Marla January 16, 2012

And more pool...this time with Stephen

Maureen January 16, 2012

Met Jim & the kids at Fabyan after work today. The snow was mostly melted, but the hill was still slippery.

Miranda January 16, 2012

Who needs toys when you have a box!?

Marla January 15, 2012

They have been playing A LOT of pool lately.

Andrea January 15, 2012

Eating a hamburger on the couch.

Maureen January 15, 2012

Now, it's just a souvenir of a job that I used to have. Worked my last shift there today. As much as I didn't like some of the ways that the store was managed, I did enjoy interacting with the customers as they shopped for nice things to wear. They always had interesting stories about the places they'd be wearing the new clothes.

Miranda January 15, 2012

Some cookies and hot coco with Gaga after sledding

Andrea January 14, 2012

Its weird that you (Maureen) posted a picture about your rings falling off, because I had to remove my engagement ring because I noticed two of the four prongs were broken. We looked at it through the loupe and my diamond was very close to falling out. I was very lucky I didn't lose it.

Marla January 14, 2012

Gianni thought it was too loud at Cole's basketball game. Then later that night we celebrate Vaughn's 20th birthday.

Miranda January 14, 2012

Cole getting a game time talk by his Fabulous Coach!
And, Happy Birthday Vaughn!

Maureen January 14, 2012

Annie putting the cart away, after we ran into the grocery store to pick up a couple of things this afternoon.

Andrea January 13, 2012

There is a small book rack in the West Chicago train station that has books for riders to borrow... Mostly light novels, but nice to have a book in your bag if you have nothing better to do on the train.

Marla January 13, 2012

Heading out to get Stephen...then it's off to the windmill for some sledding.

Miranda January 13, 2012

More snow fun

Maureen January 13, 2012

Last day of the weight loss challenge, today, so we went out to IHOP to celebrate before starting a new weight loss challenge at the park district, tomorrow.
Jim lost 20% of his original weight during the challenge! I lost 12.92%!

Andrea January 12, 2012

The front side of my co-worker Ren. She is 5 1/2 months pregnant with twins!!

Miranda January 12, 2012

Fun, Fun, Fun!

Maureen January 12, 2012

Finally! Snow!

Marla January 12, 2012

Well, they aren't playing basketball today.

Andrea January 11, 2012

Commuters on the train pass their time in many different ways. Today I was surprised to see two different sets of men playing cards sitting right by each other. It was nice to see people interact on what is normally a pretty solitary experience.

Miranda January 11, 2012

Gabriele had his one year check up today - he has a little ear infection : ( So, he got his first antibiotic. He clearly doesn't have a problem with taking it!

Maureen January 11, 2012

We spent some more time exploring out at the West Chicago Prairie again, today. We wanted to get out in the fresh air to take advantage of the nice weather before the cold weather comes.

Marla January 11, 2012

Enjoying the weather before the snow storm comes tomorrow.

Maureen January 10, 2012

Today at work, I moved from one cubicle to another. This is my new one, back in the same part of the building we were in before our last move.

Miranda January 10, 2012

My big boys eating

Andrea January 10, 2012

My work station when I work from home. I find that the adjustable highchair makes a great desk no matter what chair I am sitting on & my laptop doesnt overheat on my lap.

Marla January 10, 2012

I have been suggesting to Cole (for several days) that he should clean out his binder. He carries this binder everyday to every class. To my surprise he did it tonight without me even mentioning it. That binder is going to be so much lighter tomorrow.

Maureen January 9, 2012

We spent some time with Wyatt & Tabitha this afternoon. I took bunches of pics, but this one makes me smile most of all!

Miranda January 9, 2012

This is in Oak lawn - I couldn't believe that it really said it rents rooms for 4 hours! WHAT!!???

Andrea January 9, 2012

My view at work. This is the back of Ren's head. She has that kind of curly hair that makes me SUPER jealous. Of course she hates it!!!

Marla January 9, 2012

Chilling out, watching TV together.

Miranda January 8, 2012

Gabriele (well to be honest, gianni...) opened his presents today - THANK YOU to all of you for celebrating with us!

Andrea January 8, 2012

Going through Bryces Friday Folder (on sunday of course) came across this little gem! I truly wish Bryce knew how smart he is!!

Marla January 8, 2012

Spying on Vaughn and Cole. They were talking to eachother before Cole went to bed tonight. They did catch me taking this picture though.

Maureen January 8, 2012

We did some more exploring at the West Chicago Prairie today. When we were there yesterday, we asked if it was OK to go off trail & enjoy the whole area. That's when the kids can really feel like they're capable of overcoming any challenge that nature (or life) throws in their way.

Miranda January 7, 2012

Our neighbors have a tradition where you put a bible, a beer bottle and a silver dollar out to see what the birthday boy grabs - Gabriele grabbed the silver dollar which means that he will be prosperous. The beer bottle means that the child will be a 'wild child' and the bible means that the child will be a 'do gooder'

Maureen January 7, 2012

What a fun birthday party! Can't believe he's already a year old!

Andrea January 7, 2012

Jenny & I at her 40th bday party.
What fun!!!

Marla January 7, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday, Gabriele!

Miranda January 6, 2012

Happy Birthday to our sweet boy!

Maureen January 6, 2012

Pop quiz at spelling club, today. Both Bryce & Annie got almost all of the 4th grade words right. Everyone should encourage them to work on the 5th grade words and on the words for the final bee.

Andrea January 6, 2012

Wicked Bedhead!

Marla January 6, 2012

Got a call from a bank in St. Charles today. I had entered their contest to win an IPad 2...and I was the winner. How fun! Cole and I are going to share it.

Miranda January 5, 2012

Preparing for Gabriele's party

Maureen January 5, 2012

We took Corey with us out to the nature sanctuary where we've built our fort. The kids made me nervous as they stepped out onto the ice of the marsh.

Andrea January 5, 2012

My least favorite part of my walk home from the train. This is the tunnel that goes under the track & you can't see if there are any bad guys down there.

Marla January 5, 2012

Yes, it is January 5th in Chicago and instead of picking up my shovel I picked up my rake (it was 45ish degrees out). We have one tree that holds onto it's leaves forever and all of these leaves were beginning to bother me. I felt so strange raking around the snowman and polar bear.

Miranda January 4, 2012