Our First Year

Well... I decided to start a blog due to many suggestions as well as lack of a hobby. Our first year has been a whirlwind. Craig has successfully completed his first year at Moody, and is now a Junior!! (whoot whoot) and I am now at me second nanny gig which I love. I work with a 1 and 3 year old, and I am getting awesome and changing diapers!
Craig and I have gotten acquainted with the City, there is so much to do here. The beach feels like San Diego, and the City feels like New York... It is a very crazy place to be. We had one of the biggest blizzards Chicago has ever seen this winter, and had to dig our car out of 24 inches of snow. And then 3 days ago, we had 100 degree whether with so much humidity I thought I was swimming in it... This is the most Bizzar weather I have ever been in! It took me a while to like this crazy “little” place Chicago but a year later, I am ok with living here. Craig loved it from the second we got here, all the new places and food, and books (Craig loves his books).
We have found a new Church home, its called Holy Trinity Church. Its in the Center of Down Town Chicago. We love it! It has been a place of refuge for us! We have met so many neat people there, and it has been a joy to get involved in little ways!
On an average week we try one new restaurant, we take Roxy to the beach at least once, we have many conversations with our neighbors at our dog park, Craig reads over 400-600 pages, and I at the moment am catching up on Lost!
Fun Facts: Our neighborhood is the #1 dog populated area in Chicago (and because of that, I can take my dog into the bank, shoe store, and drug store in my neighborhood). Our neighborhood is the #2 Gayest neighborhood in Chicago (5th in the US). Bill Pinalto lives 2 blocks away from us. Andrew and Stacey Stravits live right above us in our building. The name windy city has nothing to do with the wind (even though it is pretty windy here... its all about the politics). My mom, dad, Craigs mom and dad, my sister and Erick, Denise Pence, Ryan Lunkens, Matt Savage, Stacey and Chiko Wolf, Tim Savage, Chad Damewood, Dave Delnoce, Derek Nsubaga, Brent Klontz, Jason Doughty, James Hoxworth, Vermone Pierre have all come to visit us... WHY haven't you?!?!