For Sale...

I mentioned earlier that I am a licensed real estate agent and I just had to share the good news with everyone that I have my very first listing. Does it count that it's my own home? Yes, Robert and I are hoping to move very soon. We've been in our condo for over 6 years and it's getting too small for a family of four. Check out the listing below and start spreading the word. Oh, there will be pictures uploaded within the next few days.

www.340wsuperior601.com

My Kind Of Town...

This past week our family has played tourist in our favorite city. We can't believe how much there is to do and we feel we've barely scratched the surface! Because we stayed here for Christmas this year we decided that we were going to try and take the girls out everyday for a fun activity. Our week started out at the History museum and that was a lot of fun. As you can see from the pictures the girls had a lot of fun pretending to be a hot dog (hold the ketchup please!)

The next adventure was Navy Pier and the ever so exciting Winter Wonderland Fest. If you missed out this year, I highly recommend putting it on your list for the holidays next year. It was fantastic. The girls had a blast. Navy Pier converted one of their ballrooms (170,00sq. ft.) into an amazing festival of fun. There were 2 ferris wheels, 3 rides, a carousel, a skating rink, over 10 sliding/jumping inflatables, over 100 Christmas trees and plenty of tired parents!!! Memories to last a lifetime.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

So, I'm sure you've figured out by now what one of my New Year's resolutions might be...you guessed it- try and update this blog before another year passes by. I'm embarrassed to say that the last pictures on my blog are from Halloween! Okay, that was well over 3 months ago. I guess I decided to breeze right through Thanksgiving into the New Year.

This year we decided to stay home for the holidays. I think that was a great decision because the weather in the Northwest has become somewhat unpredictable in the last 2 weeks. I can't believe the last time I spoke with my mother-in-law she said there was up to 10 inches of snow! That happens in Washington once in a blue moon. I'm sorry for all the holiday travelers out there who were unfortunate and had to either camp out at the airport for days or cancel their travel plans all together. I hope despite the terrible weather throughout that everyone was able to have a wonderful Christmas.

So, for Christmas our tradition here at the Paces starts out on Christmas Eve with the Pajama Elf. You heard right. The Pajama Elf. He comes every Christmas Eve and brings the girls new pajamas to wear for the night. We never get a glimpse of the Elf. He quickly comes to the door...knock.....knock...and then magically disappears. Chloe did not think he would make it to Chicago this year (we have been to the west coast for the last 4 years for Christmas.) She was thrilled to find out that the Pajama Elf, like Santa makes good on all his deliveries!

Start of Fall

Robert and I decided to kick off the fall season by taking the girls to our favorite
pumpkin patch-County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana. We went last year with Chloe's class and had
such a blast picking apples, checking out the kids farm, eating great potato ribbon
fries and corn on the cob that we decided to go again this year.
The girls loved picking out their pumpkins. Sure, I could've gone over to Dominick's and
picked a couple up but it's just not the same. I love the fact that we
can get out of the city for an afternoon and head out to no man's land for some fall fun.

Congrats to the newlyweds!!!

So, my beautiful sister jean had the most amazing wedding this past weekend. My family and I headed to sunny Hollywood, California for the wedding. We rented a beach house in Venice that was a block away from the ocean. It was great waking up every morning to the ocean breeze and walking up to the rooftop and being surrounded by palm trees.

The ceremony and reception were held at the Luxe Hotel in Bel Air. My sister spoiled us and had our hair and makeup done by several celebrity stylists-what a great way to get pampered! She had a number of videographers along with photographers. I swear it felt like we were surrounded by papparazzi :>) I just can't get over how amazing the wedding was from start to finish.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

It's Official....

No pictures here but I did pass the Illinois real estate exam! Yippee! Yahoo! So, with both my girls in school this year, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my free time. I figured that I could not shop for the 9 hours a week I had available to myself-I had to something a bit more constructive and a lot less damaging. I took a 5 week course and Robert was such a big help with the girls every night. So, spread the word I'm a working momma now!

Hello School, Goodbye Summer

I cannot believe that summer is coming to an end. Ava starts school on Monday. I'm a bit sad about that because she is my baby after all. At least I have Chloe for another week before I send
her off to school. What will I do with all my free time?

So, as we say farewell to summer here are some pictures. We did travel to Las Vegas/Utah for
a Pace family reunion. Here are pictures of the girls and their cousins. I think it's great that they have little amer-asian cousins who look just like them!