catch up time!

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote. Did you miss me?? :)

We had a great Easter. Sarah, Ryan, Matt, Bethany, Grandma & Grandpa had to look for eggs and in each egg was a group of words. They had to put together the words to make a sentence that told them where their Easter Basket was. Bethany’s parents and sister all came for dinner. We were honored to have Ian with us too! Lots of laughs, it was fun.

We also found out Easter morning that Erin and Justin got engaged! We are so excited for them! So we will have another family wedding! They are thinking of 2009.

Aunt Meg spent some time with Rebecca in California. We got to see Cory and Kate a few weekends ago. Their Grandma (Liz’s mom) passed away.

Matt & Bethany will be closing on their new town home in April. I’m anxious to see it! They will be moving to Cary, closer for both of them to drive to work. And possibly a tiny bit closer to us!

Sarah, Nicole, Grandma and me went to Justine’s baby shower this weekend. Justine is Zach’s girlfriend. She is due in a few weeks. It was good to see Neen, Erin, Tara, Shaleah, Talia and all the babies.

Ryan, Sarah and Matt all finished up spring break. They all start back to work and/or school tomorrow.

Last call for Cubs tickets……Jill & Markus are coming to the May 31st game. If anyone else wants tickets for either the May 31st game or the July 13th game, let me know ASAP. We are going to start asking friends.

Opening day!!!! GO Cubs GO!

Would love to hear from all of you….. Erin, do you want to tell everyone how Justin asked you??!!

Love,
Aunt Deb, MOM or just plain Deb

more news......

Thanks to Jill & Erin for adding comments to the blog. I sure like to hear from everyone.

Ryan & Nicole have picked a Wedding date – Sunday May 24, 2009. Its Memorial Day weekend so hopefully that will make it easier for the out of state people! There seem to be a lot of teachers in the family so hopefully the long weekend will help them too! The reception will be at Prairie Landing in West Chicago (very close to both Nicole and our house) and the Pastor that Ryan grew up with, Pastor Dawson, will perform the service at a church in Glen Ellyn. They are both very excited and starting to make plans. They can go for a free food tasting at Prairie Landing – sounds good!

Matt & Bethany have signed the contract on a townhome in Cary. It’s about 5 – 10 minutes from where they are now. The townhome has 2 bedrooms, a den, 1 ½ baths, a dining room and a living room all on 3 levels. They need to buy a frig and washer & dryer. They got a great deal as the house needs some repair but they are both handy so the repairs that they need to make won’t be too hard for them. They had it inspected yesterday and there were not any surprises. They are waiting for their closing date and can’t wait to get in and start working on it. Their lease runs through April so they should have a few weeks to fix it up the way they want it and then move in.

Gary (Aunt Sally’s son) had a baby girl, Mia on March 3rd. Gary was going to e-mail me pictures. When I get them, I will put them on the blog.

Aunt Meg is going to see Rebecca for Easter in California.

That’s all the news I have.

It looks like Jill & Markus got some more snow. It’s still cold here but I think spring is on the way. Opening day is in 3 weeks! Go Cubs!

Love,

Aunt Deb, MOM or just plain Deb