I get by with a little help from my friends...

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm,I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

That's what I've been doing for months, whilst not blogging. Hanging out with my friends and family (which are included in the friends category as well). More details you want? Well let's go in reverse chronology because that's the way my memory seems to work... if it works at all. : )

This week I finally went with Mom, Dad and Ben to the ASTA conference in Chicago. Mom and Dad have been going longer than I've been alive and I've never been although I've been asked many times. Mom and I got pedicures and did a bit of the Magnificent Mile. Very fun time and as we were walking back from our shopping on Wednesday afternoon the snowflakes were huge and beautiful.

Last Sunday we had a super fun day with the family. Mom, Dad, Dana, Scott, Suzzy and family came over to our house and then we went to get Christmas trees together! So much fun! We arrived back at our house after snowball fights and 3 trees chopped down to have soup and bread. The amazing soups included Carrot & Squash Ginger soup, Turkey Barley Vegetable and White Chicken Chili. Delicious!! Mike got the tree in the stand this week and I think tonight we will do some decorating.

Last Saturday we had a baby shower/diaper party for Zach and Sarah Stewart. Both were very nice and then we scooted into EL for a birthday dinner for Nate. It was really nice getting together with everyone. We ate at the new hot restaurant in town, Enso, and I will say that it was good, but I think not quite worth the money. I'm not sure if it is the result of a packed house and a kitchen and staff stretched thin... but it definitely won't be a place we return to for dinner anytime soon.

Thanksgiving was a super fun trip to Ohio. Mike's family are all wonderful and they can cook great too! Dinner at Aunt Donna and Uncle Ron's was delicious. We continued my much treasured traditions of the pottery lottery and the thankful napkins. I was delighted to write on my napkin that I was thankful to spend the weekend in Ohio with family and I got 2 gorgeous bowls in the lottery. Aunt Debbie is so talented! We even turned the family onto geocaching and we went caching after dinner. We found two caches with the whole family and it was sooooo much fun! We did some projects around Mom & Dad's house and we also did some more caching in Columbus. It was great fun. We also had a bit of a strange, but good outing on Saturday. We had Mike's 10 year High School Reunion. It was certainly a different experience for me because so many of my high school commrades still live close to us and still are in contact with each other. Maybe it's the differnce of growing up in a small town vs Columbus. It was still strange to meet lots of people who Mike went to school with, especially because I had only ever met one until that evening. It was at a pretty cool location in the Arena District and we had a good time.