Flooding...

Well, as most all of you know, the Illinois river is flooding. Luckily for us, we don't live too close to the river. We are very fortunate. Many people in the surrounding areas have had mandatory evacuations. We have all of the people dealing with this devastating flood in our thoughts.

Wishing you were here,
Sarah

Well, it's official!

We have our first graduate! Jonathan graduated his swim class tonight! He is so proud of himself! And we are all very proud of him, too. What an awesome kid!

Wishing you were here,
Sarah

Easter visit to Champaign

We made a weekend visit to Champaign for Easter. We stayed at the Comfort Inn in Urbana. Our room was nice! J spent the first night at Nana and Poppop's, and the second night at the hotel.
On Friday, we had lunch with Rachael and Katherine at El Toro, and dinner with everyone at Best Wok.

On Saturday, we had breakfast at Sam's Cafe, and went to Decatur for Lunch with Susan and Tareq. We went back to Champaign and had dinner at Steak n Shake.

On Sunday morning we had a quick continental breakfast at the hotel, and went to Easter service at the church where Jeff conducted the choir for a brief stint, Mahomet United Methodist. The boys had their first egg hunt of the day after the service. We had Easter dinner at Nana and Poppop's, and a second egg hunt before heading back to Champaign.

Poor baby boys

Both boys have ear infections and fevers. Poor J keeps getting so hot, he can't sleep. So tonight, we are up and on the couch watching Captain America. Hopefully we can get a full nights sleep soon.
Thankful you aren't here (at least someone's getting some sleep!),
Sarah

Well, here's the scoop...

Here it is, almost 5am. What's that you say? Why am I awake? Well, I'm awake with a sick baby. Not Jack this time, luckily. No J has a headache, fever, and a sore throat, and can't fall back to sleep due to the pain, so we are very quietly watching a few episodes for Batman the animated series on the couch. Poor buddy...

So here's an update for any that need it.
In July, Jeff was offered a position as the choir director/music teacher at Illini Bluffs in Glasford, IL. He teaches 4th - 12th grade music. If you have never heard of it, don't worry, we hadn't either. It's a small town about 20 minutes outside of Peoria up on a bluff along the Illinois River. It is a very pleasant town. Well, we packed up, and in August 1, we moved to Peoria. We live outside of the city, so it's nice and quiet, but we are close enough to Bartonville to do all of our shopping and use the library. We traveled pretty much every weekend between August and the new year. Jeff and Jonathan were in a wedding, we had big family birthdays, and holidays in abundance! We sure did have a good time, though! Since school started back, Jeff has been busy preparing his kids for upcoming competitions and festivals. The boys have been busy growing big and strong! Jonathan has been busy working on getting rid of diapers. And me? I've been busy keeping up with everyone, and keeping everyone on track!

It sure has been a crazy year so far, and we aren't even to Spring Break yet! More to come later!

Wishing you were here,
Sarah

March is Insane!

School has been cancelled this mornings due to weather! This is the third school cancellation, so it looks like we have to use some emergency days in May.

March has officially moved from Mad to Insane! So much for Out Like a Lamb (Though next weekend is supposed to be in the mid-50s, so there's still hope).

Update: I think I read that by 8pm, we had 6 inches of snow! Yuck!

Lunch with Uncle Ed

This restaurant is right across the street from our house! The family converted their grandparents old farm house to a restaurant. It really comes in handy when we haven't planned anything for dinner, or on snowy days when the roads aren't so good. They have many decorative plates on the walls.