A Day in The Windy City

While Grandpa and Steve were golfing, the kids and Grandma and I walked around Grant and Millennium Park.  Grandma Rosa just didn't get the idea that I wanted nice pictures with her and the grandkids.  That the kids might just want a nice picture with her and them.  We don't have any that I can think of.  We started out with her out of the picture entirely.  Then we moved on to everybody pose as if you are choking the guy next to you.  Then we worked up to a hug. And finally a nice one, but Eliza wasn't into smiling by this point.  

Also, we thought these three girls made for a fun scene.  I don't know who had more fun, them, or us!

Okay, okay,

I could not come up with something really witty to talk about comparing these two pictures, so why bother.  I just think it's amazing how much Mat looks like dad.  There, I said it.

Mary Beth and Aunt Marilyn come to visit

They were in town for an agility dog show.  All three of MaryBeth's dogs perform.  Frankie, the lab, is the most championed in agility training, which is running over teeter totters, weaving through cones, and going through a variety of other obstacles.  The black dog is Ricochet (Rico), is 13 years old and is a Keeshound.  The final dog is another Keesh and is named Rev.  He is still a puppy (2) and is a pure bred.  Mary has had him in traditional dog shows similar to "Best in Show" and Westminster Kennel Club, but she feels he is just not happy doing that.  He prefers the agility best.  Aunt Marilyn has never seen the movie "Best in Show", but she tells me that the dog owners are fun to watch as they are a bit loopy about their dogs.

This is Eliza typing now;

I'm here telling you about the pup tent. Mary Beth And Aunt Marilyn bought a pup tent for the dogs. Mostly Rev.  Why did she buy it? Whenever they go out of town for a show, she brings it along so when they go to a hotel, she sets it up and lets Rev sleep inside. Why? In the middle of the night, when Aunt Marilyn or Mary Beth turn or yawn, Rev wakes up, and all of a sudden he goes like WHAT? IT'S TIME TO GET UP? OKAY! WALKING HERE I COME! LET'S GO! and stuff. when I first heard it, it was HILARIOUS. I hope you enjoyed that story! 

Another First--Swim Meets!

Eliza does really well!

First Season of Lacrosse

I promised Eliza I would blog about her lacrosse season.  I, sadly, was only able to see her play games on one Sunday this season.  But she played awesomely.  She loves the game, too, so I'll be sure to be blogging about it in the future.  She is number 6, wearing the black capri pants.

Eliza the Author and Spa owner

Eliza for years has been creating books.  She is very enthusiastic initially and then she tends to lose interest.  In other words, she'll make a first page, and then find something better to do. This latest book had me laughing because I've never thought of lotion as a fashion item.

A good day to tube

We didn't have much consistent snow this year but when we got it, we tended to get a bunch of it.  These pictures have been in my camera for a while, sorry.  We finally had a decent (not freezing) weekend day.  We headed out to a sledding hill for only an hour or so but they had a blast.  Tubes were by far the fastest things that we saw on the hill that day except for the lunch trays.  I'm not joking.  Adults were hopping on serving trays that you would normally see at cafeterias and they were flying!  They had a hard time hanging on, but it sure looked like fun!