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				<title><![CDATA[Update, Updates]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:07:05 CST</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Since it's been sometime (since before Christmas) I figured it was time to update you all on our lives once again.  Our little girls both enjoyed Christmas very much, unfortunately Gretchen who destroys EVERYTHING otherwise wasn't too interested in opening her gifts but  she's certainly enjoyed her new toys since.  Her favorite seems to be a very noisy lawnmower that we maybe shouldn't have gotten her :)]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Woot!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:30:48 CST</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have heard Mary or I talk about <a href="http://www.woot.com">Woot</a> before. It's a site that sells one item every day, starting at midnight central time, at a discounted rate. Most of the time it is some sort of electronic gadget. Shipping is always $5 regardless of the size or weight of the item you buy. The item is available until it sells out or until midnight the next day, whichever comes first. They really have some great deals sometimes.]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Fun, fun, FUN!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:54 CST</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[This past weekend we went to a Chicago Wolves hockey game (THANKS VIENNA BEEF!!) Derrik won tickets through a facebook contest and the four of us got to go for free!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Another weekend, another party!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:40:16 CST</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[This Saturday were heading "home" to Indiana. Grayce will have her final party of her 6th birthday celebrations :)  Saturday we get to see family, eat cake, and have fun! I'm trying to talk Derrik into also going to a show on campus friday night, really want to see Maps and Atlases and Green Room Rocker (shout out to an old friend Ron!)]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Grayce is 6!!!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:43:41 CST</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Grayce turned 6 yesterday!  I can't believe it's been 6 years since she came into our lives!  Our little girl is getting so big!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[It's getting harder and harder to support Huet]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:22:31 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Many of you may not understand my title here, however if you keep up with the Blackhawks you will. The Blackhawks finally have a SPECTACULAR team but our goalie is subpar, and this is being kind.  ]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Busy Busy Busy!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:28:59 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We are at the busy time of year now! There are a lot of birthdays, anniversaries and holidays to cover in just a few short months.]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Birthday Baby!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:32:20 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gretchen turned one on Tuesday! I can't believe our little girl is one.  She had a blast at her party and seemed to really enjoy the cupcakes, florescent pink may not have been the best choice :)]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[18 days]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:12:22 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Our little girl is going to be 1 in just 18 days!  It is absolutley unbelievable how quickly the time has passed.  It seems like just yesterday we were still in the hospital!!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Another busy weekend!!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:22:08 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Summer Sunset Festival is weekend, and what a beautiful perfect weekend it will be!  Saturday we will head out to the parade, this will be Gretchen first parade so I'm very excited to see her reaction to it all!  She really likes music and has started dancing recently so hopefully she'll enjoy it!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[A Long, but Fun Weekend]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:24:05 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mary's parents came up this weekend to go to the Indycar race in Joliet with us. Her sister, Jasmine, came as well to watch the girls. Jasmine, Mary and I went to see Inglourious Basterds Friday night, which was awesome. The opening scene was incredible. There was a lot more subtitling than I expected, but it is a movie set in Nazi-occupied France, after all. It was a fantastic film though and I highly recommend it.]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[They're baaaack!!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:07:49 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We missed them terribly, toward the end of the week I was going through serious withdraw!!  So glad that they are back and that we got a short visit with my Momma! (thank you again for bringing them!)]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[2 down, 4 to go]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:17 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It's amazing how little time it takes to miss your kids unbearably when they are away.  We've been away from the girls for 48 hours and I can't wait to get them back already!!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[A week without children!?!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:25:16 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The girls are going to be in Lafayette next week with Derriks parent's first, and then mine.  It's going to be terrible being away from them for so long, but I also can't wait to have a few dinners alone with my husband.  Eating a meal without children is such a luxury! Haha.]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Short little update]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:45:50 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We had some big happening yesterday, thought we should update you all!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[New Site ]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:25:36 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Derrik has been working diligently on a brand new site, and isn't it pretty?  He's found out that his talents reach beyond what he knew before and has created the entire site all on his own. Pretty neat!]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[I'm really bad about this. ]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:10:13 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I honestly don't know where the time goes.  I felt like I just updated this, yet it's been almost a month since I have.  Ahh!  I guess time flies when you're having fun, right?]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[I've been neglecting my responsibilities!!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 13:51:19 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I haven't updated this since BEFORE vacation. Oops.  We went on vacation, came home and a weekend later went to the Indy 500 again.  Sure do love those free tickets.  Dad has always said that the 500 gets in your blood.  I really and honestly believe that now.  I LOVE the 500. The atmosphere, the camaraderie, the cars, the smells.  It's all amazing.  The sound of the vehicles alone gives me goose bumps.  ]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Can, not, WAIT!!]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:52:24 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Our vacation is just under 3 weeks away.  I can't believe that we are going to be on a vacation, without children, in such a short amount of time!  We've been trying to get ourselves as prepared as possible, creating lists, purchasing items that we'll need ect. and I swear we think of something new every day that we get closer to our departure.  It's one thing to pack for ourselves for the week, but also for two children, one being 7 months old.. makes things a little more difficult! As you all can imagine.]]></description> 
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				<title><![CDATA[Update, Update...]]></title> 
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:03:01 CDT</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[All is well, Derrik and I purchased a new laptop.  The old computer (that Derrik has had since he was 16) has finally pretty much died.  It still works, sure. But it's SLOOOW.  Therefore, Grayce (and eventually Gretch) get to take possession of it.  I am liking the laptop, it's kinda fun to lay in bed, watch Office re-runs on TBS and type an update to you all, ahhh technology!]]></description> 
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