Beach time!

We're having a great spring break week ... beautiful weather, favorite restaurants, much relaxation. Friends from Tremont are here as well, and Abby loves hanging with the girls, and TJ has his buddy Jared ... so all is right for the kids! I'm sure we'll have some beach/pool pics to post soon, but right now it's just relaxation time!

Two Weeks til the Beach!

Two weeks from today, this will be the view from my beach lounge chair for the week. We are ready!

Drew is back from his spring break tour with choir. Mitch is busy this weekend with the IHSA basketball tourney in Peoria, and the kids and I are off to the school carnival tonight. Seeing some signs and temperatures of spring around here this week has been a really welcome thing!

Somehow, February just evaporated!

February came and went with no post here! I knew we were busy but did not realize I had completely neglected the blog!

Work and school and basketball weekends consumed most of the month. February is the month of my biggest work event of the year (home show) so it always goes by in a blur.

Now it's March ... we leave for Spring Break in Destin 3 weeks from today! WOOT!!

Drew is starting his spring break today, heading out by charter bus early this morning with the Carthage Choir. They are stopping in TN for a concert on their way to Florida, then have concerts in Jacksonville, Naples, and St. Pete before making their way back up with concert stops in GA and IN. Sounds like they have a partial free day near the Everglades, and then a full day to spend on the beach in St Petersburg. I'm sure with 50 college students on a bus there will be lots of fun.

Also wanted to share these pics, taken from my office window this week .. the eagles have been so active on the Illinois River, and have been putting on quite a show! My camera is just average. Can't imagine what you could capture with a good camera! Click on the pictures to see a larger version.