St. Patrick's Day Weekend

The weather this weekend was too good to not take advantage of, so we started it at the nicely wooded dog park with Daisy girl and then headed for a round of golf before going to see an Irish band at night. We spent all day Sunday Spring cleaning and taking care of life maintenance items, which felt very good, and the finished it off with a braai! This weekend was so good that I wanted to place it on here to remember that stepping back from a crazy schedule is healthy and, sometimes, necessary.

From Cub to Boy, Carter Advances in the World of Scouting

Carter graduated from the beginning levels of cub scouting and became a BOY scout last Saturday. Carter stands with his peers in the pics below during the 'passage' ritual.

Happy Birthday to Mom!

We celebrated my mother's birthday at a local restaurant with the immediate gang. It was a fun night with great conversation and many laughs, mostly initiated by our youngest family member, Carter :)

Catching Up and Chicago

Oh man, I thought this might happen.  Technically, I haven't given up on my mission to take a picture everyday.  I just haven't posted the pictures I take everyday.  I have a long back log of pictures to post, which will (hopefully) happen soon.

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I went to Chicago in January of all months!  I visited my friends who recently moved back to their hometown and they showed me a great time.  I didn't have a lot of time to tour the city, but I managed to fit quite a few touristy things in and experienced the must-haves of Chicago cuisine.  I can't wait to go back when it's warmer outside to frolic around the city and shoreline.  Although, I guess I experienced true Chicago weather in the month of January, as the wind was harsh and relentless.

SLUSH!

Fellow Bean-ers.

Bean theatre

Chicago, baby!

No waterfall :(

Quickest way to learn if you are afraid of heights is to jump right in and then crawl back out while laughing and crying at the same time!  Yup, this is me terrified of being 103 stories above the streets of Chicago. 

I recovered enough to get a decent pic in one of the boxes.

Justin fears NOTHING!  Spectacular view of Chicago.

 

Mini Meat Pies

16/366 - homemade meat pies

Keeping Up

Car keys, gum, and coffee. These things pretty much sum up what I've been doing for the last week - always driving to work/home, munching on gum to hold me over until my next meal, and coffee to keep me awake for all of the fun...

15/366 - keeping up

The Little Things

Today's picture is a snapshot of a fb album of pictures I took of my friend's baby boy. Seeing them online after a long day makes me happy and even happier that my friends will have these pictures to look back at when their little guy isn't so little anymore.

14/366 - the little things