Visit with Pa-tough guy and "Nita"

After the zoo we headed over to Jack's house for dinner. Alex was feeling much better!

Alex and Pa

We went to the park after dinner! Alex made a friend named Sara.

Softball Season is upon us!

Tonight we took a detour on our way home to see Jenna's softball game! Jenna is #21--Gator! I will refrain from telling you why she has this nickname!

The throw from 2nd base to the pitcher.

I went to the home teams side to take pictures of Jenna batting,
but I had to get a picture of Rick too!

Jenna's first pitch was thrown at her...she did a nice job ducking.

I was impressed how low she got!

But then she made contact....

And ended up with a double!

She ended up scoring a couple batters later! Westside won the game!

More softball to come....

Concerts at Highland School

The 2nd and 3rd grades at Highland have been busy preparing and performing concerts. Last week was the 2nd grade with their "Friends Concert" and today was the 3rd grade with "This Beautiful Land we Share".

2nd Grade
Friends Concert

Mrs. Costello!

3rd Grade
This Beautiful Land we Share

Mrs. Roegner!

Mrs. Rutherford is the music teacher and is in charge of the concerts! She loves what she does.

Our 1st Anniversary!

Rick and I celebrated our first anniversary on Monday. We were happy to have the day off from work. We had a relaxing day together. It is hard to believe that it has been a whole year since we were sharing our vows and dancing the night away at our wedding! It has been a wonderful year being married to Rick and I look forward to many, many more.

Our first dance!
May 26, 2007

Our wedding cake!

May 26, 2008
**The cake was much better than we expected. It doesn't look nearly as pretty as last year, but the taste was pretty close**

Bike the Drive 2008!

This morning I, along with my family, rode in Bike the Drive. My parents have done this a few times before, but it was the first time for Rick and me. We stayed the night at my moms cousin's house. They live very close to Lake Shore Drive. We left their house at 5:30am to get on the path at the south end. We were one of the first people out and had the road all to ourselves. It eventually got busier, but it was awesome! We finished the 30 mile ride in about 3 hours. We made a couple stops and took some pictures along the way.

The sunrise at about 5:40am.

A quick stop-not sure why-but we are next to Soldier Field (where the Bears play).

On the bridge that goes over the Chicago River. Navy Pier is to the right of the picture. We had gone about 8 miles at this point!

Same location, different people!

This is the half way point...can you find us (Rick, my dad, me)?

The view of the Chicago River on our way back. 22ish mile marker!

Mom and Dad!

Rick and me!

Most people started and ended at Grant Park. Since we started at the south end we just stopped in the park on our way back to pick up our t-shirts. After we left the park we had 7.4 miles remaining!

Back at Daniel and Julia's house! Rick, Daniel, me, Dad, Mom, and Julia!

O'WICH in May!

May is almost over, but we spent the weekend at O'WICH for Mother's Day. We had a great time and got some good work done too. Here are a few pictures from our weekend!

Portage--Here we come!!

The sun was setting as we approached the dirt road...very pretty!

Flooding has been a major issue for Cindy and Carlo all spring up at the cabin. The days before we arrived there had been much of the same---water! Carlo tried mowing but was never able to finish and couldn't get the lawn mower back to the house either so he tied it to a tree so it wouldn't float away. I thought this was very humorous!

Rick showing off his muscles! :)

Giving a thumbs up to Cindy and Carlo cutting a piece of wood for the newly installed stairs to the outhouse!

Putting the finishing touches on the stairs!

The nature at O'WICH!

On Sunday the plan was to install drop stairs from the loft. There was a mishap in measuring and this project couldn't be completed. However, we were able to get the futon in the loft and set it up. Rick and Carlo made a great team!

Moo-velous Job!

This is one of the bulletin boards I made this year at my school. This one was to recognize the students that participated in the Variety Show!!

I am very happy with the way that it turned out.