Miranda July 15, 2012

Maureen July 15, 2012

After the parade, today, we went & spent some time (and money) at the carnival.

Maureen July 14, 2012

We went out to see the puppies that we'd been fostering at their first adoption fair, today. On the way home, we stopped at Ferson Creek Park & I let the kids swim around in the Fox River for a while.

Marla July 14, 2012

Went to Chicago to see Secret Colours at Windy City Ribfest. It was raining pretty good right before their set time so their set was cancelled (even though it had stopped raining a little bit into their set time).

Miranda July 14, 2012

Morning bike/scooter ride

Maureen July 13, 2012

Checking out the carnival at Railroad Days

Miranda July 13, 2012

Meeting Emmeline Marie, our friends baby.

Maureen July 12, 2012

Tried out the Splash Pad at Pioneer Park, today. All of the kids enjoyed it!

Miranda July 12, 2012

Gianni watching over his sleeping brother

Maureen July 11, 2012

Went out to Dyer Nature Sanctuary to find a geocache on our way to the pool today. Our fort did not survive the storm last week. But, it should be fun to re-build it in the upcoming months!

Miranda July 11, 2012

A Gianni picture - I think it's cool though!

Marla July 11, 2012

We went to watch Miranda play volleyball and Eric ended up playing with them. Then later Dylan came and played too.

Miranda July 10, 2012

Jen July 10, 2012

First time Gilly went on James head.

Marla July 10, 2012

Gianni the viking

Maureen July 10, 2012

This puppy is all tired out.

Miranda July 9, 2012

Upside down

Marla July 9, 2012

Maureen July 9, 2012

We bought her a new bed frame and new box spring at St Vincent DePaul, today. They have a deal to sell them new for a really good price. So, she's finally got a full-sized bed to sleep on!

Miranda July 8, 2012

Marla July 8, 2012

Wilco concert at the Cougars stadium.

Maureen July 8, 2012

She was sad because sun screen was in her eyes. The puppy was trying to cheer her up.

Miranda July 7, 2012

Dinner

Marla July 7, 2012

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle-Road Rally 2012

Maureen July 7, 2012

The winning Road Rally team!

Miranda July 6, 2012

Waiting for a train to come

Marla July 6, 2012

Making our Road Rally shirts.

Maureen July 6, 2012

Practicing archery before the big game tomorrow

Miranda July 5, 2012

My boys were so wiped from the holiday, that they were in bed by 7:30pm so they didn't get to see fireworks : ( So, we did sparklers and bubbles at out neighbors tonight instead.

Maureen July 5, 2012

We spent some time at a magical land where the floors were made of ice, today. Ahh, it felt so good in there!

Miranda July 4, 2012

Happy 4th!

Marla July 4, 2012

4th of July pool volleyball and trying to cross snake road.

Maureen July 4, 2012

Jim had a big Dino Jump event at a megachurch in Hoffman Estates, today. We all went along to help out.

Miranda July 3, 2012

Maureen July 3, 2012

Thank you, thank you, thank you all!

Miranda July 2, 2012

Finally - look what I got in the mail!

Maureen July 2, 2012

Annie's had the classroom hamster all month. We were supposed to turn it over to the next kid yesterday, but with all of the excitement, we haven't been able to contact him. After hooking up the generator & turning on the air downstairs, we moved Fluffy down to Shel's room to keep him cool.

Miranda July 1, 2012

More Luau pics...

Marla July 1, 2012

Maureen July 1, 2012

Yikes!

Miranda June 30, 2012

Luau!

Maureen June 30, 2012

The puppies dug a hole under the fence opposite the hole that the kids had already dug on the other side of the fence, thereby making their escape! Annie saw them come through & brought them back in. Then Shel & I cut some junk trees down so that we could move the dog house over a few feet, blocking their hole.

Miranda June 29, 2012

Maureen June 29, 2012

Shopping!