Family

My older sister Jennifer, her husband Jaime and their three kids, Megan (5), Joshua (2) and Sofia (5 months) came up to Chicago to visit for Thanksgiving. We had a great time while they were here. We took the 'EL' downtown Saturday and visited the American Girl Store, Lego Store and saw the bean in Millenium Park.

Bears Game

Steve and I were invited to go to a Bears Game with Steve's bestfriend Brad. This was my first Bears Game, and it was SO MUCH FUN. Bears fans really get into it. Tailgating was great. Oh, and the Bears lost. :(

It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL in Chicago today. The trees in my front yard have finally changed and the breeze is making the leaves blow all over. I love this time of year. Of course they are talking about snow this weekend.

Fall

I love the fall! I went out for a jog yesterday. It was about 65 degrees and just beautiful. The tree colors aren't at their prime but they are starting to change.

Steve installed a sliding door out to the back yard a couple weeks ago, so we finished all the drywall, painted it and hung curtains.

Steve built this hutch last year, and it's finally finished completely!

Our master bath (it's kinda a mess, but you get the idea). Steve built the cabinets too!

The Half Ironman!!

STEVE DID IT!!! He finished his first half Ironman in 5 hours and 29 mins.

We got up at 3am so that he could eat breakfast, get the car packed up and be in Lake Geneva by 4:45am.





The swim started before the sun even came up.






He was exhausted when he finished, but after about 15 mins he was feeling much better.


In fact, he was feeling so much better that on Monday (2 days after his race) we went up to Madison, WI and he registered for the full Ironman. That race will be on September 13, 2009. He is predicting his goal time will be around 13 hours!!!

Steve's big race (the half Ironman) is on Saturday. He say's he's ready for it. I'm so excited for him. I'll be taking lots of pictures!