Lucca, Lucca, Lucca

Ok, so my Brother, sister-in-law, their nephew Jessi, and most importantly my nephew LUCCA came to visit for the weekend! They got in late Friday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon. Even though it was a quick visit, Justin and I loved having them.

Justin, Nick, and Jessi went out ice fishing in the afternoon. They didn't catch anything themselves, but they still had a good time just experiancing being on the ice. Amanda and I were a bit worried about them driving on the ice, but they did it anyway...oh well, I guess it was okay!

After they got done ice fishing and I got off work, we had dinner at the Boat House. Its this little bar/restaurant on the lake. Its funny becasue the locals just drive up and park on the ice and walk in. Lucca had his dinner there too....yummy yams I think. Well as you can see from the pics....he wasn't feeling it!

After dinner, Justin has youth group, but the rest of us went to Walmart and got some Packer gear. Nick wanted everything....go figure! haha By the time we got back we were all getting tired, so we just hung out and then went to bed.

Sunday morning we all went to church. Then came home to pack them up and get some lunch. We had tacos for lunch, then took a few pics with Lucca before having to say goodbye :(

Well, it was a good weekend and we can't wiat to see them and the rest of our families in May!

Good News & Sad News

Wow, so I have been horrible as of lately about updating my blog!!!

Anyway, a lot has happened since the end of September. For starters (and also my good news), in October Justin and I found out that we are going to be parents!!!! So if you do the math, that means that sometime at the end of June (possible the 27th) we will be expecting our little GIRL!!! Yeah, a little girl! We are very excited, but don't ask what her name will be....its a secret!! I am having fun thinking and planning her nursery and just getting things ready. We went to Babies R Us last week to register for ALL the things we "need." Let me tell you....that store can make first time parents feel stupid and overwhelmed within a matter of minutes.

Now on to the sad news I suppose.... Unfortunately, on December 21, 2008 my papaw passed away. It was a very sad and hard to take time in my life, but I am so grateful for the amount of time that I had with him...and the quality of that time. Its hard to think that someone you love and cherish so much is just gone one day...never there for you to see again. I just hope and pray that I will one day see him again. Our family is doing good though. I was really worried about Granny, but I think that she is just happy to know that his in no longer struggling. Okay, ok...enough of the sad news....I need to change the subject!

Anyway....I will try to update this more often future!

Lost of News

Well, on September 18th my brother and his wife had a little boy...Lucca Angelo Veneri! So that has been very exciting for our families! (pictures to come later!)

**On another note........I just wanted to ask for everyone's prayers (and thank those that have already been praying)!!! On Tuesday my grandpa was having pretty bad chest pains, so he was rusted to the hospital. He got stabilized, but will still need to have open heart surgery. Right now they are waiting on his kidneys to get well enough for his operation....he is diabetic so that is why his kidneys are a factor. So, on Wednesday, Grandpa is going to have a quadruple bi-pass hearth surgery. Then, sadly, on Friday morning my grandma was having difficulty breathing while she was at my aunt's house in Greenwood. She was then admitted to the hospital as well. Grandma had a sever case of pneumonia. This actually put so much stress on her heart, that she had a slight heart attach. The pneumonia has caused her not to be able to breathe on her own, leaving her on live support (a breathing machine). The doctors are actually with her at this moment weening her off the breathing machine. So, hopefully she will be breathing on her own in only an hour or so! Last night grandpa was having more chest pains, so he was moved back to critical care at about 3a.m. He his stabilized again now....just getting ready for his surgery! With all that explained, I ask that you keep them in your prayers!

Home Sweet Home

So, Justin and I have now been in WI for a little over a week. We have been SOSO warmly welcomed! Being back in a small town has been nice....life is a little slower and nicer! For now we have been living in a small apartment, hoping to find a house to buy soon. It has been fun and frustrating at times to find a house that we want to invest in. We found a house that we really really liked in Fox Lake, but it is a little out of our price range. Even thought it is far fetched we are going to try and see what happens. Please pray....that some how we can afford this home, or that we aren't too disappointed if can't and have to continue house hunting. We will see! Well not much time, but I will try to post again soon! Oh yeah, we don't have Internet at home so, I can't update everyday, but I will do my best!

A Whale Of A Good Time

So, my granny flew up to Boston to make the long drive back to Indiana with me. While she was in Boston we wanted to do a few fun things. One of the most exciting things that we did was whale watching. I think that we were really lucky because we seen at least 10 whales. There were 4 mother-calf pairs....it was really cute because normally they don't interact so much with other whales, so it was almost like a play date! We say THREE breeches....it was awesome to say the least. Granny and I also went up to Cape Cod and had fun shopping and walking around. It was sad though, when we had to leave. The house that we lived at became like family...and it was sad to have to leave! On our way home, we stopped in PA to see some of our family there. When we were about and hour away from where we were staying, I had a tire blow on the interstate. I thought that we had road side service, but they would on;y come if Justin was there because it was in his name....so so stupid! Anyway, I was quite proud of myself because I changed the tire all by myself on the side of a crazy highway! Anyway we made it to PA and got it all fixed! Now I am in Indiana hanging out with my family...its really nice to be able to see my family every day! Justin is still in Boston...he has to work until August 19th. Then he will drive to DC to get our belonging, up to IN to see me and his family, and then finally to Wisconsin to our new home! Its so crazy to think that we are moving....we have experience so much in the little time that we have been together...yeah its been six years, but I have seen and done more in that time that anyone in my family. I feel so luck and blessed to have had the opportunities that I have! Well, I guess that is it, but I will update soon I promise!

BIG NEWS.......We're Moving to Wisconsin!

So, after searching and visiting several different churches in the country, Justin and I have decided to join the community at Living Hope Church in Fox Lake Wisconsin. We will be finishing up the summer here in Boston, then in mid- August, we will be moving all the way to WI. Although Justin and I never thought that we would end up there, we are sure that is where God is calling us to!

On another note, this past week has been very crazy! I spent a week with the Boston Project...the organization that Justin works for. Although Justin's job only requires him to work days, there is a staff team that spends all week working and staying with different groups of youth groups. This past week that staff was short a female staff member, so I jumped in to help. I spent the week hanging out with students, doing very difficult landscaping, helping the community, worshiping the Lord, and GETTING POISON IVY (AHHHHHHH)!!!! Even though I did get poison ivy, I really did enjoy the week working with the BP staff!

Last weekend our house had a pirate party. We all dressed up like pirates and had all kinds of fun....and watched Hook! I love just being silly and having fun....any time I have the chance to dress up and be silly....I try to take it! Well that is about it.....you can pray for Justin and I as we are figuring out housing and all that in Wisconsin! Please let us know if we can pray for you too!

Frankie

A group from our previous church, CFC, went down to Nicaragua this summer. Some of the girl we know took pictures of Frankie for us....they were cute so I thought I would share. This is a picture of Frankie is a Boston hat that we sent down. I think that it is good for him to make personal connections with us, so I sent down a picture of Justin and I in our Boston gear, along with his Boston hat. When I saw this picture of him in his hat.....it put a big smile on my face. I

think that she looks so so cute!