We've been busy

I know it has been so long since we have updated our blog...we've just been that busy!

At the end of October we were able to take 5 days and head down to Southern Illinois to visit some of Susan's family. Her aunt, uncle and cousins live down there and it worked perfectly for her parents and sisters to all gather that week at her aunt and uncle's house. We had a very packed 5 days down there, traveling into St. Louis to pick her family up from the airport, spending 1/2 a day traveling around wine country down there. We were able to stop at 5 different wineries and sample their wines before purchasing a few bottles. Then we headed down to Nashville for a night. We toured the country music hall of fame, Andrew Jackson's house The Hermitage, and wandered around the Opryland Hotel. it was a great trip and wonderful to see Susan's family. It gave us a chance to relax and have some fun before the craziness of the Holidays hit the retail world!

The weekend before Thanksgiving, Susan had her annual girls weekend at the Wisconsin Dells. This year the group tried a new resort...the Chula Vista. The adults only hottub was a huge appeal for the group because who really likes to fight little kids for a spot in the hottub?!?! The group decided to not wait a whole year before we get together again and planned a night in Chicago in February after the rush of the Holidays are over and we need something to look forward too!

Thanksgiving was quiet for us again this year. Dave's brother Joel joined us for church Wednesday night and then the 3 of us went to go see the movie Blindside that night. (we all highly recommend it to anyone who is wondering about it!) Thanksgiving Day the boys enjoyed a day of football and basketball while the Thanksgiving ham cooked away (yes...we did have ham instead of turkey this year). It was an early night for us Thursday night as Dave had to be to work by 3 (the joys of working retail on Black Friday) and since Susan was up already she headed down to Target to wait inline to get in on some of the deals they had. The rest of the weekedn passed rather uneventfully as both of us had to work the whole weekend.

Now we are looking forward to Christmas. We plan to set up our decorations later this week and maybe make it to see the Nutcracker this year at the Milwaukee Ballet. Susan is still looking for the first snow fall of the year...which might come later this week if the weather forcast doesn't change :)

pictures from our trip to IL can be found at this link http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2011095&id=125600011&l=2d6e54f610