Chicago Weekend

The last weekend of January, we packed up the family and headed to Chicago for some

fun

in 

the 

sun!

Wait...it was 30 degrees and windy. Yea, the windy city. We arrived on Saturday morning and went straight to the Shedd Aquarium. We spent the day there and caught a dolphin show and a Diego/Dora show. Sam got a pretty cool shark toy that ended up in the pool when we got to the hotel, which Sam wore himself out swimming around, jumping in and socializing with other kids his age.

Sunday, we spent the morning at the Chicago Children's Museum (thank you Jill, great idea!). As you can see from the abundance of pictures below, there was no shortage of activities to keep Sam busy and having fun. Max even got to join in on the action in a few places set aside especially for the tiny tots. For $10 a person (teachers get in free!), this was the best value and the most fun to be had during the weekend.

 

 

Packer Fans

Our Packer Fans...yea, I'm not in the picture.

Out With The Old...

Out with the old

In with the new

(Zimmermann Printing Company has actually been around longer than Jacobson/Rost)

The time has come for me to move on in my career. After almost 8 years with Jacobson/Rost, which included the company making a move to Milwaukee about 8 months ago, I've taken a position with Zimmermann Printing Company as a Web & Print Designer/Marketing/PrePress/IT/etc... You might call me the resident technology nerd. It is a great opportunity with a ton of growth potential and I'm ultra excited to be back working in Sheboygan again and getting two hours of my life back everyday. Becky and the boys are excited as well. We're off to a good start this year, here's to a great 2011!

My first day is on January 25, 2011.

Max is 6 months old!

Max is 6 months old and cute as a button!

Sam's 4th Birthday

Sam and his cousin Grayson celebrated their birthdays together with our whole family. They both wanted a hunting themed birthday, complete with field and stream cake and camouflage balloons. Despite the cold temps, everyone went sledding at the local sledding hill and had a blast! Afterwards, everyone came back here to warm up with hot chocolate. Then it was time for pizza, cake and presents. Sam was a very lucky boy and got many wonderful gifts. Staying true to the hunting theme, he especially loved his camo outfit (which Grayson also got and they both promptly put on). He has also spent many hours setting up and playing with his new army guys.

Max's dog was being naughty to Woody, so the army men took action.