Halloween 2009

The kids "made" some trains!

The kids customized some trains...
Obsesed is putting it mildly!

Been a while since I posted... anyone look at this site...

Shoot me an email if you look at the blog from time to time....

been posting but not sure "there is anybody out there"!

Here are some recent pics... Erins 1st day in 1st Grade, Emmett of to K-2..

Day out at the White-Sox... and a few other bits.

Dominican Republic Trip... was a trip!

We took out 10 yr anniversary trip a month early and had a great time...

Punta Cana is PARADISE!

And yes... I took this last picture... it is not a fake image or screen-saver or something!!! Grand Iberostar resort was amaZing!

Erin and Emmett are GREAT Dancers

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April 2009

Mason and ymms came to visit and everyone had a ball!
Mason and Symms came to visit... can you say house on fire!
Emmie (M.E.) is really biking well this summer...
Erin on the other hand has lost the training wheels and learned to ride like a big girl on day #2!... but Uncle John took great satisfaction in racing her!
Emmie and Erin went to build-a-bear and got these teddies... lots of fun.

Erin's girl-scouts troop had a nice party at the end of their year and then went to build-a-bear.
Erin was in her 1st show... 101 dalmations... she did a great job.
Emmie went to visit Uncle Pat and loved all the animals (especially Monster) and, oh yeah, his cousin too!

Washington DC trip

I had to speak at a conference this week in DC so Molly decided to tag along and bring the kids to all the wonderful museums and sites... so I worked and they played.

Here are some nice pictures of the trip from the few time I was able to play too...

Long story short... DC is a really beautiful place!

Mexico 209

We just got back from a wonderful vacation on the Mayan Riviera (Playa Del Carmen).
Here are some pictures...
At the hotel we had a great room and a wondeful time... here is one of Erin's face paintings!




We celebrated Erin's 6th birthday while we were there at MexDonalds...These pictures are of the Mayan ruins at Tulum.

Below is the beach just below the ruins... Those Mayans picked a wonderful spot!

Erin Loses Another Tooth (#3)

Erin sees $$$ as another tooth comes out.. You can really see the "crazed" excitement in her eyes in this picture!This one is cuter and a little less manic!

Emmett takes a funny spill

They were doing some lines from a cartoon... "Chowder"... and Emmie got a little excited!

More photos and Erin's first Rock Video!

A $25 bottle of water... yes H2o!
Molly pretending to read at the Trump Hotel in Chicago




Erin singing on the Wii... Nanna got her a great game called sing-it, and a rockstar is born!