Ready for the new journey



Brian is so very excited about his new job. We decided it was a very good opportunity for the whole family, and he accepted it. He's starting on Tuesday, and we both are very excited to see how this new journey works out.
In the meantime, he's in Champaign, IL, training the person who will take over his account. We miss him dearly (as usual), but I think he'll be back by Thursday or Friday :)
This was a busy weekend. We had our first cook out of the season, and we had friends over for dinner. At the end of the day, we found this on the couch:



Coco & Brian spent much of the time gardening, and we are hoping for big bright flowers sometime soon!
This weekend my friend Tracie has her benefit dinner, and I can't wait to go visit! She's a breast cancer survivor and is going to do the Avon walk on June 3rd, to raise funds for breast cancer. She's a really good woman, and we have become very good friends. Can't wait to see her and cheer her up! The girls at CHS donated a couple of beautiful kits for the dinner, and I know that there will be more silent auctions going on... scrapping goodies included! Can't WAIT to have such a good time! On top of it, Coco gets along just great with her kids, they are just adorable. And Julius is such a good guy, quite a nice man. One of those good ol' families, no doubt!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Here Here to BBQs AND the Gambinos!
11:42 PM, April 24, 2007
Bethany E. said…
I want a day like this!! Sounds so fun and also relaxing at the same time :)
4:53 PM, April 25, 2007
kmmiller said…
Bless their little hearts. I love pictures like that.

So glad he decided on the job. Congrats to Brian and your family.
8:09 PM, April 25, 2007
Kim -today's creative blog said…
amazing they would all fall asleep. Lucas NEVER falls asleep at random moments.
4:04 PM, April 28, 2007
Artful Creations by Tracie said…
Hey how come that wasn't MY family at your BBQ??? Hmmmmmm????? LOL.

Glad to hear you had a great time and that all is seemily working out for Brian and his career advancement! Rock on!

Thanks for the shout out on the walk and fundraising (and because of being sick I'm finally getting a chance to read blogs and so the even happened last night - can't wait to see you pics you told me you took)!!!
4:40 PM, April 28, 2007
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