My Dad!

Sorry I forgot to add this. I love this picture and I love my dad.

Surprise!

Well! It's been a long time since I've written so quite an update is necessary...

This past weekend Andy and I headed up to Schaumburg. We stopped by O'Hare to pick up a special someone, MY SISTER! And together we headed to our parent's house and arrived at oh about 1 am. My dad lay in anticipation of our arrival, but my mother fast asleep was soon awaken by Skippy announcing there were not one but three intruders! My mom's birthday was September 21st and so for her big 50th birthday we decided to surprise her with our presence and a surprise party on Saturday. Surprisingly and Successfully we pulled it off!

We went down to Chicago on Saturday. Ate lunch at The Grill on the Alley (I think) which was super good. Mom and I shared a pot pie (this was her half...!) We then walked around town and finally saw the infamous "eye" of the city. It was a great time minus Andy being sick with a bit of the stomach flu and me being sick with a head cold... So after lolly-gagging downtown passing the time it was finally time to head home and cross our fingers that our mother would be surprised... And SURPRISE! she nearly fell over when the lights went on. It was a great party with most of our friends and family and our wonderful neighbors and family who helped put it all together while we were gone! Sunday we went to church and out to Wildberry for a delicious breakfast. Sadly Andy and I had to make the long journey back shortly after.

That was our fun weekend... To update you on our lives a little...

Andy is still in school (hasn't dropped out =D ). He is beginning to feel the pressures more than ever and has definitely realized how hard it is to study when his beautiful and wonderful wife is at home... =D But all in all I think he is doing pretty good with it. He did get a little sick this past weekend, but I think is all healed now.

I am still subbing. I enjoy it, I don't enjoy not knowing my schedule ahead of time so this can be quite a nightmare for me. But I do enjoy it when I'm actually doing it. I have finished a book and have started doing crosswords during my periods off... In other words becoming a real sub. I have also started working with 1 and 2 year olds at church during the second service and I think I enjoy that. I wish I was working with older kids, but they had a need so I'll work with it. I finally got over my head cold from this past weekend, praying I don't fall ill for at least another month... ugh.

Together we just joined a community group with church that met for the first time this past Tuesday. It was great to finally have fellowship and meet new people with similar beliefs. We are really looking forward to this. We are excited to finally have people to talk to and to learn more and discuss more about God. We are praying for depth with our relationships with these people and a depth in conversations.

Things to pray for us about...

Andy with school, dealing with stress and picking clinical sites next Wednesday (pray for St. Louis sites)

Me just with my health and just that I am able to stay positive and flexible

Our relationship that it continues to grow and stay healthy

Thanks for reading!

Labor Day Weekend

Hey All!
Sadly I have no new pictures to post... But I thought I'd let everyone what we've been up to since the last post... I (Allysha) got terribly sick on Thursday August 26th with the flu, became dehydrated, etc.. So for about a week the only things I did were watch movies, lie on the couch, and sleep. I think I'm finally getting back to normal so as you can imagine it was quite the sickness. My great husband took care of me and went to class and was really great at going to the store and getting me what I needed.
After feeling better and for the holiday weekend my parents and dogs came for a visit! So we all crammed into our little one bedroom apartment for a fun weekend. On Saturday we took the dogs to Forest Park to show the parents around and to really wear out the dogs! We then went to a steak place in St. Louis, Tuckers. It was really good.
Sunday we went to church and Andy left for work. My parents and I went to lunch, Trader Joe's, and DSW. We then decided to try out the Greek Festival that happens here. We decided to walk and well it's about 2 miles from my apartment so we were already hot when we got there and the tents were all put together really close with no breeze. But it was pretty cool they had Greek dancers and music and of course Greek foods. We came back and made dinner and had an early night, as my stomach was not happy with all the excitment...
Monday morning we took it easy and just hung out while Andy spent our money at yet another REI garage sale. We went out for lunch and said our goodbyes and my parents and puppies left on their long journey home. I then took a two hour nap.