Moments 04 20 :: Week 04

It was a gorgeous weekend. So lucky to this basically in our back yard.


Brian and I told the boys we were going on a little walk. 1.5 hours later....


Moss covered rock wall. Amazing!


After the long walk, this one decided to take a nap on me. What is one to do but agree to it?


On Monday we took a field trip.


The Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary is usually accessible for walking and golf carts, but they have opened it up to cars. Took about 1.5 hours to drive through.


We had never been before. It was cute!


We drove around with our windows rolled down, and got to visit with the animals.


A white buffalo!


The boys thought this bear looked like Storm. They aren't wrong.


Don't mind his hair, haha! The PTSO put these in all the seniors yards. Super cute. Also made me super sad for some reason. This whole thing sucks.


H had taken to making bowties on all the toilet paper rolls. Makes me laugh.

Big News

After getting accepted into eight colleges, H finally made a decision. He's going to attend Western Michigan, College of Aviation. We beyond proud of him, and are so excited for his future. It was really hard turn down a couple of the offers but this is going to be a great fit I think. Here are the other schools he applied and got in to:

The Ohio State
Purdue - he was accepted into Flight Management vs. Pro Flight. This is what killed the deal for him.
University of Dubuque
St. Louis University
University of North Dakota
Lewis University
Minnesota State Mankato

Way to go! <3<3<3

Moments 04 20 :: Week 03

Brian got two new co-workers this week. The already died. So sad.


So many paws.


We used the marbleized technique this year. Didn't think they were working out at all, but they aren't too bad.


Brian made ravioli. C saved the day. Brian's never been very patient with pasta. It turned out amazing.


Easter morning chaos.


Sorting their goods.


Zoom call with our friends in Austria. So great to see them.


Even got the boys to take a family Easter day walk.


Traditional Easter dinner. Just the four of us. :(


There's this thing going around Facebook with people showing off their high school photos in honor of the current seniors. Here's mine.


This one. Always right under my feet. Here I am waiting for something in the oven.


Loving our disco ball on sunny afternoons.


Obsessed.

Moments 04 20 :: Week 02

Proud mom of a first time voter right here! Thankful for an easy process in the tiny town where we live, but know that’s not the case in many places throughout the state. Shame on you, Wisconsin.


It was almost 70 degrees on Tuesday. We all are going a little stir crazy lately.


My reality. He fortunately cleaned it up eventually, but OMG! C's isn't any better.


Happiness on my walk.

H turns 18

On Saturday 04.04.20, my baby turned 18. How that happened is beyond me. I'm pretty sure none of us would have imagined spending his day in Safer at Home quarantine, but that's how it is, so we did our best to make the most of the day. Starting out by embarrassing him with a giant yard sign announcing his big day which was already installed when he woke up. C made him a mozzarella cheese soufflé for breakfast, then his friend/old JV swim coach showed up and put a little birthday greeting in our yard. It was constructed with sticks and forks and absolutely adorable. Other nice surprises was a little note from the mail lady (thanks to the yard sign), and a drive by gift toss and from the car hang out with the Schwebel family, and a Zoom call and trivia game that my nephew made up with family. H requested his standard dinner - steak, Greek Salad and french fries, and put in a request for either a brownie cake, banana cake with chocolate or giant cake ball. I was able to accommodate two of those with a concoction I made up - a brownie cake with vanilla whipped cream and banana foster filling, topped with chocolate ganache and white chocolate shavings. If I ever open a bakery, this cake is going on the menu for sure. I'd say it was a pretty good day. Memorable for sure. Happy birthday H! You an amazing human being, and we love you.

Moments 04 20 :: Week 01

Meet our home gym. Thankfully our gym loaned out equipment during the pandemic, so we are able to at least modify a lot of the workouts to make them work with the programming. Been getting in at least 4-5 good workouts a week, which has felt great. I mean, the workouts never feel great, but afterwards it does. The other healthy habit I've been pretty good about is sleep. My goal is 7 hours a night, and I'm happy to report, I'm finally getting that. I used to be lucky with 6. Not good.


Messing around with Gretel. She's thrilled.


Speaking of Gretel, someone had a birthday on March 30. Can't believe she's 6 years old. They say German Shorthaired Pointers are puppies until the die. I think that's pretty accurate.


Whipping up some piña coladas. While my workout route and sleep may be on point, I can't say the same for my food and beverage intake. After almost 4 years of hardly drinking, been enjoying my glasses of wine and newfound appreciation for Frangelico, thanks to virtual happy hours and my Oak Park friends. We've been making some pretty good meals around here too. Trying to go easy on myself, because these sure are crazy times. Most important thing is, we are making the most of it and really enjoying each other's company.