ANT day

so today was officially national teenager day at the kramer household. my mom really went all out too, busting out programs and photos and video galore. you'll have to double check with alex, but i'm pretty sure it was more beauty queen nonsense than he'd ever seen before haha!

cubs game

last night alex and i had the pleasure of watching the cubs defeat the dodgers at wrigley field! after a day of hanging out downtown with my parents (we saw the bean, shopped at niketown, rode the ferris wheel at navy pier, and had lunch at ed debevic's), we trekked out to wrigley and froze in our seats as the cubs claimed victory :) it was a great day, and we had a blast :)

today we are going to get mine and kayla's lease signed, taking hudson swimming (hopefully), and visiting scott up at northwestern. we love you all a lot and seeing the sights in the city has brought back lots of fun memories!

ALEX IS HERE!!!

well alex made it safely to chicago today :) hudson growled at him when he first got here, but after a trip to the dog park, a shared bag of popcorn (hudson's fav treat, besides peanut butter, which alex also gave him), and a little lovin', they started getting along just fine.

tonight, my grandparents came over to join us for dinner, which was a treat as always. dinner was delicious, and full of fabulous grandpa jokes. i'll leave you with his latest:

"why doesn't the duck fly upside down? so he doesn't quack up!"

memorial day

this weekend was filled with yard work (mulching specifically) and remember the titans (i watched it twice, once by myself and once with my parents and i loved it both times). for memorial day today, i am going to visit my dad's parents and heading to stephanie's for a bbq.

on another note, katy and i have started booking hostels for eurotrip 08! so far we have places to stay in madrid, barcelona, florence, and rome, so that's pretty exciting...still can't believe this trip is actually going to happen haha. any travel tips would certainly be welcome!

lovely saturday

i love being home for saturdays. my dad is outside doing yard work, my mom and i are going to the pet store with hudson, and then planting flowers. it's sunny so we get to be outside, and it's not too hot yet which is great.

no big updates from the home front. as you know, kayla and i found a great apartment in rosslyn for next year, and it's a dog friendly complex so leonidas is really going to happen! the place comes complete with a sunroom that we're offering as a guest room (you get to stay on the futon!) and a bike path to downtown.

alex is coming to visit on tuesday for a whole week, so i'm super excited for that :) hopefully we're going to go to a cubs game, spend some time downtown, see friends from here, and squeeze in some time to just relax.

anyways, that's all i've got for now! until next time.... :)

First Post!

Welcome to my blog! This is my first official post, and unfortunately I don't have time to write much because I'm leaving for Northwestern to see Scott in a show. Anyways, I'm really excited to have this as a way to keep people updated, particularly when I'm traveling and don't have time to send lots of emails. I'll update this more later!