Farrell Family Daily Photo Blog

Tuesday, May 22

Maureen May 22, 2012

Tonight was signup night for summer band. Annie ended up choosing percussion. Bryce chose Saxophone.

Monday, May 21

Maureen May 21, 2012

Marzipan & Henry - our youngest and oldest cats

Miranda May 21, 2012

I've got big plans for this furniture. Thank you Sally!

Sunday, May 20

Maureen May 20, 2012

Trying to see the eclipse. Not sure if we ever saw it in the pinhole box, but think that I might have seen a glimpse of it while dangerously looking quickly at and then away from the sun.

Saturday, May 19

Marla May 19, 2012

We took Cole and a friend to a new place in St. Charles (Under the Big Top).

Miranda May 19, 2012

Boys were wore out after Mama's birthday! Saturday morning cuddling

Friday, May 18

Miranda May 18, 2012

No other way I would like to celebrate my birthday, other than holding this little boy's hand.

Thursday, May 17

Wednesday, May 16

Miranda May 16, 2012

Gianni awoke from his nap and then fell back asleep on the couch. I think the cat enjoyed having someone to cuddle with!

When Tim let us use this metal detector, he warned us that it was a kid magnet at parks. We weren't there a minute before a crowd started to form. Didn't find anything more interesting than old bottle caps today, but we're looking forward to getting out there again!

Tuesday, May 15

Miranda May 15, 2012

Nothing says Summer like saying "Cheers" with Popsicles! : )

Maureen May 15, 2012

So, so proud of Allison! She was inducted, today, into the Honor Society for the National Communications Association.

Monday, May 14

Miranda May 14, 2012

Maureen May 14, 2012

Shel won a gift certificate for Prosek's Greenhouse in a raffle basket earlier this spring. We went shopping with it after school today & got all kinds of fruits & vegetables for the yard.

Sunday, May 13

Maureen May 13, 2012

We moved the bean teepee to the other side of the house, this year, since the kids 'hole to china' is right in the spot where we used to have the bean teepee.

Miranda May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day!

Marla-May 13, 2012

Mother's Day

Saturday, May 12

Miranda May 12, 2012

Cubs bus trip

Maureen May 12, 2012

One of Allison's professors at North Central had a children's mystery novel published this week. She got the kids an autographed copy & Annie decided to bring it with to the park & read it up in a tree.

Friday, May 11

Miranda May 11, 2012

Gianni waited so long for the ice cream man tonight!

Maureen May 11, 2012

When they were finally big enough to leave the front yard on their own & head off down the sidewalk, they used to have secret meetings at this tree on the corner.

Thursday, May 10

Miranda May 10, 2012

Happy 4 years of marriage!

Marla-May 10, 2012

Playing Risk.

Maureen May 10, 2012

Her team's doing really well this year. They're definitely winning more than they're losing. And the games are more fun to watch as they are more evenly matched with the other teams that they're playing this season. Maybe it's just that all of the girls are getting older & more experienced, more skilled.

Wednesday, May 9

Miranda May 9, 2012

Gianni used his birthday money from Uncle Tim today and bought a scooter. He was nervous about it at first but has become a natural!

Maureen May 9, 2012

Shel went in to get his blood drawn, today. We should know the IgE levels by next week, letting us know if he's still allergic to milk.

Marla-May 9, 2012

Cole's principal's name is Mr. Bleau (pronounced blue) today the students were supposed to dress in blue to surprise him. Thanks to Clint's morphsuit Cole was really blue. And, then look what arrived in our mail today...our Secret Colours vinyl...it is so pretty (it comes in all different colors-we didn't know what color we were going to get)

Tuesday, May 8

Marla-May 8, 2012

It was a beautiful day to go up to Lake Forest and move Vaughn out of his dorm room. And, then Eric and Vaughn had a softball game. The team is made up of fathers and sons all right around Vaughn's age (they all grew up playing with and against eachother).

Maureen May 8, 2012

And, band concert tonight. Now, we can retire the band/orchestra shirts until next fall.

Miranda May 8, 2012

A shredding party!

Monday, May 7

Maureen May 7, 2012

Orchestra concert tonight

Miranda May 7, 2012

This is Gianni's "party" that he wanted me to invite you all to. He decorated himself! Also, don't worry about the chocolate hand print on the window. Gabriele decided to eat all of the dessert at the party!