Greetings from Chicago... Jer and I decided very much at the last minute that we wanted to bring the kids into Chicago today... so here we are! The drive seems to go faster and faster the more times we come here! We said all summer that we were going to bring the boys here before school started so today was the day... since the time clock is ticking for days now, and we are sure going to be busy with the house more and more as we get ready to move in soon.
Not sure what it is about the city... but I very much like it here, one of my favorite places to visit.
So today, We took the boys to Medival Times, the show was a wonderful experience for them!!! Very cool, I've never been to a show before so it was new for the kids and I ... a meal was included with the show... different... no silverware, so literally you eat chicken by hands, drink the soup... just all kinda weird but neat, the food was just ok! Thankful they had DP and coffee:) The boys were very much excited about the show, and Blade was SO darn cute!! he had all the flags in his hands cheering on our knight, it was just SO cute! Needless to say we were in a rush for time this am and left the camera at home... so no photos to post or to have for a album... but we did get one picture there as a keepsake, then Mitchel got all the autographs from the cast, so that was cool!
So after the show we ventured our way to IKEA... I LOVE this store!!!! The boys were however being "boys" very curious about everything and were being crazy... so it was a short trip but we got some things for the bedroom. I got LOTS of ideas stirring in my head now:) I'm really excited to actually be thinking about decorating the house now... it was just so hard to vision things and even to think about color or ideas... but now that the upstairs is plastered, its just feels good to know we will be living there soon.
I sit here by the poolside at the hotel watching the boys play "chicken" they are ALL boy!!! and definately ALL Miller!!! I can't believe how Mitchel is turning into a fine young man... he is just so wonderful with Blade and Issac is too but they are different with him in their own way... may sound crazy to say that but they are, they are a GOOD group of brothers!
So we just got done having some CHICAGO pizza... it was SO yummy!!! We got nacho and cheese too since we are the family of our chips and cheese and we seem to get them on every "outing" we go on like this, but however they sucked:( oh darn!
So tomorrow we are going to get some school shopping done, getting the kids school pants, shoes, etc... hope it goes smoothly since the boys HATE to shop for clothes, but at least its still 'uniform pants' we are only buying yet... so its simple but Issac is picky like his mother... so could be rather interesting.

So lets back up to yesterday's day... Most of the day I did cleaning and got ALL the laundry done, what a GREAT job done! Just seems to never end with boys... but anyhow I hung out at home most of the day and got a LOT accomplished. Jer worked in the am, met up with a painter contractor and then came home... he took Issac and Blade to the farm so Issac could ride his motorbike, Mitchel went to a birthday party with his friend Quinton.... so I was home alone... NICE!!! I got a lot done while they were out and about. Jer said that Issac is doing well on his new bike but is very cautious too, which comforts me to know! because I was scared getting this bike since its much BIGGER than his old one, so as Issac was riding it, he tipped it and he was upset when he needed help getting it back up... since its heavier than his old one, so his pride was a little hurt but its just going to take a lot of adjusting for Issac to get used to this new bike.
So last night Jer and I went to DBQ, hit Houlihans... ran into my relatives and talked with my uncle Elmer while we were waiting for our table, it was nice visting with him. Well Houlihans was interesting... Jer ordered his normal drink (gin and tonic) and seriously chugged the sucker and was feeling very "buzzed" it was funny, so unlike Jer! but after the week he had it was completely needed, he needed to unwind!!! when he asked me if he could order another one as soon as his first one was gone I knew it was going to be a night for Jer:) So during supper he was acting all silly and funny... rather entertaining to see him like this and its very RARE! but having no real food in his body all day kinda set him off from the beginning... if you were around on Jer's 30th birthday party... this is how he was :) So anyhow after supper we were going to go to the BLUES FEST and meet up with Jenn and Dustin, but however my phone beeped and I had a message... their plans changed... so we drove up to Miguels so Jer could get his "expresso shot"... boy now with alcholol and caffeine in him... he was WIRED!!!! it was completely entertaining!!! But here's me... I'm tired and just "out of it" and well I guess simply stated... being a party pooper!
I really wasn't up for a movie, and I definately was not up for the bar atmosphere, I just wanted to have a nice relaxing night of nothing... but I needed a few things at Target so as Jer drank up his expresso, I ran in quickly to get the things we needed and then he came in to meet up with me... and then off we were. I think we are getting offically OLD... it was like 10ish at night or not even and we had no plans on what was next... how pathetic are we? I was up for ice cream... so off to DQueen we went... hung out there and ate our ice cream... then we were off to Miquels for some ice tea, we decided that it was time to look for a new camera seriously so that is what we did the rest of the evening... is hung out and looked at cameras online, definately not going to be able to get a "cute and small" one like we currently have but the one we are looking at will have more options and hopefully be as good of a camera to us like our existing camera... we've had this little thing for over 5 years but its time to update. I felt bad... I think Jer was really up for doing something fun but my mind was in other places... kept thinking about what I needed to get done at home, what needed to be decided for the house, getting my list ready for the week, thinking about the people at the inn this weekend, kids school stuff, and goes on and on... BLAH... couldn't just unwind like him... but I was sure glad he did!!!! I should of tried harder!!! sorry Jer!!!!
So this week... my mom and I are going to get all the wood work upstairs cleaned up, hopefully the windows will get all stained this week, and we can get the floors buffed, put the doors all back on, and maybe get some lighting going up there so we can work in the evenings if we need to. Hopefully progress will be made in the attic as well as the bathroom getting started at some point, we now have a "flooring guy" again so this is a HUGE relief!!!! Hopefully the the final decisions on paint colors will be wrapped up by Wednesday, just need to figure out our room, and Issac's room and pick a different choice for the bathroom. I really want to push myself hard this week on my diet!!! hate the way I look!!!! I need to be focused this week!!!

Well I wish you all a GREAT week!! Stop by the house if we are there... we would love to see any of you who are our friends!!
Until I blog again, hope you are all well!!