Lazy Posting Days........................

Wow, it's been quite some time since I last posted! We recently took a trip to visit my parents in Illinois, and it was Kaiden's first time meeting them. Kaiden isn't shy at all, so there wasn't a problem with him getting to know his grandma and grandpa. Frank and the girls were hoping to go out fishing at least one day, but with the flooding, it was pretty much impossible. However,during our visit we went to the local zoo, went the the movies to watch Kung Fu Panda, shopping, and we also visited the John Deere museum. Kaiden has a John Deere hat and he would sleep with it on if we let him, so we just had to take him to the museum in Moline, Illinois. We have been to the museum before, but Kaiden didn't seem to thrilled with the large tractors at all! It's funny because we will go to Lowe's to pick up something for the house, and he will get excited every time we walk in and he sees the John Deere lawn mower display. We tried to purchase Kaiden a new John Deere hat and he wouldn't have any part of it! He said he only wanted his green hat. Kids are too funny!
We hit all of the local restaraunts that were my favs growing up; Whitey's Ice Cream, Harris Pizza, Happy Joe's Pizza. Mmmmmmmm, I better stop because it's making me hungry! We also stopped at Maggie Moo's and may I suggest if you have one in your local area, you need to try the red velvet cake ice cream...Yummmmmy! All in all it was a really nice visit. It's going to be some time before we make it back there again since I will be taking a full load of classes until I complete my degree.
It seems like home improvements never end. We are putting the finishing touches on our main bathroom and then we are moving onto another project. Our family room is very dated (1969) and we will be removing the wood paneling and putting up drywall and then laying wood laminate flooring throughout the house. Hopefully we can call it quits after that one. Frank would like to continue his education to receive his Master's degree in hospital managment so we will have to put all projects on hold for at least a couple of years. It's hard to believe that after Shanna and Lindsay graduate in 2009, there will be 5 of us in college next fall! eeeeeeek
Have a great week everybody! Hopefully I will get back into the swing of things and start posting on a regular basis.