Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
an email to my sister i decided to let you all in on...
my sister lived downtown for several years before moving to Australia and knows the city and fun spots to be. So when our friends Matt and Jessica came from Cincinnati to see us I called Amy to get some good recommendations for the evening. She emailed me details on where to park, what not to miss (the Hancock building), and where to get great food at a reasonable price with EXCEPTIONAL service! Amy used to work at Bistrot Zinc and has friends who still work there! She even spared me with walking directions to each location!
So i began to email her and let her know what a wonderful time we had when i decided i wanted to share our experience with all of you. so here goes my email to my sister, for all to share!
amy!
you are the BEST!!!!! thank you soooo much! we had an awesome time! wished so much you and Damain were there with us! and at the same time had this funny feeling you were living vicariously through me the entire evening :o)
what a blast. we drove down, valet parked (perfect idea) walked to the hancock, settled for a seat about 3 rows from the windows, ordered our drinks and as the last drink was ordered i spotted someone by the window leaving, stood up, and swiped the table as they were leaving. we had already seen another table hop and grab the first window table that came available while we were ordering so i had been on the look out! that was beautiful, i had a sky high martini (rasperrby absolut, hazelnut liquor, ?) it was excellent! the mckees got chocolate martini's and peter his guiness. thanks for the warning it was expensive! ouch! but soooo worth it, what a magnificent site! it is definitely a must do when visiting the city. then we headed back to Bistrot Zinc and as i walked in i was greeted by Michael, the host. He said, are you Amy's sister? He said he wasn't really good friends with you but knew you from work. He took us to Dave's section (cecily had the night off). Dave came up to our table, and inquired if i was your sister, that he saw a resemblence. We got reaquainted and our experience at Bistrot Zinc began. I felt like I was famous, getting superb service and everyone already knowing who I was! We asked lots of questions, just like you said, got Dave's favorites on everything. We enjoyed a bottle of wine, chevre with sun dried tomatoes, poussin with bacon, mushrooms, onions an egg noodles, french onion soup, apple tart and chocolate crepe dessert. Matt got the rack of lamb and Jessica got a salmon/spinach special. We all had an awesome time. oh yeah, and how could i forget our discount on the bill and gift certificates for our next visit! Dave was amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your city with me!
sorry no pics, i forgot my camera!
So i began to email her and let her know what a wonderful time we had when i decided i wanted to share our experience with all of you. so here goes my email to my sister, for all to share!
amy!
you are the BEST!!!!! thank you soooo much! we had an awesome time! wished so much you and Damain were there with us! and at the same time had this funny feeling you were living vicariously through me the entire evening :o)
what a blast. we drove down, valet parked (perfect idea) walked to the hancock, settled for a seat about 3 rows from the windows, ordered our drinks and as the last drink was ordered i spotted someone by the window leaving, stood up, and swiped the table as they were leaving. we had already seen another table hop and grab the first window table that came available while we were ordering so i had been on the look out! that was beautiful, i had a sky high martini (rasperrby absolut, hazelnut liquor, ?) it was excellent! the mckees got chocolate martini's and peter his guiness. thanks for the warning it was expensive! ouch! but soooo worth it, what a magnificent site! it is definitely a must do when visiting the city. then we headed back to Bistrot Zinc and as i walked in i was greeted by Michael, the host. He said, are you Amy's sister? He said he wasn't really good friends with you but knew you from work. He took us to Dave's section (cecily had the night off). Dave came up to our table, and inquired if i was your sister, that he saw a resemblence. We got reaquainted and our experience at Bistrot Zinc began. I felt like I was famous, getting superb service and everyone already knowing who I was! We asked lots of questions, just like you said, got Dave's favorites on everything. We enjoyed a bottle of wine, chevre with sun dried tomatoes, poussin with bacon, mushrooms, onions an egg noodles, french onion soup, apple tart and chocolate crepe dessert. Matt got the rack of lamb and Jessica got a salmon/spinach special. We all had an awesome time. oh yeah, and how could i forget our discount on the bill and gift certificates for our next visit! Dave was amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your city with me!
sorry no pics, i forgot my camera!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
our first christmas morning in our home EVER!
we were so very grateful to be able to sleep in our own beds on Christmas eve (instead of rushing to pack the car and rush out of church after the last service and drive 6 hours), wake up in our beds Christmas morning (instead of at grandma's house super tired after driving all night)and have Christmas as a family (for the first time ever! What a blessing.
the kids each got new attire for our potato head collection. they all love to play potato head.
micaiah got the diva potato head
elijah got the fireman potato head, he refers to potato heads as "picasso" (from toy story)
caleb got the pirate potato head
the three amigos
it was sooo much fun to watch them get excited about giving each other presents.
the kids each got new attire for our potato head collection. they all love to play potato head.
micaiah got the diva potato head
elijah got the fireman potato head, he refers to potato heads as "picasso" (from toy story)
caleb got the pirate potato head
the three amigos
it was sooo much fun to watch them get excited about giving each other presents.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
request from Caleb
"mommy can you take a picture of me and put it on the blog and send it to Auntie Amy in Australia?"
this is my new scarf it is made it out of wrapping paper mommy was making a present for someone else and i saw a strip so i decided to wrap it up long and tie it around my neck
this is my new scarf it is made it out of wrapping paper mommy was making a present for someone else and i saw a strip so i decided to wrap it up long and tie it around my neck
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
SNOW!!!!!!
