Hobbies Galor!

Since moving to WI and buying our first house, we have been relieved to be able to finally have the room. After a great weekend with family over Easter, Eric was able to bring his project car home- 1985 Trans Am. It was pretty neat to see him drive it into his own garage :) Something he has been dreaming about for quite a time now. (He's actually out there right now reving it up...just picture the scene from Old School with Will Ferrel- LOL!) Anyways...Here's a few pictures of the car









While visiting some family this weekend, I was introduced to the Creative Memories by Eric's Aunt. I was so interested that I have booked to host a party and become a consultant! I figured I needed something to do with my time since Eric will be working on the car most of the time now :) Creative Memories is a company that sells scrapbooking supplies along with digital programs to make organizing you photos a lot easier! You can also create invites and many forms of gifts, or simply organize all your digital photos. I'm pretty excited to plan parties and help people get their photos organized as well as creating gifts, invites, announcements!


My Photo Solutions party is on MAY 14th at 1:00pm at my house! Bring a friend and get a FREE gift!! If you can't make it and would like to see what it is all about, visit www.mycmsite.com/cindyesselman . If you have any questions, feel free to call or e-mail me at 715-505-1190 or carrie.esselman@hotmail.com

Home Sweet Home

Well, we did it! Eric and I found our first house and are all moved in. We wern't expecting to find a house so soon, but when searching for houses consumes your life, we were destine to find one sooner or later. We closed on the house on March 2nd and moved in that same weekend. The house was built in 2008 and has only had 1 owner so it was pretty "Move-In Ready". Eric has his 2 car garage and the doggies have room to run and play as loud as we allow them to ;)

Our trips to the mall have turned into trips to Home Depot, Menards, and Fleet Farm. Summer is coming and we can't wait to get outside and utilize our yard and patio. It's taking awhile for me to decide what I want on the walls and what color scheme I want for each room, but since we are going to be here for awhile, I'm in no rush. I will make sure to post some pictures of the inside once I have it more organized.

Housewarming party is not planned yet, but will be in the near future so keep tuned for updates ;)

Back to Wisconsin!

The move was a success...in more ways than one! We have been settled in Wisconsin for 3 months now and still getting used to the new place.

Eric is loving his job at Oshkosh Corp. in Oshkosh, WI. Eric decided to sell his small car and drive his truck to work. We all know how much Eric likes his truck, so he is excited to be able to drive it daily.

I had planned on working in Sales when moving over to WI, but as it worked out, I landed a position at Valley VNA Assisted Living as a Life Enrichment Assistant. I LOVE my job and get to play everyday:). Like any job, it has it's challenges but being able to bring Recreation & Leisure into peoples' lives everyday, is worth every struggle. I am utilizing my degree and am looking to get certified as a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist within the next year (I guess you can say that's my New Year's Resolution).

Mia and Toby have been adjusting to life in WI as well. They went though some barking times and we put a stop to that habit real quick. They now have a new cage equipped with bedding & toys. We all had to get used to bundling up each time to let them out and have both on a leash. Eric and I have gotten pretty good at synchronizing walking to dogs :)

One of the biggest joys of moving back to Wisconsin is and was being able to spend time with our Nephew Drew and to be able to meet our new Nephew Noah, the day he was born. Eric's sister, Pam & her husband Andy, live about 10 minutes away. So having some family close, is just as comforting as we had imagined.

Noah John Sabatke

Holiday Parade in Appleton with Drew

It has been difficult getting used to the apartment living since we had it so good in Mankato with the Duplex/house we were living in. So we have been working hard at saving for a house. We have started looking and talking with the banks as well as viewing a few houses. As we are just starting out, we are trying to take small steps so we don't rush into anything. We are very excited to have a home to call "ours". Stay tuned for updates on the house hunt!