BUSY BUSY BUSY!!

The past couple days have been very busy, but very fun!! We took the girls out on Sunday and Monday before the weather got crazy cold, and I ventured out to Chicago by myself yesterday.

Sunday was my sister Katie's graduation party at my grandma's house. She just finished up her psychology degree at Purdue University Northwest. I am very proud of her and so are the girls!! :) Katie is the first in the fam to graduate from college (don't worry, I'm next!). Anyway, we had a nice party, all in doors thank goodness, and got to celebrate a little bit with her! The girls got all dressed up, and were ohhed and ahhed over all day as usual. I know I am a completely biased parent, but I have the cutest kids ever right?!?!

On Monday the girls and I went out to (a little bit colder, but not too bad) to my great grandma's house to visit with her and my grandpa who have only seen the girls twice since they were born! All of our schedules have been crazy, so we finally found some time to catch up. It was so nice to see them, and it was adorable watching them with the girls. My grandpa is so funny, and claims to not be a baby person, but he was snapping away pictures the whole time, and so eager to hold them! My great grandma was thrilled to see them again, and I'm pretty sure I saw tears in her eyes at one point. It's hard not to love them!! Overall, I am going to call the day a success, and will have to find more time to get together with them.

And finally on Tuesday, I headed out to Salon Blonde in Chicago to see one of my oldest friends Stefanie, and to have her dye my hair. I have been debating going blonde for a very long time, but never had the guts to do it. Finally I came up with a plan. My new year's resolution (I know they are tacky, but this is the first one I have ever made, and so far I am doing really good with it!) was to lose my baby weight. My ultimate goal is to lose 20 pounds. I am not too set on those numbers, really I just want to feel good about the way I look even if I can achieve that with only 5 pounds. So the plan was, when I reached my goal I was going to finally take the plunge and go blonde. Well I haven't reached that goal yet, but I did run into some luck...

Last week I was talking to my cousin about the possibility of going blonde (I usually have to talk these things through with everyone because I am so indecisive). A little bit later that day I was scrolling through my news feed on facebook and saw Stefanie put up a status saying that she needed a model for a big color change, specifically a blonde going brunette or a brunette going blonde. PERFECT! I decided it was a sign, and it was wayyy too good of a deal to pass up, so I went for it! I text her to see if the spot was still open. Well it was, and on Tuesday morning I got all bundled up and set out to make a huge change! Six hours later I walked out of Salon Blonde and I was BLONDE!!!

I absolutely love it, and cannot thank her enough! Stef, it was so good catching up with you, and margaritas are on me next time you are home!! Love ya!