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Alayna and I were invited to attend a baptism for one of her friends. It was a long drive up north to get to the little church where the baptism was held, but it was fun to spend some time together with just the two of us. On the way home, we stopped at a…
The #1 item on Matthew’s summer bucket list has been to organize a baseball game with all of his friends. It’s always so hard to work around summer vacations, so I didn’t have high hopes that I would be able to get together a large enough group to play. But I must have picked the…
I have been promising the kids all summer we would take a trip to the beach. However, the thought of finding parking at one of the beaches in Chicago always makes me so nervous that I have to push the thought aside! I finally invited one of my more daring friends to join us on…
My wonderful husband gave me a gift, but I was a little afraid to use it. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to make the most of it. Could I trust myself not to squander it? I made a request. And he granted it. “Could I have just one day alone?” Of course,…
I took the kids back to Waterfall Glen for another ride around the forest preserve. This is the third summer that all three of the big kids have been able to conquer the 10-mile loop. The ride has some decent hills, so it definitely give the kids a challenge! Adding the extra weight of the…
At the end of the spring, I was challenged to make two lists. One list should include the things in life that drain me. On the other list, I should think of the things that fill me up. This has been an interesting challenge for me. When life gets full of all of the draining…
The kids have some fabulous friends who they play with nearly every day. We decided to have them both — a brother and sister — over for a sleepover. Our kids spend lots and lots of time at their friends’ pool in the backyard. So, for a change of pace, we went to the evening…
Meet Matthew. Matthew loves math. Matthew loves baseball. Matthew loves math and baseball. Every morning, I find Matthew studying the math of baseball. He can rattle off all sorts of information about the statistics of professional teams. He also studies the statistics of his baseball league. Today I caught him sitting at the computer with…
When I saw Uncle Kevin’s big field of corn, it was calling me to take a 4th of July family photo. We took these right before the sun set on July 3. I attempted to copy a photo idea I had seen on Facebook. The one I copied was at a wedding. The bride and…
The weather has been crazy the past few days. I think the temps hit at least 100 degrees every day we were on the farm, and we also had some storms with hail and lightning. Each evening, I looked for the sunset across the cornfields and on the last night of our visit, I finally…
