So Logan's Uncle Jeff and Auntie Sam finally had their big to-do celebration wedding extravaganza! We trucked up to Battle Creek Michigan for a few days of family fun. We got to celebrate Logan's second birthday (slightly early) on Wednesday, and had the wedding on Friday. Much fun and love was experienced by all! And Logan was GREAT on the 3 hour drive there and back. Not a peep out of him!
For some pictures of our high adventures, click here.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Summer Fun 2011
Hey Folks!
I have a cranky toddler pulling on my finger and whining, so short and sweet here.
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Pics from Atlanta visit in May
Pics from Easter
Pics from various Children's Museum visits
Pics from Summer 2011
I have a cranky toddler pulling on my finger and whining, so short and sweet here.
Click links to view!
Pics from Atlanta visit in May
Pics from Easter
Pics from various Children's Museum visits
Pics from Summer 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Family vacation 2011
Good afternoon! It's been a while since our last post, but long gone are the days of dressing up the baby and propping him somewhere while I photograph and blog about it! We're constantly on the run these days, chasing Logan, chasing the cats, catching crashing lamps, you get the picture.
Speaking of pictures, I have some to share. They are posted on the Kodak Gallery and you can view them by clicking here.
We had a great visit. Flew into Raleigh/Durham airport in North Carolina and picked up our rental car, a sweet Ford Escape SUV in a great blue color. It hurt giving that back to Avis, I'll tell ya. Drove from there to Greensboro, where my Grandma Lois lives, and spent two nights with her. We indulged in some famous Stamey's BBQ, enjoyed tromping around her great big back yard in the beautiful NC spring weather, and took in the Science and Nature Center. Logan is still knocking on every window and door, Grandma! Your attempts to get that great big turtle to move made an impact on him!
After Greensboro, we drove to Sanford to pick up my Granny and kept on heading south to Ladson, SC where my folks live. Logan got to play with Chase, his future step-cousin, and they had a blast. He studies these bigger boys like it's his job! "Bigger" is a relative term though, because with Chase's 4th birthday approaching he does have a couple of inches on Logan, but Logan outweighs him by a few pounds! We also got to hit the beach one day, and toured historic Summerville. We were blessed with a visit from Auntie Sam and Uncle Jeff. The guys went out golfing, so the ladies chit-chatted and went shopping. We also got to meet cousin Riley. She's a little spit-fire! We got to celebrate her first birthday with her, thus the really cute ladybug cake you see in the pictures.
As our vacation days dwindled, we took Granny back to Sanford, spent the night, and flew home. We missed their terrible weather by days, and were very glad to hear that Granny weathered the tornadoes with no damage to herself or home. Upon our return, Logan and I skipped up to Milwaukee for an overnight to throw Auntie Erin a baby shower (click here for pics). That was more work for her than I had hoped, considering she was the master chef and we were the assistants. But there was no talking her out of the kitchen, that's for sure! It all came off without a hitch and was a beautiful fun celebration of our future neice (and cousin) whom we expect in June!
Blessings to all. I imagine we'll have some Easter and Mother's Day pictures soon. I'll try to post them for all to enjoy!
Speaking of pictures, I have some to share. They are posted on the Kodak Gallery and you can view them by clicking here.
We had a great visit. Flew into Raleigh/Durham airport in North Carolina and picked up our rental car, a sweet Ford Escape SUV in a great blue color. It hurt giving that back to Avis, I'll tell ya. Drove from there to Greensboro, where my Grandma Lois lives, and spent two nights with her. We indulged in some famous Stamey's BBQ, enjoyed tromping around her great big back yard in the beautiful NC spring weather, and took in the Science and Nature Center. Logan is still knocking on every window and door, Grandma! Your attempts to get that great big turtle to move made an impact on him!
After Greensboro, we drove to Sanford to pick up my Granny and kept on heading south to Ladson, SC where my folks live. Logan got to play with Chase, his future step-cousin, and they had a blast. He studies these bigger boys like it's his job! "Bigger" is a relative term though, because with Chase's 4th birthday approaching he does have a couple of inches on Logan, but Logan outweighs him by a few pounds! We also got to hit the beach one day, and toured historic Summerville. We were blessed with a visit from Auntie Sam and Uncle Jeff. The guys went out golfing, so the ladies chit-chatted and went shopping. We also got to meet cousin Riley. She's a little spit-fire! We got to celebrate her first birthday with her, thus the really cute ladybug cake you see in the pictures.
