Spring Break Fun

The weather has started to get nicer and I am so excited about that. We were actually able to go out on Saturday without a coat! It was awesome. We spent the day shopping and ran into some friends and ended up going to an impromtu dinner with them. We went to Coast Sushi and YUMMM-O. It was some of the best we have had. Needless to say, we also enjoyed several bottles of wine which led to John enjoyed a nice hangover the next day.

Over Spring Break, we spent the week with my parents at the ranch in Farmington. We got to see our newest neice and I babysat her over night to try my hand at this baby thing. I have to say I did a pretty good job and only needed advice from my mom once. I got really lucky though because she is a GREAT baby and slept from 9:15pm-6am, so I was able to get a full night sleep. Pretty good for a lil one that isnt even 4 months old yet.

Right before break, I can down with the worst case of the flu I have had in a LONG time. The worst headache and fevers since I was a little kid. I went to the doctor and wasnt allowed to go back to work for an entire week.....thank goodness for paid sick days!

Last but not least..........ATA airlines. We have had to totally scramble to find new flights to Hawaii. Needless to say, we are now paying about $400 more and had to more our other flights and hotel to accomodate the change in flights. All I have to say is Hawaii better be beautiful!

peace-Jenna

A Lazy Saturday

Today we took a trip to the burbs. We went to a wine tasting in a great little shop we found in South Elgin. I would tell you what it was called but it wouldn't really be much of a hidden gem anymore if I told everybody about it. The tasting was great. They had 75 wines for free!!! My wife was in the mood to buy wine today so it is the tasting that keeps going. Unfortunatly the tasting that keeps going is not free :(. After the tasting we did a little shopping and then ate dinner at Walter Payton's Roundhouse. This is a pretty neat place. The food was pretty good and not too expensive. There is also a night club and a comedy club but we were a little too tired to check them out. I guess we are getting old.

Bye Bye Winter

I am so sick of winter. This has been the longest winter I can remember. Today is in the high 30's and I see a day in the 50's on the forecast so that is promising.

In a week and a half is spring break! I am so looking forward to the week off. John and I will be going down to St. Louis to spend some time at the ranch and see our newest neice Krystina. I think we are going to try our hand at babysitting. I am totally looking forward to it, Im not sure John shares the sentiment.

I have started tanning in preperation for Hawaii in June. We are SO excited for the trip. We got an email last night that ATA cancelled our flight out of Chicago. That started a whole mess of trying to find flights to still be able to catch out connections. Finally, we decided to fly to California the day before, get a good night sleep, and fly to Hawaii the next morning to catch our original connection out of Oakland. In the end, it works out for the best, but booking this whole flight thing has been a royal pain in the butt!! Now we are officially travelling from June 12-21. Its a nice LONG time!!

No other big news in our world. Hope everyone is healthy and Happy.

1st bath

1st bath
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poor poor scooter! 1st bath!

latest in the life....

Well...first off, I have to apologize for not updating sooner. The truth is I have been lazy!
Not a whole lot is changed in our household. We are really looking forward to the spring and with it a lot warmer weather. Chicago winters always seem to live up to their reputation. We have had quite the snowfall in the last few weeks... not to mention ice and sub-zero temperatures. John will definetly be digging his car out the next time he drives it. Luckily, his car moves about 1x every 8 weeks.

In other car news, I got a new one! I got a grey 2008 Saturn VUE and I LOVE IT! I have never owned a brand new car it is very nice to be the only driver. With as how far I drive to work each day (100 miles/day), I am already up close to 4000. I know it dosent sound like much, but it only had 3 when i got it.

John is away on business right now. He is in the 2nd week of a 2 week training in Dallas, TX. It's always hard when one of us is away, but I think our 2.5 years of being in a long-distance relationship while we were dating, makes it a lot easier....plus, it's kinda nice to have the entire bed to myself once in awhile!

John will be startign gradschool in March. He got accepted to Depaul University in Chicago and will be studing Tax Law. The good news is that the program is 100% covered by his emplyer. I am in the process of getting approval to begin my masters as well. I am waiting for approval for tuition re-imbursment and then I should be set to begin in the summer at Depaul in Curriculum Studies with an emphaisis in reading.

I have decided to continue teaching preschool for another year. I really like my district and am going to stick it out at least one more year. It is truley challenging teaching such severe kiddos, but in the other hand, it is one of the most rewardng experiences of my life.

I think I am rambling now, so I will say goodbye for now! ~~ Jenna

Hello Everyone- Hope your Thanksgiving was happy and healthy. Ours was interesting. Another family at my grandparents house. It never ceases to amaze me how LOUD my moms side of the family is. The food wasnt great and we missed Grey's Anatomy, but all in all it was good to see family.

more to come...jenna

First Update

Hello Everyone- Well, here is our attempt to keep a blog. We will try to update everyone with the comings and goings of the "Chicago Wrights." John and I are busy trying to get our holiday shopping competed before Thanksgiving. Chicago turns into a shopping nighmare after Thanksgiving, so it will be nice to not have to go downtown with all the crazy tourists.

We set up our christmas tree and are now trying to save it from the wrath of our cats. It is proving to be quite the task. It may be down before chistmas, but it looks nice for now.

I went online a booked the airfare for our trip to Hawaii...I thought it would save money by splitting the airfare into 2 airports. Well, turns out I did the math wrong and now we are paying a few hundred more and flying into 3 airports.....oh well, the trip there will be an adventure in itself.

all for now........ Jenna