The New Place

Here are some pictures of our new apartment. Open invitation to all of our friends and family out there, we would love for you to visit and see it in person!! :)

**These pictures were taken before we moved all of our stuff in... as of now there are a lot of boxes lying around.**

Entry way.

The living room is to the left and the bedroom and bathroom are to the right. That is a coat closet immediately to the left.

Kitchen

Bedroom- my closet is on the right and Alex's is on the left. He is a little jealous that I got the larger one.... even though he definitely has more clothes than me. Depressing to admit that...

View from the bedroom looking west.

View of the living room from the kitchen (sorry its a little dark).

So that is pretty much the place. Maybe I'll update it again once we get "real furniture" aka no more futon!! haha

Quick Update

We're in our new place!! After a long moving day and some wonderful friends (Fife and Brad) that helped us ALL day... we made it!! I'll put some picts on here later. Right now we are off to Meijer in the burbs for some much needed supplies. Then we are meeting up w/ Lucas and Allison to put the final touches on "the old place".

We are both super excited to be moved in.... now let the unpacking begin!

Bridal Shower and Moving

We officially get the keys to our new place on Thursday, so I took the day off to start getting things prepared.

I'm going to go down there that morning, sign all the necessary paperwork and then get to work on the place. I plan on doing some cleaning and getting shelf paper in until Al gets out of class and then we will start taking over the things we can live w/o for a week.

I'm excited for the move, I just need to make it through tomorrow. My school is having their annual Summer Reading Kickoff, which is basically an outdoor field day that is based around literacy activities- this year we are holding it at Toyota Park, which is where the Chicago Fire play.

The kids are really excited, and it should be a lot of fun.... very exhausting though. The weather is supposed to be 80 and sunny... hopefully this rain we have been experiencing these past few days is over.

My bridal shower was this past weekend, and I had a great time! My mom, Brandy, Als' mom and sister, aunts, cousins, grandma all put in a ton of work- and I truly appreciate every ounce of it!! It was a great day, and I got to see a lot of family and friends I haven't seen in awhile.

The day is approaching faster and faster and I am ready for it. Still a few minor things to take care of, but I plan on tackling all of those in July when I am officially on vacation. I am definitely ready for my 7 weeks of summer- only 7 more days w/ the kiddos.

14 School Days and Counting

Which doesn't seem like a lot..... but its taking a long time to get here! I'm so ready for my summer break, I guess its because so much is happening this summer I need school be done and over so I can focus on all that is coming. I know, I know what a late date to get out of school... to all of those who are already done with school and have started your summer break... I'm totally jealous!

My bridal shower is next weekend.

I'm really excited for it- it makes everything real and super close. Ahhh!

I can't remember if I blogged about this in the the past, but we found a place to live! Wahoo

We are moving to the Gold Coast neighborhood. We are really excited about it. We'll be living in a high-rise, which will be quite interesting. There's a work-out facility, roof top deck and pool, and a door man. Weird... it feels a little like a hotel- so it could be an interesting experience. The real plus is we will be much closer (as in walking distance) to downtown, the beach, and the trains. I'll definitely miss all of our food places around here, but its a good thing we can take a short train ride up to enjoy our favorite Thai place (which we had for din tonight).

It will be fun to explore a new part of the city. We always find going down different streets interesting, there is so much to see here.

Last weekend we took a trip back to IN to see family and friends. We drove down to Plainfield to see Jake and Rox and stay at their new house. We had a blast and their house is a-ma-zing! Again.... totally jealous! Its such a great house, great neighborhood, and a nice town. I think they will be very happy there!

Sunday we made our way back to L-town and we had a small gathering to put together the invitations and centerpieces.

Thanks again to Jane Ann, Kelsi, Brandy, Deb, and my mama for helping!!!

It was definitely a busy weekend, but we got a lot accomplished!

Happy weekend!