another great day

we started at B's bone Dr. where to our delight he said he can get the cast off in 2 weeks( 1wk early for good behavior) and the Dr. is near the zoo so here we are in the fountain.
and Lincoln park, underdog!

we still have "skinny j" looks like we will have him at least 2 months now
B exspecially liked this photo that shows off his 6 pack

I totally remember doing this as a kid. I love when my kids love the same things I did.
then back to the zoo. The lions and tigers where as active as I ever saw them it was great.
this is a weird pic but we watched her clean off these huge bones for the cats it was really something

liv took this one cool hua

this is how close we were to this huge Lion. his nose was as big as my palm and we even heard him roar which was awesome!
topiary at the zoo
and ended with climbing trees what a great summer activity


I put this one in because G is actually smiling and we don't see that to often

I'll say it again I LOVE THE BODY OF CHRIST!

David and the boys went with Rob to see the Cubs in Milwaukee.
a full house (notice the guy in the fox hat he had it on the whole game)
cubs win 6 to 4! what a great day, cubs are still in first! thanks Rob you're the best!

fun with friends

my Friday Bible study had a BBQ/swim party great fun for a summer afternoon.



this is to show you how B has to swim, bummer

another baby for a while

baby J joined us last night for a while,never a dull moment around here

Happy birthday Brooke

ok I put this one on 3 times and on my computer it is turned but then blog spot puts it on turned sorry guys I don't know why. Anyway little A made the birthday cake complete with loads of sprinkles!

some of the kids here to celebrate
this is a winner, click to enlarge this one and you can see the "loads of sprinkles" flying away.

I love this one! you can guess why
yummy cake
I am so happy today was the first day that she would smile for my camera. I guess she has figured me out.
Find B if you haven't had a chance to sign, you can sign right next to Frank!

what we've been up to

thankfully B can still ride his bike. Wed. we took a night ride to navy pier to see the fire works always fun.
Thurs. we went to play with Friends


and ice cream is always a good idea

our weekend

this weekend David and B went on a father son get away so we had our own fun here. you already saw the parade, phone and wings but here is Sunday and Monday.
we camped out in wendys back yard, some friends also came to join the fun
monday we went to the beach

sarah was a real trooper to take sky and KB on the paddle boat. Skys date fell asleep
then for lunch we came back to make CPBC style hobo dinners (T and Skys idea) we used to call them tinfoil dinners I think that is more politically correct.
Sky was in charge of cooking the hobos
here we are feasting on delicious camp food. we left about 4 to head back to city life and pick up B and d at ohare. it sure was an adventure

more bad news for B

we went to see the ortho Dr, and he said a hard cast it is. So sad for the summer, we have already ordered a waterproof bag for getting wet. But he is kinda bummed about the outlook on his summer. We go back for new e-rays in 2 weeks and the hard cast is to stay on for 5 weeks then back to the velcro cast ugh! The Dr. said that the worst breaks he sees come in his office are from skate boards and encouraged me to remove the wheels from it and use them for another purpose "like your tv cart"

Bethels first ever parade!

a little fun after the parade

and ended with ice cream
the beginning
middle
and the messy end, take not how clean his younger cousin is. and this picture doesn't even show all the sticky that was there.