Yes, it's been a VERY long time since our blog has been updated. Sorry about the wait, folks. Our schedule has gone from full to fast 'n furious the last few months! Here's what we've been up to:
Uncle Eric came to visit the week of February 18th, and we enjoyed dinner with him and some catching up. That weekend, my parents came down and enjoyed a weekend out on the town - going to the symphony, dinner on The Hill (an authentic Italian part of town which has lots of Italian restaurants, bakeries etc.) and we also went Bald Eagle and pelican watching! The weekend was perfect for the eagles and pelicans. Yes, we do have pelicans - the Great White Pelicans, which are the largest species of pelican in North America, stop here on their migration route each year, along with the Bald Eagles. We must've seen about 30-40 Bald Eagles and well over 200 pelicans. It was amazing! If you're interested, come down in February and we'll take ya!
The next weekend in February we went to Springfield, IL and visited with Noah's parents and the Boones, which is always fun.
We had an early Easter this year, and we spent the holiday up in Wisconsin. Of course, it decided to snow 15 inches our first day there! But we made a fun weekend out of it, visiting a lot of family.
The last weekend in March our church hosted a big men's conference, led by one of our pastors. We had a pretty good turnout of over 70 guys from all over come. Noah and I were involved in the group that put the conference together, and that involved mailing over 400 packets of information out to local churches, monthly and bi-monthly meetings, planning lunch, marketing and lots of other details. It was so much fun, we're going to do it again at the end of 2nd quarter! Actually, the pastor that is leading this mens group has a vision to take the conferences across the U.S. and grow attendance. It's an awesome opportunity to serve and our goal this year is to have one conference every quarter. We are truly looking forward to expanding the horizons of the conference!
April is another busy month for us so far. As many of you know, I helped organize a spaghetti dinner at our church that took place on Friday, April 4th. It was a blast, and I got to experience being a waitress! Noah collected tickets at the door, and helped with our raffle - the prize was a $100 Macaroni Grill gift card. Mac Grill is like a better version of Olive Garden - it's one of my favorite places! A member of our church is a regional director and worked with his boss to donate all of our spaghetti, bread and salad for the dinner. We raised a lot of money, which will go towards buying new equipment for our worship team. Yay!
The following day - Saturday, April 5th - was American Family Insurance's annual Spring Convention down in the Ozarks. This year we had a competition amongst all of the District Manager Assistants for who could design the best door prize drawing box. I am just a little bitter because I was one of two people (out of 9) that actually followed the rules, and didn't win. But... here are some pictures:
Mine is the one on the left.... with all of the little flags and guys climbing the mountain. It played the American Family Insurance jingle when you inserted your business card. :)
This year's Spring Convention was better than last year's - a little shorter and had a break in between the 2 1/2 hour awards ceremony. We ended it all with dinner and a very funny comedian as our entertainment for the evening.
The best part of the weekend was that we had a convertible for the weekend! Noah often has a rental car through work and can earn free days. We had 2 free days of rental car we could use, so we took out a shiny new Sebring Convertible and enjoyed a beautiful ride home with the top down. We stopped at a few wineries along the way and had lunch outside, which was great. I could get to liking that!
We have a few things coming up for the rest of April, but nothing too spectacular. However, come May 2nd, we will be heading down to South Carolina to attend Noah's cousin Marissa's wedding! We'll be driving down with Noah's parents, and staying the next week to hang out with all of the family that will be down for the big day. It will be a really nice getaway!
Noah is almost done with this semester of class and is looking forward to the summer and being off of school. He did great on his last test, and hopefully the rest will be a breeze for him!
We'll be sure to post pics of our vacation after we return. We hope everyone is going well and send lots of hugs your way!
Love,
Noah & Krista.
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