Archive for February, 2009

Cat Land

February 18, 2009

s I have said before, we are staying with my parents who have graciously opened their home to us. However, along with staying with them we also have to live with their 5 cats, yes, I said 5 (one of them is mine…my mom is taking her as well ) Cats are [...]

Home, well sort of!

February 15, 2009

We made it back to Broken Arrow, OK after 2 weeks of training. Once again we had a great trip home, the boys and Caroline did wonderful traveling on the road.
Adam and I used the road time to debrief our training. Our minds are so full of things we need to [...]

Chicago Pizza and Hinduism

February 11, 2009

esterday we went to the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir or a Hindu Temple here in Chicago.  It was very interesting to learn some things about Hinduism.  The temple we went to was quite beautiful with its unique and very intricate details.  The temple itself is built solely out of Italian marble and Turkish limestone, no wood [...]

DownTown Chicago

February 8, 2009

Yesterday we had the chance to be taken around Chicago by a dear friend.  He and his family completely took care of us!!  We had a wonderful lunch in China Town, and then we saw the Water Tower, went up the John Hancock to the 96th floor, bought some chocolate at the Hershey’s store, saw [...]

Little India, big Chicago…

February 7, 2009

Today was a fascinating day.  We went with our team to what they call “Little India” on Devon St. in Northern Chicago.  It was very much like we were in a foreign country.  It was amazing to me that I could feel like that in America.  Evidently Chicago is known to have many ethnic groups.  [...]

Cold Days in Chicago…

February 3, 2009

We made it to Chicago, (Elgin) on Sunday afternoon.  We had an amazing trip, the kids traveled really well…we had lots of movies and snacks to keep them entertained.
Our apartment here at the training center is great.  The boys have adjusted well too being in a new place.  Cairo is actually sleeping in a big [...]