GiOrDaNo'S pIzZa

Laura has brought to my attention that I post a lot about food. Well, here is another one.

Matt brought home famous Chicago pizza from Giordano's. It was YuMmY! This is no Papa Johns's pizza. This pizza was huge and heavy! You can see from the picture all the gooey cheese and the thick crust....that's got to be good for you:) We don't have it very often so we ate up and enjoyed. Matt was a good sport to bring it all the way from Illinois. Don't worry, they package it for traveling. I didn't want you to think we thought old, stale pizza was good :)

Thanks Southwest!

Truth be known I don't like flying. Why you may ask?
1. I don't like breathing the same air 200 other people are breathing
2. I hate laying my head back on the chair...how many people with nasty, greasy hair have laid their head back.
3. The table trays...seriously, do they ever wash them.
4. The arm rests. You would be surprised how many people DON'T wash their hands
5. The bathrooms. I can hold it a long time. I am NOT using that bathroom!

It was confirmed this weekend that airplanes are nothing more than bacteria traps. About 12 hours after I got home I realized that I wasn't feeling all that great...scratchy throat, stuffy nose, achy body. So as I write this I am hacking away and feeling like crap. Thanks Southwest!

Matt's Trip

Matt seemed to have a great trip to Illinois. I obviously was not there and since Matt refuses to post on the "blah" (that is what he calls it) I will write a short summary...hopefully I can talk Matt into writing a little more about it.

Matt's parents still live in the same house that Matt grew up in. It was fun for Matt to go back to Naperville and just spend time with his parents. He was also able to spend some time with Jessica and Andrew and their 5 kids. Matt is so glad he had the chance to go back to the place he grew up.

Congratulations to Ryan and Katie who live in Michigan. They had a baby boy while Matt was out there. He we was too far away to go see the new little guy but that was one thing exciting that happened while Matt was in Naperville.

I know, I know...very boring post but if Matt would just write about it himself it would be a much better read (grr!)

Day 3

Lisa has some great paved trails right in her back yard! It was such a nice day to go running so first thing Monday morning I went for a run. It was great. The day was also filled with fun at the park, playing and watching gladiators and the car wash.

Nate came and picked me up during his lunch break and we went to yummy Chipotle!

Thanks, Lisa for the fun weekend!

Day 2

Katelyn and Kaci enjoying the frosting on the cupcakes

On Sunday Teri and Jason fixed us DeLiCiOuS fajitas. We ate and ate and drank and drank...diet coke of course :) It was fun to visit with cousins that I don't get to see very often.

Paul and Katherine also live in Denver. I was hoping I would have a chance to visit and see their new house...well kind of new. It's new to me because I haven't seen it yet. I will definitely have to make a trip their way next time I am in town!

Day 1

Robbie and Lisa were great hosts. They picked me up from the airport, bought me lunch (Burger King- YUM!) and gave me my own private bedroom (well semi-private...no lock = 7am wake up call from Katelyn) and private bathroom (again, semi-private...Robert liked to see the things I was hiding in my make-up bag.)

Later that night Nate and Tara took me on a great tour of downtown...Broncos Stadium, Pepsi Center and 16th street. I also got a tour of Nate's sweet office right next to the printers (that's what you get for being an intern)

I'm Back!

Tanner, Katelyn, Robert

Wow! I don't know how Lisa gets everything done. She is truly amazing. I had the chance to peek inside the Whitaker household for the weekend and I was impressed. With three kids 3 years and younger it definitely makes for busy days.

Katelyn is 3 and so full of energy and loves to talk! She was constantly asking me "Do you want to play tag" or "Do you want to play the jumping game" this consists of...JUMPING anywhere and everywhere! She was always talking about Gladiators and couldn't wait for it to come on TV.

Robert is 19 months and is so sweet and quiet. I think he knows that Katelyn will just do the talking for him. We played catch and he loved being "chased" He would really just stand in one place waiting to be tickled. Robert loves bath time. One night Lisa took him out of the bath and put him to bed while Katelyn continued to play in the tub. Lisa and I were down in the kitchen talking...I heard crying so I went upstairs to check on Katelyn. Robert had decided he wasn't done in the bathtub and had gotten out of bed into the tub with pajamas and all! He was completely soaked head to toe!

Tanner is 6 weeks and loves to be held. He has big eyes and is learning how to smile. He puts up with a lot. Katelyn loves to be the big sister and Robert loves to hug Tanner and tries to poke at his eyes.