Labor Day Weekend

What an awesome weekend! My Brother, his girlfriend Alyssa and Skyy came to Chicago to spend the weekend with us. We had a great time!!! On Saturday we went to the Lincoln Park Zoo for a few hours. It was a really hot day so a lot of the animals were not being very social but I did get a few great shots.

After the zoo we went back to the house to nap. I think we all slept for a good hour and a half. It was really nice and we were refreshed to head back downtown to Navy Pier for dinner and the Fireworks. We had dinner at Joe's Be-Bop. It was OK but nothing to great, it was the place with the shortest wait though. After dinner we went outside to watch the fireworks. What a great show set to some great music!!!

Sunday night Shaun and I babysat Skyy for awhile so DA and Alyssa could go out on a date alone. When they left Skyy was sleeping under the table (silly girl). Shaun went out and got us Subway for dinner and the three of us got comfy and watched Bee movie! We all really enjoyed it :)

We were sad to see them go on Monday afternoon and we look forward to having them back soon!!!

Dinner Cruise

August 23rd Shaun and I enjoyed our second dinner cruise aboard the Mystic Blue. We did this last year for our anniversary and really enjoyed it so we decided to do it again. This year we chose to do it on a Saturday so we could enjoy the fireworks from Navy Pier. We had a wonderful time. The food was amazing, the entertainment was great, the weather was perfect and most of all the company was great :) Here are a few of my favorite shots from the night.

I am SUCH a slacker!!!

Ok, So I really have no excuse except for laziness. I should be posting more but I have not been. I will get better I promise ;)

I have lots of other things to catch everyone up on but I wanted to share that I joined a gym last week. Today I had my first session with a personal trainer and he kicked my ass!! I am hurting so bad right now! It is a good hurt though and I am looking forward to the results.

Well I am off to bed but I will be back in the next could of days with Dinner cruise pics and details of how CRAZY busy Shaun and I are for the next few weeks.

Hugs and kisses!!

Happy Anniversary

Sunday Shaun and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have been married for 6 years. I still remember that day like it was yesterday! We started out the day at Aiden's 2nd birthday party. It was a lot of fun and it was nice catching up with Carmelo and Heather a bit. After that we headed downtown. The first thing we did was take a carriage ride through the Gold Coast neighborhood. It was so romantic and the weather was perfect for it. After the carriage ride we went to the Rosebud on Rush for dinner. I had the meat lasagna and it was really good, and huge! I even had enough for leftovers that I had for lunch yesterday. It was a very nice dinner. Next we took a walk over to the Hersey store. I had not been in there yet so Shaun decided it was time for me to see it. Wholy candy batman!!! What a neat store! I think I died and went to chocolate heaven :) We just ended up getting dessert to take home. Shaun got a cupcake that was half the size of his head and I got a scrumptious brownie. It was a really really good night and I am so happy that I have been Mrs. King for 6 years!

parking $25

Carriage ride $45

Dinner $60

Dessert $6

Cost to retrieve photos off deleted memory card $18

Memories we made that day-Priceless

I did not make the cut

I recently applied for the Design Team at http://www.monamememories.com/. I was so excited to try out for it and I worked really hard on my submissions. Unfortunately I did not make it. I am not giving up though and I will keep submitting. Here are a couple things that I submitted.

Missed opportunity

So, When we were in TC 2 weekends ago for Shaun's B-day I missed a BIG opportunity for me. Kerry Wood (closing pitcher for the Cubs) came into work that Saturday!! I SO can not believe that I missed it. I am his biggest fan and I missed meeting him. I am so bummed. They probably would have had to pick me up off the floor when I saw him :) I of course would have asked if I could get my picture taken with him. Hopefully he will come back in one day and I can still meet him.

Shaun's Surprise 30th!!!

So we pulled it off. Sunday was Shaun's 30th B-day and Saturday we threw one hell of a party at my Dad and Step mom's!!! Bryan, My Dad, Di and myself have been planning for about a month and it was perfect!

I was not sure if I was going to be able to get Shaun up to TC again so soon because we were just up there in early July. Bryan helped me out with that by sending an e-mail that he was planning a big tubing trip. That was all it took to get Shaun there. YAY Bryan!

Well Friday night once we got up there Bryan called Shaun and cancelled the tubing trip. Since it was a fake tubing trip that I knew about I had to fake being upset that it was no longer on. Shaun and I hung out with Micah and Alison for awhile on Saturday and then I had to get Shaun away so they could get to my Dad's house in time for the party. I had no idea what to do to keep him busy so I talked him into walking around downtown a bit. He did NOT want to do that but I kind of made him :) Downtown was bustling because the film festival was going on and Madonna was expected a few hours later so the onlookers were starting to gather.

Finally about 5:20 I called Di and asked if they were home. (aka was the party ready) she said we were good to go. We pulled into the driveway and he was completely surprised!! I can not believe that we pulled it off! He was so happy and it Still talking about it :)

Lots of Friends and family were there to celebrate and he was so excited to see a few people that he had not seen in awhile. There was amazing food, great drinks (a few to many for some of us) and great company! I thank everyone that helped out!!!

He says that I better watch out for my 30th so I told him that I am going right from 29 to 31 ;)

Here are a bunch of pics :) Enjoy!

Here are the 2 cakes. My Dad totally surprised even me with the Tigers one. It was supposed to be a Cubs themed party and they pull out a Tigers cake. I was a little upset. Good thing they got the Cubs cake too :)

Shaun with the Reno 911 movies I got him.My Dad, Mom and IDA and AlyssaShaun, his Mom and his Brother AbraxasBryan and Chris! Thanks for helping guys :)Seeing the Cubs cake! Me and Grandma and Grandpa RaneyRachael and SammDad and Di. You guys are amazing! Thank you so much for everything you did!!!!

Shaun and I late into the night.