Dog Beach

This past weekend we took Zoey to the dog beach and she loved it.  We also had fun playing in the water with her.  Trips to the beach with Zoey will definitely be happening often for the rest of the summer.

The last two weeks

The last two weeks have flown by so I wasn't able to blog earlier, so now I am catching up.  The weekend after the fourth Tonya's sister, Tammi, came to visit the great couple of Chicago, that's us by the way.  We had a fun time taking her to one of Tonya's favorite places to eat, Sensational Bites.  

and you can see Tonya really enjoys their cupcakes.  Chomp Chomp
This weekend, Tonya decided to try and run off some of the calories from the cupcake so she signed up to run the Fleet Feet Women's 10k (6.2 miles).  Here she is getting ready to start the race.

Here she is so happy to be finished.  She did a great job with a time of 1:04:29.  She felt great afterwards.

Just another step towards training for the marathon.

What a weekend

Hey all,

Well we had a great 4th of July weekend.  We had fun visiting all of Tonya's friends who were in Holland for the weekend, it was great catching up on what everybody is doing.  We headed to Michigan on Friday the 4th with Mat for a mini road trip from Chicago.  When we got into town Tonya and I went to visit her grandmother for a bit.  It was nice seeing her and letting her know what was going on in Chicago.  The rest of the day we spent having dinner with Tonya's parents and sister.  It was nice just relaxing for a weekend instead of always running around doing errands.  On Saturday we met up with all of Tonya's friends at Aunt Linda's house, which is on Lake Michigan, and it was a beautiful day.  We had great food and great conversation that lasted late into the night.

Now just because the weekend ended didn't mean the fun was over for us.  We celebrated my birthday on Monday with a nice little dinner at home with cupcakes for desert.  It was a nice low key birthday, just the way I like them.  

If you would like to see some pictures from the party look at the Sluiter Nation blog that I have a link to, there are some good ones.  

4th of July

Hello all,

Just wanted to wish you all a happy and safe 4th of July.  We will be visiting Tonya's family and friends this 4th and we are looking to have a good time.  Hope all of you are able to enjoy the weekend and have great weather.  

Huh!

We had a good time entertaining Tonya's Mom for the weekend this past weekend.  She came in Friday and stayed until Sunday.  We did a few touristy things like going to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and visiting Navy Pier.  It was fun and of course the cheesecake was delicious.  We are looking forward to visiting West Michigan on the 4th of July weekend and seeing our friends.  I am just hoping we can afford the gas.  Just thought I would post something before Katie e-mailed me wondering what was going on.  Just ribbing you Katie, you know I love ya.  For now that is all that is happening in our lives.

New Job

Great News! Tonya has a new job for next school year. She will be teaching 2nd grade at the school she was at this past year. She will still have students with special needs included into her classroom, but, for the first time ever is not working directly in special education. I just thought I would pass this great news along to all our friends and family.

Hey

Training for the marathon officially began this week.  It has been rough and neither one of us are looking forward to the 8 miles we have to run on Sunday, but we are going to do it.  We had a great time this past weekend when Katie and Cort came and visited us in Chi-town.  Tonya and Katie went and enjoyed the Sex in the City movie while Mat, Cort and I enjoyed the Cubs game at the local bar.  It was great seeing the two of them and having them hang out with us.  Tonya and I just enjoyed our 8th wedding anniversary about a week ago, I know what you're thinking, how has Tonya been able to live with me that long, but lucky for me she has.  We are really enjoying our lives right now and I don't think we could be any happier.  If any of you are ever in Chicago this summer give a ring so we can hang out.