As you can tell by looking at our family blog, I’ve been absent from the blogging world for a month now. January was blog post free…not because of any New Year’s resolution, but because January has been one of the most crazy busy months we’ve had in a while. I’ve accepted that we apparently love living a fast paced life because I always find myself talking about how busy things are…and rarely find myself saying, “wow, I wish we had more to do.” So here is a brief update on the Slavich Family’s January 2010 Shenanigans:
- This month we celebrated both of my parents birthdays, Dad’s on January 16th and Mom’s on January 24th. We celebrated their birthdays by spending time together as a family and we enjoyed wonderful birthday dinners at Longhorn Steakhouse and J Alexander’s. (sorry I don’t have any pics…I’ve been a photo slacker lately!)
- On January 20th we welcomed our newest little cousin, Kamdon Joseph Farrell, to the family. Congratulations to my cousin Kelly, her husband John (our favorite realtor who helped us find out new home) and Jack (the new big brother)! We actually got to meet and hold the little guy on Mom’s birthday…he’s so sweet!
- We kicked off Thursday January 21st by heading to the Fort Lauderdale airport and taking a direct flight on Virgin America Airlines to San Francisco…yes, we made a quick weekend trip (okay, we were there less than 48 hours) to California to visit the Slavich/Richter clan. Before I tell you about our time there, I’ll fill you in on our travel experience. While the plane itself was super cool, including touch screen tv monitors with movies, games (yes…there was Mahjong on the plane!) tv, and music, there were frustrating delays because of crazy rain and wind in SFO. So here’s the dish on our cool plane…. We could also order our food and drink through the touch screen and the flight attendants would deliver it. Plus, it had a quite modern decor: the plastic parts of all the seats were white, black leather cushions on the actual seat, neon purple plexi dividers between the cabins, neon pink lighting on the edges, neon green and neon orange lighted signs, and neon purple lighting above the isles…I’m not gonna lie, it felt like we were either rock stars….or we were in a club.
- Once we FINALLY made it in to SFO, we joined the rest of the family in celebrating Jeff & CeCe’s 32nd Wedding Anniversary! Jeff and CeCe renewed their vows with just the immediate family and their pastor present. It was a sweet and meaningful ceremony, and we are so glad we were there to share that special time with the family. We then enjoyed a fabulous meal and some great hang out time as a family.
- January 22nd, was a day of celebrating as well, just in a different way…we celebrated the life of Danny’s grandfather, Boppie…more formally known as Nicholas James Slavich. He was 93 years old when he died. Because of travel arrangements the memorial service was held on the 22nd so Danny and I could be there. There was a lovely memorial service full of joy, shared memories, laughter, and tears. It was truly a celebration of Boppie’s life and his love for God. We spent time as a family sharing, remembering, and discovering things about Boppie’s life and the family in general as we spent time at Boppie’s home with Jeff’s cousin Mary and her husband Simeon. So many wonderful memories were shared. Then we had some low-key family time, including Jack In the Box/In-N-Out for dinner (we each had our fav). We loved getting to play with our sweet little niece Grace and spend time with everyone. Plus, Danny got to take his dad’s new, very cool and sporty car for a drive.
- January 23rd was another travel day…yes, we headed back to South Florida after a packed day and a half. We hated to leave, but we’re looking forward to seeing Sarah, Justin and little Gracie girl in February, and the rest of the family in April. (Yes Nick…for a WHOLE week…..okay, maybe 5 days…just know we appreciate you giving up your Spring Break!)
- Throughout the month of January we had been renovating and remodeling our new home…it is very close to being done. So yes, there will be a post coming soon of the before & after photos. I knew I would never keep up with posting during the renovations, so as things are winding down I’m going to do a blog post dedicated to the before & after photos of each room of the house. If I had just shown you the “before”s you might not have believed that we would ever finish remodeling (more like gutting) the house. Trust me, we’re getting down to the last details. This month we (with TONS of help from family and friends) finished demo, textured walls, painted, laid tile, added new lighting, installed new baseboard, trim and door casings, got our kitchen cabinets and installed them, bought our new lighting features, and completed a hundred different little things that needed to be done. So watch out for the “reveal” coming soon!
That’s our January in a large nutshell…and I’m sure I have forgotten something important, but those are some of the major events of our month. 2010 is off to a BUSY start, and I’m sure it will continue that way. But it’s also been a great year so far, and I think that will continue as well…Lord willing!








































































