Vacation Fun

We just came back from a short trip to Cancun, Mexico. It was super relaxing and enjoyable. We went with several friends from all over the country. We stayed at an all inclusive resort and spent most of our time either eating or lounging by the pool. Jason went on an snorkeling/powerboat driving excursion with most of the group while Heather M. and I stayed back and painted at the resort. Anyway, here are some pictures of our trip. There will be more later. I let others take some of the pictures for us rather than having everyone take the same picture on five different cameras.


The color of the water is indescribable. There are so many shades of blue and green. It was amazing!

It was fun hanging out together as well as hanging around will everyone else.
For our morning breakfast we ate at the morning buffet, then for lunch we either ate at the lunch buffet by the ocean or at the little lunch bars. For dinner we went to several of the nicer resturants. The food was good but the presentation was really cool!

Hanging by the beach. The water was warm, but the beach was a little rocky. Much of the good sand was ripped away by the hurricane.
Dinner with Steve L., Phill, and Matt Tracey
Jason and Steve M.
Candace and Phill after dinner one evening

Happy Halloween!

Boo! Boo! Boo!

Happy Halloween from the Gies family. You can figure out which pumpkin belongs to which family member.

Jason and I carved pumpkins last night with no help from Logan or Lucy. Logan kept wanting to empty to garbage can and Lucy was eating the pumpkin guts that hit the floor.

This is Logan's costume. He is one very cute little chicken boy. We have been working on walking down the street so we don't have to crawl! Check out Logan's blog to see more picture of him.

Here's what's up with us.

Well, we have been pretty busy lately. Logan is walking now and he is keeping us pretty busy. Having him walking is fun because he can get around when we are out without crawling on the ground. He still wants to crawl on the floor at the mall and the library (much to my chagrin) but he is getting better at walking all over. He attempted to escape from our little class at the library on Thursday, but I am still faster! Yesterday went for a walk and Logan walked for two houses (with a lot of falling down in between.) He has got to get better than that before Halloween, but I think he will be okay. He loves to run around the nursery at church. He loves going there now. For awhile he wasn't quite sure, but he is fine with going now. Jason has been working hard and has been taking some training classes this week at work. I have been keeping busy cooking and running errands. I have been looking for some students to tutor as well. All in all, we are having a fabulous fall!

"Best friends" Logan and Lucy. I don't think they could get any farther apart for the picture.
Here is Logan sitting with our pumpkins and our corn stalks.
Here is our house offically decked out for Halloween. Notice the silhouettes in the front window as well as the crazy "demon-eyed" dog.
I had some time a few weeks ago so I painted part of Logan's room. I still have two more walls to do but I finished the fish in the tree wall. I also wrote the saying around the top of the wall. It says, "Today is gone. Today is done. Tomorrow is another one. Everyday from here to there, funny things are everywhere."

A Visit From Em

This post is a little late, but better late then never, right? Emily came to visit last weekend and we had a great time. On Friday we hung out, watched TV, and went to the mall. On Saturday my parents, who were also in town, came and picked up Logan. Jason, Emily, and I went downtown. Em hadn't been downtown in a long time so we gave her the tour.We are standing in Millennium Park looking at some of the skyscrapers.
This is the Trump building that Bill Rancic is working on. They will be opening up the lower portion before the top is finished.
Jason and Emily standing under the Bean.

Edy and Em at the Bean.

The Bathroom Project

This weekend Jason worked at my sister Gwendolyn's house fixing their bathroom. It was quite a project and Jason is a little sore, but it looks great. The toilet had leaked and destroyed the floor so that had to be removed. Fortunately the sink and toilet were fine so those didn't have to be replaced.
Here is Jason standing in the crawlspace working on the bathroom.



This is the project all finished.