Maureen December 31, 2012

Diving in to the New Year's weekend

Marla December 31, 2012

We spent some time tonight celebrating New Year's Eve at Donna and Roger's house. We were home by 10:00 to finish our celebrating with Dylan and Lauren. Cole entertained himself (and us) with trying to see how many quarters he could catch off of his elbow. Like they did on a "Happy Days" episode (see this photos comments for a youtube link)

Maureen November 4, 2012

Found some time for archery today

Maureen November 3, 2012

Day two at the zoo

Maureen November 2, 2012

Annie's Girl Scout Troop used some of last year's cookie money to go on an overnight outing at Brookfield Zoo.

Maureen November 1, 2012

Softball's over - time for a new sport to begin!

Maureen October 31, 2012

Ready for trick-or-treating

Maureen October 30, 2012

Hanging out

Maureen October 29, 2012

On her way into school with her drum kit

Maureen October 28, 2012

Decorating for Halloween, using the pumpkins that grew in our front yard.

Maureen October 27, 2012

DuKane Girls Softball League Fall 2012 10U Champs - West Chicago Wolves!

Maureen October 26, 2012

Forty years of laughter & happiness!

Maureen October 25, 2012

They came back from behind to win their playoff game in the rain tonight. Championship game on Saturday morning!

Maureen October 24, 2012

These two inflated black rubber gloves were sitting on top of the paper towels in my Janitorial Supply's closet when I got there today.

Maureen October 23, 2012

Went out to Goebberts tonight

Maureen October 22, 2012

Annie & Jim were switching back & forth between the baseball game & the football game, while Shel & I were watching the debate on the bedroom TV.

Maureen October 21, 2012

We got out to see Allison for a while today!

Maureen October 20, 2012

Maureen October 19, 2012

Such pretty colors this year

Maureen October 18, 2012

Annie & Shel love spending time with Andrea's kids

Maureen October 17, 2012

Dropping her off at school in the morning

Maureen October 16, 2012

Annie wanted to go to American Science & Surplus, today, to spend some of her birthday money.

Maureen October 15, 2012

Small but significant step forward today.
And, look how tall those boys are!

Maureen October 14, 2012

Annie helped me remove the waste canvas from the pillow case that I'd been stitching for her (very late) birthday present.

Maureen October 13, 2012

Origami balloon!

Maureen October 12, 2012

Pretty view while driving Annie to school this morning

Maureen October 11, 2012

Girl Scout meeting after school. Three new girls joined our troop today!

Donna October 10, 2012

 

At Mass they had relics from St. Gianna. After Mass we could actually touch them. They said this was a first, since relics have always been enclosed in a case or something. I held her gloves, and prayed for our family, some in particular...  

About a month ago, Roger greatly cut back my rose bush. The other day, I noticed one pretty bud opening. With this cold, I don't imagine it will last long, but will see.

Maureen October 10, 2012

Last game of the regular season, today. Annie's team finished in first place. Go Wolves! Their first playoff game is next week.

Maureen October 9, 2012

More archery today

Maureen October 8, 2012

We received official word of our layoffs from work, today. I was fine with that news, since we had been expecting it. But, I started to be sad when I went in the bathroom after the meeting & remembered how I used to pump milk for the babies in this bathroom, after I'd gone back to work. So much of my life for the past 20 years has gone on in this building.

Maureen October 7, 2012

Pretty day at Kline Creek Farm, today.

Maureen October 6, 2012

Double-header today, to make up for a game that got rained out last week. It was a cold, cold, cold day out there at the softball field. They mostly played Annie out in the field, but she did catch for a couple of innings, too.

Maureen October 5, 2012

Walking home from 'Tales Tombstones Tell' where we learned about many of West Chicago's Civil War veterans

Maureen October 4, 2012

Cat wandering around Andrea's neighborhood.

Maureen October 3, 2012

I wanted to watch the debates tonight, but was offered an extra cleaning job. Luckily, they had a TV right there in their break room.

Maureen October 2, 2012

More archery today. I love the shadows on this one.

Maureen October 1, 2012

At the Kane County Courthouse today, watching the latest proceedings in Molly's case. I wasn't expecting it, but was physically & emotionally exhausted by the end of it all.

Maureen September 30, 2012

Tried out a new ice cream shop downtown, today. And, took some pictures with 'Happy Jack' to try to win a contest on Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm Facebook page.

Maureen September 29, 2012

In the dugout, after the game (the first one they've lost this season).

Maureen September 28, 2012

They only ask me to clean the 'lockup' at the Police station every few weeks (it's usually done by the weekend guy). They had me sweep & mop in there, today & I snuck this photo.

Maureen September 27, 2012

Talking to the girls at a Girl Scout meeting this afternoon

Maureen September 26, 2012

Using duct tape & an old sock to try to make an arm/wrist guard to use when doing archery.

Marla September 24, 2012

Cole has been working on this pillow at school. He got done with it last week and brought it home today.

Marla September 22, 2012

Eric and I went to a concert at this new music venue in Chicago tonight.

Marla September 21, 2012

This song was playing on one radio station when I got out of the car and on another when I got back in the car.

Marla September 20, 2012

Oh, Happy Day!! I always have some books in my mending pile at school but, I got caught up on repairing them today.

Marla September 16, 2012

Look how much "stuff" we sold. Clean up went really fast...we were home about an hour after the sale ended. And, boy was I tired...I NEVER go to bed this early.