We have furniture!

Yay!!!!

Our furniture was delivered on Friday, and we love it!! After a slight ordeal (oil/ grease from the elevator dripped on one piece, so we sent it back w/ the delivery guys, and then we decided we like the furniture how it is w/o that one piece so... we just returned it and got some money back- all in all a blessing in disguise) So now, its all in place.

On our way back up to Schaumburg (to get our money back from the couch piece) we stopped at Super Dawg for lunch. Its similar to Dog N' Suds in L-town, except this place is obviously known for its Chicago style hotdogs. We saw it on Rachel Ray and since we knew we were going in that direction anyways, we decided to stop. Plus... I wanted to see the giant hotdogs on the roof in person! :)

Mom and Dad came up for a visit today b/c they haven't seen our new apartment yet. We had lunch with them and walked around for a bit. They did us a huge favor by bringing up Kelsi's old couch, that I am going to put in my classroom, and taking back the futon so Kelsi can use it in her next place. Enjoy it Kels!!

I go back to school tomorrow for teacher days... so this is officially my last day of summer. :( I hope all of my teacher friends out there had a great start to their school year, I can' t wait to hear all about it!

More Costa Pics

This is the link to the rest of our Costa Rican pictures. Our furniture is here and in place. I will post pictures soon!

http://gallery.me.com/alexdimitt

p.s. The pictures are in reverse order- sorry!

Back to School, Back to School

Well... not quite yet, but its getting close. Yesterday, Alex and I moved all of my school things from the storage unit into my classroom. Then today, I went back and started unpacking it all- BOO! I'm glad I've gotten a head start on it, but there is still a lot left to do. Teachers go back on Monday, but the kids don't come back until Sept. 7. So, I still have some time to get things exactly how I want them, if that's even possible.

Since we have returned from Costa, its been nice just to hang out with each other in our apartment, we really haven't had this opportunity since we moved in (you know with the Bar and wedding and all).

Last Friday, my good friend Stacey (who I taught kinder w/ my first year up here) got married, so we went to her wedding which was out in the suburbs. It was soooooo nice! It was our first "Chicago wedding". The church was more Indiana-ish, it was super cute and out in the country. Then we get to the reception and that was definitely more Chicago-ish- very swanky and super nice! We had a blast talking with some of my other co-workers and dancing to her new husband's fav... Garth Brooks! :) No complaints from this girl!

On Sunday we made a trip to our... or maybe just my, favorite suburb Schaumburg. We went living room furniture shopping, returned some duplicate gifts at BB&B, bought our pots and pans, and got a few other things from our registry we were needing, and of course visited IKEA. Well, we found a sectional we really liked, but weren't quite ready to make the plunge for yet. So we thought about it for a few days then went back on Tuesday to buy it. We are soooo excited. It will be delivered tomorrow (b/c they luckily had it in stock). We can't wait. And while we were at IKEA we purchased a coffee table, which we love! Our little place is definitely starting to come together.

Mr. and Mrs. Stinson lighting the unity candle.

The reception sight.

Me and the stunning bride.

Our new duvet cover courtesy of Alex's aunt, uncle, and cousins. This was waiting for us when we got back from Costa, and I recall jumping up and down when we opened it up. :)

Our amazing pots and pans. We love them!! Its not often a newlywed couple will have an argument over who gets to cook dinner, but we do now that we have these awesome pots and pans, plus its one argument I don't mind "letting" him win. :)

I'll post pictures of our new furniture once its here and arranged. Plus, more Costa picts- Alex keeps putting off making the Mobile Me album of all of our picts.

Costa Rica Costa Rica

We are back from our wedding and honeymoon! We had a GREAT time this past week and a half and we are sooo grateful for everything everyone did to make the whole experience perfect for us.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from the wedding, but I do have LOTS and LOTS of pictures from Costa Rica! When I get the pictures from the wedding I will definitely post them!

So here is a little taste of our trip. Alex is going to create a photo album link on here soon so you will be able to see all of the pictures we took.

We just wanted to let all of Costa know that we had arrived. :)

Part of the hotel from the pool area. The hotel we stayed at was awesome! It definitely had the neatest pool I've ever seen. We made sure to stay in the area by these little loungers in the pool, as well as the swim up bar. Mmmm.... Miami Vices and Pina Coladas!

Me on the zip line.

Sunset on the beach.

Posing by a fountain in the hotel lobby.

Our favorite spot.... swim up bar!

Snorkeling in the Pacific.

A lizard climbing the rubber tree.

Streets in Playa de Coco

Waiting for the boat to take us back to the hotel from Playa de Coco.

I'll be sure to post the link to the album once we get it created. If you have any wedding pictures out there, please send them my way if you get a chance!!

Before you go....

A couple of big announcements in our close circle of friends.

First of all, our very close friends the Standefords are expecting their first baby in March and we are sooooo thrilled for them!!! Rox told me the big news the night before the wedding and I still can't believe it. We can't wait to see her prego tummy and meet Baby Standeford in the spring. Cruise SB..... 2012???

Secondly, my BFF Brandy is now teaching 1st grade for the West Side School Corp and she officially begins next week. I'm am so excited for her and I know this is such a huge weight off of her shoulders. Way to go B- I knew it would all work out for you!!

Lots of big and exciting things going on around us and we are so glad to be a part of it!