Since Dec. 1 we have had nothing but snow. We are all enjoying it so much!!! the boys go out and play everyday! Micaiah wants to dress up to stand outside for a few minutes every once in awhile! I am sure next year she will be more enthused!
here is our pathetic first snowman of the year! like i said, snow since the 1st but today was the closest we got to having snowman making snow. but obviously it was still not wet enough so we made a minisnowman
the boys said they couldn't smile for the pic because they said it was too bright but i wanted you to see how little our snowman really was!
this is how we get snow pants off in our house :o)
here is our pathetic first snowman of the year! like i said, snow since the 1st but today was the closest we got to having snowman making snow. but obviously it was still not wet enough so we made a minisnowman
the boys said they couldn't smile for the pic because they said it was too bright but i wanted you to see how little our snowman really was!
this is how we get snow pants off in our house :o)
it must be a sutton thing!
this picture was taken a few days ago when i went to check on micaiah and found her fast asleep!
do you think she likes DORA? Amy Rudge got her the life sized Dora, which was bigger than her when she got it last Christmas and it was the beginning of her love for Dora. Gramma Tina got her a Dora pillowcase for her birthday. she sleeps with both every night. Recently she has been getting out of her bed to grab her Dora books, usually as many as she has (6 or so) and then looking at them before she fall s asleep.
this picture was taken today. elijah fell asleep in the car and when we got home i put him on the couch.
do you think she likes DORA? Amy Rudge got her the life sized Dora, which was bigger than her when she got it last Christmas and it was the beginning of her love for Dora. Gramma Tina got her a Dora pillowcase for her birthday. she sleeps with both every night. Recently she has been getting out of her bed to grab her Dora books, usually as many as she has (6 or so) and then looking at them before she fall s asleep.
this picture was taken today. elijah fell asleep in the car and when we got home i put him on the couch.
caleb made this track all by himself
daddy's always makes tracks with no stray rails, a tough thing to do when you are making more than a circle. Caleb, however, has Peter's brain! HE DID IT!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
random
Micaiah loves stickers, she loves to put them on herself or in her little Dora notebook she is holding. she asked if i would take her picture!
movie and popcorn night: the fox and the hound
waiting for the muffins...
micaiah keeping busy and making herself laugh
movie and popcorn night: the fox and the hound
waiting for the muffins...
micaiah keeping busy and making herself laugh
Saturday, December 15, 2007
adventures in our new home!! ahhhhhhh
here it is!!!
on wednesday morning we woke up to quite a mess! tuesday night i gave the kid's a bath, peter came home and helped me finish things up, and get the kids to bed. then he noticed the tub did not drain. he tried to snake it, put draino down it, the whole nine yards, he couldn't even get the snake down it!! he figured the kids must have put some toy down it or something? next morning we woke up to still a full tub of chemicals and then a leak on the kitchen floor! long story short, the tub was never unplugged, but when peter tried to drain it a already broken piece, cracked further, causing the leak. then he put in a new pipe and seal and then a new leak started where the tile and tub meet. now he had resealed the tub. we are leaving our hole until we are sure it is done leaking!
caleb came downstairs and said, "why did you put a hole in the ceiling?"
once I explained to him that their was a leak and daddy had to cut a hole is the ceiling to fix it, he went on to tell Micaiah.
"See Micaiah, this is where daddy broke the ceiling!"
the kids had a blast looking through and talking through the hole!!
on wednesday morning we woke up to quite a mess! tuesday night i gave the kid's a bath, peter came home and helped me finish things up, and get the kids to bed. then he noticed the tub did not drain. he tried to snake it, put draino down it, the whole nine yards, he couldn't even get the snake down it!! he figured the kids must have put some toy down it or something? next morning we woke up to still a full tub of chemicals and then a leak on the kitchen floor! long story short, the tub was never unplugged, but when peter tried to drain it a already broken piece, cracked further, causing the leak. then he put in a new pipe and seal and then a new leak started where the tile and tub meet. now he had resealed the tub. we are leaving our hole until we are sure it is done leaking!
caleb came downstairs and said, "why did you put a hole in the ceiling?"
once I explained to him that their was a leak and daddy had to cut a hole is the ceiling to fix it, he went on to tell Micaiah.
"See Micaiah, this is where daddy broke the ceiling!"
the kids had a blast looking through and talking through the hole!!
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