Puerto Rico

Aaron and I had a wonderful trip to Puerto Rico with Shayne and Emily. The weather was wonderful, we explored a rain forest, a bioluminescent bay, Old San Juan, and of course spent time at the beach. It was the perfect get away for Feb/Mar. Highly recommended to any adventurers out there.
We spent lots of time walking on the beach....yes "romantic walks on the beach"
Here we are hiking in the rain forest. It's protected by the US park service, but not near as protective. We were able to swim in the pools under the falls and "rock hop" all we wanted.
Just some experimenting with my camera and our IPhoto program.
Seriously Puerto Rico was a great place to visit and would recommend others to go. The beaches are beautiful, the weather 70-90 all year round (it's right off the equator), there's hiking and exploring. And it's a US territory which means no passports needed and very "American" friendly. The people there are friendly and helpful and we all got to practice our spanish....
I'll post more pics later!
luv you all!
Booxy

New Look

Hey girls,
Hope you don't mind that I changed the look of our blog...the old one was getting really boring!

love,
bek

Drew's Birthday Party Pictures

We celebrated Drew's 2nd birthday recently. I thought I'd put pictures on here. Mostly since A. Booxy and U. Aaron didn't get to be with us :( . Hope they captured the evening!

Maggie dancing with Drew to Psalty

what did you get drew?

Darci with a special place to sit...Great Grandma

How come I suddenly have so much attention?

I guess cards are a little lost on Drew at this point...he he... Maggie modeling the new hat

the kids helping Drew with his gift.

ELMO!! (sorry Marie...)

playing in the box...

the adorable Bob the Builder cakethe cousins getting ready to sing "happy Birthday" to Drewber

Isn't he precious?

Blow 'em out!

Happy little guy.

mmmm....get every last bit of frosting!Darci gets Grandpa time...

Wow! What big bowl of yummy stuff Mom!

Darci decided to take the cake toppers and top her ice cream

oh wait...is there room for Scoop?

Love you guys,

-Rebekah

Thank You Everyone

Thank you everyone for your love and prayers. Thought I'd share some of the beautiful flowers we were sent. I'm feeling much better physically, now I just have to get back into the swing of life. I head back to work tomorrow after taking off last week. Please pray that the week goes well. I love you all and appreciate all you've done!

Sushi in Chicago

Saturday night Aaron was working all night. So I had a few young group girls over and introduced them to Sushi. It was a nice night out. Thought you'd enjoy some pics.

Thank you everyone for your prayers.
Booxy

Christmas

This is the cool quilt that Aaron's mother made us for Christmas. So if any of you are wondering what to do with your old T-shirts, this is what we did. Isn't it great? It's so fun to look at because each square has such a memory with it.
The rest of the pics are just from our family Christmas that I thought were fun. The couples:

Aria with her new little bunny, though you can't tell in this pics she really loved it and started giggling at it!
Drewber was totally stoked about his "Cars" book that made all the noises of the cars, horns honking, wheels squeeling, engines roaring. He was so excited!

Love you all!
Booxy

Experiences in Chicago

This first pic is Aaron and I at the "do it yourself Messiah." Please see Aaron's blog for details....it's really fun so if anyone wants to come up next year, we'll see about getting tickets!









Last Weekend the Young Group came downtown to skate at Millennium Park. We had a blast (too bad Aaron was working, we missed him). This was Andrea's first time ever skating....she did a great job!












Here's the whole group that came down (yes there was only 6 of us, but for Chicago YG that's a great turn out!)











The girls, Kaitlyn Isaia Andrea Luthi and I.

Winter in Chicago

Snow "waves" on the beach. It was cool to see the snow drifts over the sand...you never knew when you'd step on a sand pile or sink knee deep in snow!












This is why I do not drive a car in this city. Public transportation for me. I love trains!










Just in case you thought I'd miss out on snow angels....I did find plenty of untrodden snow to leave my mark on the world.















Our place decorated for Christmas....it's great we get the lights and decorations without having to put them up ourselves!
ps that's Aaron standing outside our door.


Love you all! Booxy

This is for you, Grandma!

Hi All! We enjoyed last weekend!

Thanks again, Grandma (& Rebekah, of course), for the AMAZING gift. I still can't believe it...absolutely priceless! Believe it or NOT: I've already used it!!

Here's some pics...

Love to you all! Sarah

Christmas in Chicago

Here's a cheesy pic of Spencer and I decorating our "cute wittle twee." It's fun to have a tree again! I love Christmas in Chicago. We're all bundled up, scurrying around the city, buying Christmas gifts, listening to the street carolers and enjoying the brisk winter snowfalls.
We had both sets of parents up this last weekend for the Moody Candlelight Carols. It was a beautiful concert again this year, and we enjoyed a Saturday of shopping and seeing the city lights. A new discovery this year is the Zoo Lights. The Lincoln Park Zoo puts up a beautiful light display for the holidays, so Sat. night we headed over there to see them. It was very well done and quite impressive!
I'll miss you all this weekend. Have a wonderful Christmas...I'll be directing the 1-3rd graders for their song as well as the whole Sunday school's song, but I'll be missing you!
luv ya
booxy