Our Trip to Great America - August 27th, 2008

So Tim and I took the kids to Six Flags Great America with some friends yesterday, Kevin, Sam and Dylan (pictured on the right above). Three hours there for some reason seemed like forever, but we had fun. Here are a few pictures of our adventure. Below is a picture of the boys walking in.

Kylie LOVED the lady bug ride in the National Park. I think she rode it Three time! The third time, the boys finally joined her.

Here's a shot of the kids walking together, actually listening to us!

Kylie and I on the Wiggles ride in Wiggles town.

The three kids on the boat ride in Camp Cartoon. Kylie was insistant on riding the helicopter ride, but the boys were still playing in the ball pit area. So she made a new friend and went on anyways!

Tiffany and Ryan's Wedding - Aug 23, 2008

Tim's youngest sister got married on August 23, 2008. Caleb and Kylie [and Tim] were all in the wedding. We took Kylie with for a manicure pedicure. She only had to have her toes touched up once before we left. Not bad for a two year old. Half way into my pedicure, she yells out... I have to "poop". Had to take a break from my relaxing pedicure to take her. I was so worried she was going to do that during the ceremony, but she didn't!Here is a shot of Tiffany with the groomsman. Tim is on the far right, with Brandon [his brother] right next to him.A couple of shots with Grammy and Grampy! Kylie was a great flowergirl, despite the fact that she yelled at me when I tried to show her how she should throw the petals on the ground. She wanted to keep them in her basket, so she picked them back up. Then, proceeded down the aisle with Caleb. Oh well! At least she walked. She got the hang of it for the walk out though, because she dropped the petals then!

Here is a shot of the two of them waiting patiently for pictures they both did SUPER! By the end of the night they both crashed! Kylie didn't even make it through dinner. PASSED out on grammy arm about 8:45p. LONG DAY! Tim went and got the pack and play from the hotel room and we put her down. Caleb lasted another couple hours before he crashed too, and we were able to put them both in the same pack and play! Here are just a couple random shots from the rehearsal! Too cute not to share! Kylie was driving her "car"... yes the highchair! This is Caleb with Ryan, the groom's, niece Sarah. She just loved climbing on him. And Caleb loved the attention!

My First Chicago Bears Game~21Aug2008

I was SO excited for my very first Chicago Bears game! Don and Debbie took us and we had an absolute BLAST! They are pictured below. We had super seats in Section 333. Row 2 Seats 1-4. I must say, when we first walked out to go down the stairs, my heart nearly stopped! STEEP stairs and a few stories up NOT a good combination for someone who is deathly afraid to heights... ME!! But after the first walk down the stairs, of which I made Tim walk in front of me in case I fell... I survived and the rest of the trips up and down were no so bad! Great Seats though and a GREAT view of the game!! Definitely a highlight for me!!

Catching up!!!

So here are just a couple pictures of a few fun events we had over the course of the last few weeks. It's been crazy busy as usaul, and I went out and got a second Job on top of it all. I started Coaching gymnastics at Ultimate and I am so excited! Here is Caleb and Kylie -TOGETHER- in the stroller after a fun evening at Lake Villa Days on Aug 1st. On August 8th and 9th, we had our Class of 98 10 year reunion! WOW ten years already! Kinda crazy!! There are SO many pictures from that night I only grab two. The first picture is from the mixer at Jessie Oaks! A very fun night! And the second is us at Austin's where is was a little more formal. Good turn out, but we probably could have gotten away with just one night! And of course... the Gurnee Days Parade. Couldn't miss that! It was nice and hot in the sun, but it felt so nice to be outside! The kids loved it! Got a HUGE bag of Candy too!