sit down and give some updates….since then, life has been a whirlwind (to say the least).  To start with…last weekend we headed out for a few days of much needed vacation.  We took off on Sunday…and swung through Emden and Bloomington to visit with our mom’s on mother’s day.  It was nice to get to see our family…even though it was a quick visit in both places.  From there we traveled on to Chicago for a quick mini-vacation.  It was only 3 days/3 nights….but it was just what we needed to get out of town and re-charge.  Some highlights of the trip included (but certainly aren’t limited to):

-Staying downtown on Michigan Ave (even if it was a really old hotel).

-Chicago-style pizza at Giordano’s (our favorite!)

-Shopping the magnificent mile.

-Bowling downtown.

-The Field Museum (with a great new exhibit on mythical creatures)

-Passes for the “L”

-CUBS!

-Lots of walking around Grant Park and Millenium Park

-Walking along the lakeshore

-Flight of the Concords concert (which was AWESOME!)

There were a lot of other great things too, but those were the definite highlights.  From there we headed back to Emden to be with my family and my dad as he had surgery this past week.  For those who don’t know, we found out in January that my dad had cancer…and we’ve been through months of chemo/radiation and the surgery portion to remove the tumor took place this week.  He’s doing really well and we’ve been blessed as a family to see the great doctors and nurses he’s dealing with.  He’s been very positive and excited to get back on his feet…which is also a big blessing.  It was great to spend time with family and to stay with my mom for 4 days…and I certainly wasn’t ready to come back to Greenville.  We’ll be heading back up this weekend to visit dad and spend some extra time with family.  I probably won’t do much updating about all of that online, just because it’s pretty personal and I don’t know that my blog’s the best place to write all of that.  If you’ve got any questions or want to know how he’s doing…just let me know! 

Other than that…we’re back in Greenville and are slowly getting back into the swing of things.  The garden’s growing and looking tastier each day.  In fact, I’m going to pick some fresh lettuce for salad tonight…yummm!  We’ve got plans to start painting and sealing up our basement….so hopefully we’ll be done with that fairly soon.  And that’s about it…adios!

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