August 2008

August was a very busy month for us. We spent a lot of time enjoy the beautiful summer weather. The most exciting part of the month was Lily starting Preschool. She attends Chesterbrook Academy 3 days a week, 4 hours a day. The first week she did great!! The second and third were a bit harder. By the end of the forth week she was doing very well. She had made a few friends that would get very excited to see her when she would arrive.
We took a weekend to meet Christy's God Father and his wife, Paul and Julie at their summer trailer in Lake Mills, WI. That weekend Paul's sister and niece, Cynthia and Danielle, also came up for the day. Danielle brought her husband and son with. It had been four years since everyone was together and we all had a fantastic time. Lily, DJ and Hunter had a blast playing together. Below is a slideshow of pictures for the month. Please enjoy!




Lily's Best Bud, Ethan, turned 3 on Aug. 14th. We have a tradition with the Mattison family that on the child's birthday we all go to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner. The kids REALLY enjoy this!!! Ethan then had a party and we had a blast celebrating with everyone. He even had a bounce house. The highlight of the party was Andrea getting in it with the kids. They LOVED it! Below is a short slide show of pictures from Ethan's birthday.





At the end of the month Jim's Step Father, Jay, graduated from DePaul University and Evanston Northwestern with his nursing degree in Anesthesia. He has been working VERY hard the last several years to comeplete this. Jim's mom threw him a huge party and a lot of famliy from out of state came to celebrate. It was so nice seeing everyone! The party was on a Saturday afternoon and that evening we all went back to Deb and Jay's. The next day some of us went to Chicago to take an architectural boat tour down the river. This was a blast and we saw some pretty amazing sites!!! We then headed back to Ron and Cindy's for a BBQ. Again, we enjoy good food and GREAT company! Please check out the slideshow of pictures from the entire weekend. Enjoy!