a little catch up.

we had Taylor for a week while his mom was in Honduras. Lucky for him he got a bike for his graduation so he packed it a long and we rode 3x.
this is the earth art (as I call it ) and this one spins like a merry go round cool.
a little football in the fountain. now it had been raining when we started out but then stopped as well as it was after dinner so you can see we almost had the place to ourselves.
we went from the zoo all the way to the planetarium and stopped here for my favorite view of the city. then we rode back in the dark. a new ride for us it was really fun. all the paths a very lit so it wasn't really dark but the we saw the sun go down!

Olivias first kid birthday party.

she had it all planned out, first a craft, Grandma came down to take a look.
we had a pinata, water ballons, the sprinkler and pool,

a picnic lunch, little hot dogs and carrots, bubbles and loot bags
opening gifts and cupcakes! it was a great party.

home from Florida, right to the hopital

well we had been home for 8 hours maybe, then this.
you know Gray he doesn't mind the hospital or pain to much

and as you can imagine he is running around as normal
a few lousy stiches won't keep him down. More vacation photos to come when I have more time. I just wanted to update you all on our most expensive outing this week.

Abbie and Chris' shower.

bride, flower girl,flower girl, groom
so are their pictures gonna be great or what? look at those smiles!
aunt lynns yummy cookies. Olivia traded abbie for the pink one.
fun all around. what a happy start to the big fun abbie and chris!

Madison and Sawyers birthday party.

cute cousins


so cute right?even cuter when you find out that olivia took it.

bike ride

FINALLY we got another bike ride in! now you know how I love our city but here is something else I love, finding new things in our city! Like this wonderful park we never knew was there. this is where we ate our dinner.we will be back here for sure.

updates

Monday you guessed it John Hancock check that off our summer list
the 94th floor
Tuesday, the stroms came over and believe it or not this was Bs first time holding the little man. He was fussy but Bs still got the touch and quieted him down in no time.
Liv was SO excited to change Jackson and put him in his car seat.
silly. at the park with the Fenwick running camp. love it.

these go backwards start from the bottom if you care about order

time to play with our new toys!

cakes

each kid decorated their own cake
a baseball, cubs, pink with tinker bell, nemo

they decided to cut the cakes themselves yikes.

shorts from grandpa and grandma lets put them on


the gift of the day, the highlight? the squirt gun fight he had with grandpa (no photos)

The birthday party extravaganza

yep 4 in 1 very efficient

4th of July in the meadows

for our 2nd year we were a part of the Rolling Meadows parade
we even had friends and family in the crowd!