We got iphones :)

 The day after thanksgiving Sandra and I checked out Verizon cause we have old phones and it was time to renew our contract. We were able to get free iphones and it is pretty sweet.
 We are working on getting the Christmas letter made and all the other shopping and things we have to do to pull off Christmas again. Nobody really seems to comment on our Blog and everyone has facebook (except Tom) so if you want to know more about us. Check Facebook. Bye for now

Da Bears!!

 We went to the Bears game sunday 10/28 with our friends Jeff and Nichole. It was around 40 degrees and the girls were very chilly especially with the wind at the stadium. We had an awesome time and got to see the Bears come back in the 4th quarter (which I predicted) The stadium went nuts when Tim Jennings returned an interception for a touchdown.

 One of the best parts was we were able to take a Limo from Rocford to Chicago thanks to Jeff's company. It was awesome being dropped off right in front of the stadium. We had an awesome weekend. Thanks Jeff and Nichole for your hospitality. Saturday night was fun and after 5 bottles of wine between the 4 of us nobody really felt like drinking at the Bears game. We will definitely have to do this again. Hopefully we get the Limo again  :)

Bathroom Remodeled= House Not for sale

 Pictures would go nicely with this post, but No can do buckaroo. This past weekend we remodeled our bathroom. We took out the old vanity and medicine cabinet. Painted the bathroom and installed a new Vanity/sink, Mirror and medicine cabinet. My father-in-law did all the work and helped him out as much as I could. It looks awesome and so that means Sandra is happy (and so am I) so we took the house off the market and will be staying here for a little while longer. I guess you will have to come over and see the new bathroom next time you drive down War Drive.

House 4 Sale

 We are still trying to sell our house and still looking for a house in the Dunlap school district. We have had pretty consistent house showings on our house, approximately 1 to 2 a week. But no offers yet. If we dont have anything by November we will just take it off the market and wait until next year. Whenever we tell people we want to move to Dunlap they all say "Oh wow, Dunlap!" or "thats expensive" Yeah it is but its a great area and the main reason is so the kids and Sandra are in the same school district. We love Northmoor, but they start an hour later than dunlap and it creates havoc with picking and dropping Sofia off at school.
 So we will continue to plug along. What else is going on you ask?  Sofia is in Religious Ed. classes at St. Vincent's on wednesday evenings. She also has piano lessons once a week. There are numerous book fairs, back to school nights and many school functions between sandra and Sofia's schools that it is nice to not have an evening with anything where we can have dinner as a family and just hang out (that is when Vince doesn't have to work 2nd shift which happens 2-3 times a week) Its just a crazy schedule for a crazy family

Sofia 1st grade, new nephew, & Chiefs

 Here is a pic of Sofia on her first  day of 1st grade last week, She loves school and as long as she doesn't talk too much in class she should have a good year and good grades too

 This is my new nephew Rafael. He is so cute and definitely looks like an Iadipaolo

 Then there is Santiago. I won him this monkey at the claw game at Jillians. I also won Sofia a big whale. The kids were cheering "Daddy, Daddy" when I won them the toys. I felt like I won the Super Bowl. They were so happy and I felt like a rock star :)

 Here are some pics from a Chiefs game we went to a week or so ago. Santiago and mommy love cotton candy. And leave it to Sofia to get hurt on the steps and require athletic tape from the trainer to bandage her wounded knee.

Sofia going down the slide!!

Sofia going down the slide!!

St. Jude visit and more!!!

 This is the iadipaolo ghetto waterslide. It was only about 100 degrees a few days ago. and you can only stay inside in the air conditioning for so long. These monkeys needed to play outside so daddy brought out the pool and added slide for some good ol' fashioned water fun. The only downside was Santi falling as he stood at the top of the slide. He was ok. They loved squirting me with the water cannons located at the bottom by the circle floatie (which Santi liked to wear around his neck as he shot me)

Last week was a very crazy week. My brother and his wife had twins, but lost little Ignacio. We went to Kentucky for the heart wrenching funeral. Then it was on to Maryville where sandra's Grandpa was sick in the hospital. I had tests at St. Jude scheduled as I participated in their long term follow up Life Study. I was down in Memphis when the St. Jude runners left to run up to Peoria. It was scorching hot down there and couldnt believe they were gonna run in that heat.  All my tests went well and it was great to go back down there since I hadn't seen the place in about 11 years. St. Jude saved my life as a teenager and I will help them in their research anyway I can.

As I was in Memphis I went to see Graceland. You cant go down there without a visit to "the King" It was fun, but would of been better with Sandra. She of course had to stay back and help with her Grandpa. Life throws curveballs at us and you just gotta learn to deal with them.
 After Memphis I headed back up to Maryville and caught a Cubs/Cards game with some friends before we headed back home last sunday. It is back to work for me and Sandra is trying to enjoy the last few weeks of her summer break. School starts soon. Oh Dear God :)