Forgot to mention....

I was going to put this in the last blog, because it relates to Star Wars, but forgot. I'll add it now. There is this super cute video on YouTube- it's called "Star Wars According to a 3 Year Old". Ben sent it to me via email because he thought it was the perfect combination- my love of children with his love of Star Wars.
Check this out- it really is worthwhile. Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0

You can also go to YouTube and use the search bar, if the link doesn't work.
Enjoy!! =)

Chicago

We're finally going to post! I know... it's been forever.

In early January, we went with Joe & Stacey and Bob & Helen to Chicago for a weekend. The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry was hosting a Star Wars exhibit. So, you can imagine why we had to go. =) Joe and Ben were in full-on "geek mode", much to the amusement of Stacey and I. It was actually a pretty interesting exhibit to a non-Star Wars- obsessed individual as well. The point of the exhibit was to discuss how close (or not so close) we are in modern society to accomplishing some of the forms of travel, level of robotics, etc, that are found in the movies. Pretty interesting.

We had some side trips as well... to the "Bean Park" and walking down Michigan Avenue in the evening. The six of us always have a great time together- and this time we were able to borrow Stacey's parent's mini-van, so we all rode together. Good times.

Here are some pictures:

The famous "bean". Actually really cool how you can see the whole cityscape in the sides of this thing.

The park still had all the lights on the trees- the lights of the city combined with them made for a really gorgeous view. I love this picture.

Like I said, "geek mode". Ben and Joe w/a couple Clone (I was just corrected, I dared to call them "storm"...yikes) Troopers.

I'm told this picture contains a "Y-wing" and a "Tantive IV"...okay.

Me with my namesake, R2D2. R2 was my nickname in the GVSU color guard- we all had Star Wars names...it started with a bad joke referring to our captain as "Darth".

The rest of the gang: Ben, Joe, Stacey, Bob and Helen. At a wonderful Mexican restaurant we discovered downtown.

So, that was our Chicago trip. Great time. I promise I won't wait 2 months to do another post this time.

(As a side note- Ben and I have been married 9 months as of today. Unbelievable!)

Long Absence...

Just wanted to assure everyone that we are still alive and kickin'. Things have been a little extra busy in the last couple of months because of Ben's coaching of the school's bowling team and now because we have decided to sell our house and are preparing for that. I promise I'll try to get on here with a real update soon. We took a great trip in January to Chicago, had a great visit from a friend who has spent the last couple of years overseas, and have some stats to report re: the bowling team.
Anyway- I promise we're still here and another post (and pictures) will arrive sooner rather than later.
Love to all of ya!