Chuck E Cheese, lunch surprise, and the Sista Visit!!!

This week was full of stuff. Lately our weeks have been pretty non-stuff filled.

Monday we went to a little "get-together" for a friend from our ward and neighbor. We headed over to Chuck E Cheese and had an awesome time!!! It was fun to be together as a family and just running around and playing games! Sarah and Rachel "riding" a roller coaster!

Emma on a horse ride! She loved it!

On Wednesday Richard and I decided to surpirse Sarah at school and meet her there for lunch. She came walking down the hall and we were standing there waiting for us. She was beaming with excitement as she showed us through the lunch line. We sat and enjoyed talking with her and her showing us off to her friends. She wanted us to go out to recess with her, so we did. It was FREEZING! But it was so fun for us to watch her play hopscotch, jump rope and run around. I a so glad that Sarah still thinks we are cool! What a fun day for us!

I have been pretty down because my girlfriends are going to Las Vegas (the end of this week)and I am trapped here in freezing cold Midwest. Last year it was so amazing and fun and I love you girls and miss you a lot! I was hoping to come and join you, but I just couldn't pull it off. Please know that I am thinking of you guys and being jealous for the next week! Please post pictures and tell me a play-by-play!!!

On the bright side, one of my best friends came to visit!!! My sister Katie and her husband John! We love them so much! And the girls adore them!!! We met them at the Cheesecake Factory in Chicago and ate an amazing meal!!! One the way home we stopped by the John Deere headquarters and played around on stuff!

Rachel, Emma, Sarah, John, and Katie

Rachel, Katie, Emma, John, and Sarah!

Becky and Katie

There is nothing like an awesome sister! I am so grateful to have such an awesome family!!! I miss them so much but I know we need to be here in the Midwest! Thanks for coming out and visiting! It made us feel like we were home again! It made our apartment feel like a home!

We are open for visitors anytime!!!

To my little sister, Katie...

FYI: This is the first of 3 posts today and 1 post from earlier this week. Keep reading!!!

My sister Katie and her husband John riding the tram back to the car at Disneyland June 2007. She is holding Emma age 1, John is holding Rachel age 3, and Sarah with her hand raised.

For my weekly post, I wanted to dedicate this post to my little sister, Katie. Her birthday was this week and I was thinking a lot about her. She and I are great friends and I sure miss her. I wanted to just mention a few things that I love about her.
KATIE:
...was in the very first blog picture that I ever posted (the Melting Pot dinner).
...is a Wish-granter for the Make-a-wish foundation in Utah.
...had as much fun at Disneyland as we did!
...just bought her first home and did her interior designing sister proud by painting the rooms all different colors! (0:

...probably cries as much as me!
...loves Christmas almost as much as I do.
...saves her pink yogurt lids and sends them in for cancer research.
...loves to go to adventurous restaurants (just like her sister).
...goes all out on her decorations for Halloween at work!
...makes wedding cakes for friends.
...has taken our family picture more than once!
...makes homemade candy every Christmas.
…sends me forwards that make me laugh so hard that I cry.
...is very reliable. If she says she will do something, you can count on it.

...has a card for every occasion and a gift for it, too.
...adores her husband, John.
...is an awesome aunt! My girls adore her!
...is a great sister (and sister-in-law).
...biggest goal is to become a mother and will be an amazing mother!
...is an awesome chick who I miss so much!!!!

Sis, I hope you had a great birthday! I thought of you all day! If we weren't sisters, we would still be very close friends!

Adventures in Dinning!

7/18/07 Here we are at The Melting Pot with Katie and John! We have been working on trying new kinds of food and they were willing to try with us! We were there for 3 hours and had a blast! The waitress laughed and laughed with us! Fondue was so much fun! And there is nothing that compares to the amazing chocolate dipping dessert! WOW! Where will we go next! Stay tuned for future adventures!