Seattle - March 2008

I decided that since many of the girls now have their own family blogs, this one can just be dedicated to the annual trip so we can see how we all change year after year. Congratulations JeVonne! We welcome Paul into the family with open arms!
Big news of the year: Lisa had baby boy #2 (Cooper Weston Vance) in October and Kelli had baby girl #2 in December (Isabella ??middle name?? Hintze).
Also, congrats to Jodie and Alison who will both be expecting their first child (both having girls) this spring!!

What a wonderful weekend!! I'm already looking forward to next year!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

Jodie and Stefan's BIG Vacation in Ohio

I should have posted these in reverse order, so start at the bottom of the block I posted and go up! (jc)

The first one is at a Mud Hens baseball game-- the Midwest loves their baseball! The 2nd one-- well, that says it all! That's my husband's appetite. No wonder we're poor.:) The 3rd is the preferred mode of transportation around Put In Bay-- we took a ferry there and then rode this golf cart that went about 10 miles per hour. Good thing the island isn't that big. (jc)

Stefan cutting down the tree! I think this was one of his favorite parts of the trip-- if it was all up to him, I think we'd be living a little town in Middle America where people don't even know where Romania is!

So, Stefan and I (if you can't tell from the picture who we are) just got back from a fun-filled trip to Ohio. I know you all (except Alison) weren't too thrilled about the Ohio trip idea and neither was I, but we have some friends from there who invited us to go with them and it was a blast. Cedar Point really was awesome-- although, I left nauseous! We jet-skied on Lake Erie, went to Put In Bay island as seen in this picture, swam, played racquetball.... Stefan fished, cut down a tree and lit off fireworks-- us city folks just yearn for good old redneck fun sometimes.:) Anyway, here's a few more pictures! I miss you all! (jc)

5 Minute Laughter

Hey Girls--- I think we've all be initiated into the 5 minutes of laughter club. If not, let me know and I'll clue you in. Anyway, if you are ever having a hard day and need to do your 5 minute exercise but have no one to help you out then just click on this link and I'm sure Doug will keep you laughing. (The beginning and the end---and the middle of the skit is actually pretty stupid but Doug's laugh cracks me up.) It's 8 minutes long so if this old man can keep it going that long then we have no excuses why we can't! http://www.glumbert.com/media/laugh JW

Great idea

We have had our share of BAD ideas...jumping into complete strangers car only to break it later... but this is such a great idea!! Thanks, Jilly. It sounds like you all had a great weekend...wish I could have been there! Love to you all! (aj)