Finally... the Nash

Not that there are a lot of pictures to share, but here are a few from our trip to Nashville a couple weeks ago. It was about a 7 hour trip, but seriously easy drive. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland hotel which was geared up for Christmas already. I almost felt like we were in Vegas, as the hotel was it's own little world. Tons of plants, waterfalls, some restaurants and stores. All the rooms facing inward had a little balcony which was pretty cool. We went shopping at the big mall near the hotel, took a cruise down the Cumberland River on a dinner/showboat... Tina Turner/Elton John/Elvis Presley impersonators. We went to the Tennessee Titan/Green Bay Packer football game. That, amazingly, was a lot of fun. The game was sold out and the Titans have adoring fans. (I was rooting for the cheeseheads...) Titans won in overtime. An extra cool part was Lee Greenwood sang God Bless the USA at halftime. Anyhow, still won't find me watching football on TV, but going to an actual game was very cool.
The kids had their parent/teacher conferences this week. All was good. Maya is the sponge, and Brennan is your typical 3 year-old. (Although he turns 4 next week) He's a smart kid, he just doesn't realize how to put his emotions and intellect together well yet.
This past monday, the kids and I went up to Naperville to meet a friend and her kids at the Children's Museum. The kids had a lot of fun, although I didn't get to chat with my friend near as much as I hoped. It was still very nice to see her though!! I still have to download those pictures.
Tomorrow we have a wedding to go to. It's my sister's sister-in-law. It should be fun.

Trick O Treat

The kids had a great halloween this year. Maya was a mermaid and Brennan was a Lightening McQueen pitcrew guy. My parents came over to give out candy while Adam and I took the kids to our street. The weather was unbelievably awesome. I'm a retard and keep count of kids and we had close to 100 trick o treaters. I thought I had bought way too much candy, but I think I was just about right. We were one the road for Nashville by 8pm.

Array of Pictures

I haven't had much time to keep up with this so I'm throwing a bunch of random pictures up. They range from Maya's bday, grandma and grandpa's visit, Bren's halloween party, earrings... you know just an array of stuff. We're heading to the Nash after trick o treating, so it's very unlikely you'll see any halloween pictures til next week.

Happy Princess Birthday

I just wanted to add some pictures from Maya's birthday party this past weekend. The girls went to a hair salon and got updo's and fingernails painted. I think they all had fun. Hard to believe she's 5 already. Enjoy.

Random Days

It's been a couple weeks since I've added anything... sorry. I even had most of last week off. We've been keeping pretty busy, as always. The kids started their soccer/basketball clinic on saturday mornings. It's nice to sit back and watch them both act in an activity together.
Last week was Fire Safety week, so Maya got to go to the fire station. She was pretty upset that Sparky, the dog, was out for the day. We had a birthday party at McDonald's last week. Future note... do not do this... especially around lunchtime on a day when all kids are off school. The kids loved it of course, but I always am hunting through the screaming kids to make sure mine are acting decent.
We had some friends over friday for a night of RockBand. Oh yes, everybody sang! While the adults played, the kids got into play make-up and hairclips and came down glamorous. It was pretty funny.
Saturday I got to go shopping with a friend... which was a blast. It's been awhile since I went out with a shopping buddy. Wall Street should make a comeback after our shopping trip to help the economy. That night the family went to the hockey game. It was really fun. I hadn't been to see the Rivermen forever. The kids thought it was great.
So we are looking at mid-October already. Hard to believe I Maya will already be 5 saturday! She wants to get her ears pierced for her bday. So that is the plan. We are having her bday party the following week. We're doing a tinkerbell/princess party at a salon. Fingernails, princess updo's... hopefully it'll be a fun day.