Ryan and Heidi Update

Since all of my catch up writing has been about the kids, I thought I'd give you a little recap of Mommy and Daddy for this blog.

Heidi - Of course I have been staying busy at home keeping up daily household chores. I also have found some time to do some other things. One thing I have started doing is couponing. Ryan's cousin introduced me to it and it's kind of like a game now to see how cheap I can get stuff. There are so many things you can do with couponing and rebating that I have to tell myself that I can't possibly do every single deal. I try to stick to a couple stores and leave it at that. In March I was able to get away for a weekend and go out to Indiana for the annual women's conferece at Mom and Dad's church. It was at Camp Amigo and Mary Jane Bevan (my mom's cousin) was the featured speaker. It was a good weekend and just a nice break from the normal routine. It was also the weekend of Ryan's 30th birthday. We were able to celebrate before we went by going to Texas Roadhouse (a place we haven't been to in a long time!). I had forgotten how good their bread with cinnamon butter is! Then we went to Wal-mart for Ryan to buy his own birthday present which of course would include something for turkey season as that would be just around the corner. While he was shopping I was purchasing his birthday cake since the kids think that for every birthday there must be cake. We took the cake to his mom and dads and had a small celebration with the kids and his parents. I have also started running more this winter and spring. I am planning to run in more races this spring and summer. I ran in my first one the beginning of March and have several planned for April.

Ryan - He has been home his fair share this winter. Some days it is nice and other days I think we just get in each others space a little too much. Last week he did wash all my windows though so that was really helpful. He did some ice fishing but didn't catch a whole lot this year. I always think that ice is a little scary. It's hard to really ever know if ice is safe. After going with him once this winter and him happening to break through the ice in the first 5 minutes soaked up to his hip, I lost a little confidence in the ice. He went several times after that but I'm always a little nervous. A couple weeks ago he found a place to catch some walleye. Too bad we were a little late for lots of walleye but we did manage to make a few sandwiches out of it. He has his boat in getting serviced and says that he plans to do lots of fishing this year. He's also gearing up for turkey season and as a matter of fact right now is in the woods somewhere listening for turkeys. He is optimistic that work will pick up here soon so that is a good thing too.