Friday, December 04, 2009

"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" John Lennon

Just wanted to post an update on our happenings. We spent Thanksgiving in Wall, SD with Andrew's family. Had a great time catching up with some amazing people and got a 'lil cRaZy on Black Friday as per tradition! Good times! We left early to make a pit stop in Verm before heading to Wisconsin for another interview. During our 10-hour pit stop we received a notice that our cupboards were being replaced... Exciting news but not when we only had a few hours to unpack, repack, sleep, AND empty our kitchen. (Totally worth it because they are wonderful! Plus new appliances next week!!)

We spent a couple days in Marshfield, WI... absolutely loved it there! Wisconsin is beautiful and you should see how excited Andrew gets for fresh cheese curds. Oi! Then on to Minneapolis where the kids and I were suppose to hang out while Andrew flew to California for an interview... but we made a last minute decision that he wouldn't go (the town is the 3rd largest in CA and has the worst air pollution in the nation with crime rates that would make you cringe...). Instead, we spent the morning at the Como Zoo and then headed for home. We were hesitant at first but are now certain it was a great decision!

Currently we are enjoying being home-bodies as we try to catch up with friends and to-do lists. Next week we will all travel to Witchita, KS. The following week we will load up for a cross-country trip to Vermont with two pit stops in Michigan. Gotta love interview season... Even though our legs get a little stiff with all the driving, it is better than being apart! Plus, what an adventure! Will hopefully have pictures of our adorable offspring the next time I post.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

wow, a total kitchen upgrade! you will not want to leave! :)

LMHelming said...

not moving to that particular city in CA is a good decision, but that is not true of all of CA, lest someone think I don't like it there. Did you go in the conservatory?

Christine said...

Yes, the kitchen upgrade is a great surprise! And we did check out the conservatory this trip but the kids got bored really quick (in years past its always been a great nap time location in our usually busy vacation days!