As our vacation days dwindled, we took Granny back to Sanford, spent the night, and flew home. We missed their terrible weather by days, and were very glad to hear that Granny weathered the tornadoes with no damage to herself or home. Upon our return, Logan and I skipped up to Milwaukee for an overnight to throw Auntie Erin a baby shower (click here for pics). That was more work for her than I had hoped, considering she was the master chef and we were the assistants. But there was no talking her out of the kitchen, that's for sure! It all came off without a hitch and was a beautiful fun celebration of our future neice (and cousin) whom we expect in June!
Blessings to all. I imagine we'll have some Easter and Mother's Day pictures soon. I'll try to post them for all to enjoy!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Blizzard 2011 - The "Snowpocalypse"
Tuesday February 1 the snow began. There was plenty of warning, and we were prepared. A lot of Chicagoans thought it was just a bunch of hype, that the news people were blowing it out of proportion. It became evident real quick that they knew what they were predicting! Total accumulation was 20.2 inches, making it the third largest snowfall in Chicago's recorded history.
We truly had enough food to last us a fortnight if necessary, and I was looking forward to have a little time to cook actually. The only thing we feared was losing power, but we were among the lucky and warm ones. (Over 130,000 homes did lose power!)
Jason got off work at 1pm and I had been home with Logan, so we were home safe and sound before the snowfall began; around 3pm it was looking serious. We were very glad to not be fighting the 5pm commute home in this weather. Unfortunately thousands were not as lucky. Three individual accidents on northbound Lake Shore Drive (the major artery I drive daily, and take home from the office) prompted the city to close the road at 7:50pm. All southbound traffic made it off the Drive safely, but the northbound drivers were sitting in their cars waiting for the accidents to be cleared... and waiting.. and waiting. All the while it kept snowing, and after hours, people began abandoning their vehicles. The last people were evacuated from the road at 5:30am on Wednesday... like I said, a commute I was glad to have missed.
Wednesday Chicago Public Schools were closed for the first time since 1999. So was most of the city. Plows were concentrating on main thoroughfares and made no promises about when they might be getting to the side streets. In fact our plow finally came through this morning (Friday). The snow continued until about 2pm, and Lake Shore Drive was a mess and closed until 5:30am Thursday.
We truly had enough food to last us a fortnight if necessary, and I was looking forward to have a little time to cook actually. The only thing we feared was losing power, but we were among the lucky and warm ones. (Over 130,000 homes did lose power!)
Jason got off work at 1pm and I had been home with Logan, so we were home safe and sound before the snowfall began; around 3pm it was looking serious. We were very glad to not be fighting the 5pm commute home in this weather. Unfortunately thousands were not as lucky. Three individual accidents on northbound Lake Shore Drive (the major artery I drive daily, and take home from the office) prompted the city to close the road at 7:50pm. All southbound traffic made it off the Drive safely, but the northbound drivers were sitting in their cars waiting for the accidents to be cleared... and waiting.. and waiting. All the while it kept snowing, and after hours, people began abandoning their vehicles. The last people were evacuated from the road at 5:30am on Wednesday... like I said, a commute I was glad to have missed.
Wednesday Chicago Public Schools were closed for the first time since 1999. So was most of the city. Plows were concentrating on main thoroughfares and made no promises about when they might be getting to the side streets. In fact our plow finally came through this morning (Friday). The snow continued until about 2pm, and Lake Shore Drive was a mess and closed until 5:30am Thursday.
Over 1000 abandoned cars had to be towed from Lake Shore Drive.
The view of our neighbor's car from our living room window.
(You can tell it's a car by the side view mirror sticking out of the snow.)
Our parking lot out back. Note on the left, where the drift is as high as the minivan.
City officials state they do not plow the alleys. Not sure who our plow angel was who cleared the way for us.
Here you may note that the snow is way deeper than Logan is tall.
In fact, it's going up our bedroom window there... about chest high.
That's some serious hat head!
Helping with the inside chores.
Still a big fan of the banana pudding!
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