Happy 4th!

Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July!

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Red Sky

Near our home.

Reminds me of the saying "Red sky at morning Sailor's take warning, red sky at night, Sailor's delight. "

Take me out to the Ball Game!

Well, Mel used his corporate tickets to the Cubs game to take Me, Alexandra and his Mom and Dad. It was Alexandra's first Cubs game! They won in the 13th inning! Our seats were so close we could get up and go touch the Cubs dugout! 4th row behind the dugout. Too bad it was such a hot day, but we were all troopers. Taking the time to get into the shade and get some icy stuff when we needed it. I paid plenty of attention to put sunscreen on the little girl, totally neglecting myself - so of course, my sunburn is still red and painful! We had a GREAT time - thanks Mel!

Chicago Botanical Gardens

Well, just to round out our May of going to the Arboretum and Horicon Marsh, we went to the Chicago Botanical Gardens. It is a great time of year to go and it was a beautiful day. The weather was absolutely perfect. My favorite part was actually the Green houses - the orchids were simply stunning.

Horicon Marsh

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We went hiking on Memorial day in Horicon Marsh, WI. What a perfect beautiful day.
While hiking we saw tons of wildlife, mostly birds, like this purple martin. There are more pics on the picasa site for those interested.

Morton Arboretum

This saturday we went to the Morton Arboretum for Kyle's Birthday. We walked around and drove around to get to see some of the beautiful trees and flowers in bloom. While driving to the next section on our map, we noticed this sign pointing across the road to a wonderful crab apple tree in bloom. It just struck us as funny that there is a 'tree of the month' at the arboretum. I kinda thought they wouldn't play favorites there.

Spain

This picture reminds me of Spain -yes Spain. You see back in May of 2007, Kyle and I decided that we would start our family, and we were in Spain. We were wandering around a few shops in Grenada (our favorite Spanish city) and came across this Orange top. It just seemed perfect for a little girl. And now it is 2 years later and we have a perfect little girl to wear it.