Congratulations Mom & Dad

 Congratulations to my Mom and Dad who are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. 

31 years...

and 6 children later...

Still madly in love!!

Fall Football

 We live close to Soldier field so our extra parking lots have been packed full of Bears fans on game days. Since football season is now in full swing we were getting anxious to see some games.  Kee-won got a bunch of us together for the Northwestern vs Purdue game this past weekend. It was a beautiful day for football and we had an awesome barbeque afterwards. 

Ryan Field

 A few of the kids that came to watch the game.

Our first Big Ten college game!!

Lessons Learned

So today I've learned a few things about conjunctivitis (pink eye)...

1. It is disgusting

2. There are many different varieties

3. Waking up with it is painful

4. It is HIGHLY contagious

5. Doesn't make supervisors very happy

6. Leads to a five-day work vacation...

I should be a little more excited about that 5 day weekend but to tell you the truth, I'd much rather have a healthy eye! Hope everyone is enjoying their friday and has a wonderful weekend. I'm sorry for all those in MT with snow in the forecast.  Chicago, however, is predicting an 80 degree weekend!!:)

Playing Tourist

Josh and Trese came to visit for a few days and it was so nice to have them here!  Jason has been bragging up Chicago's architectural boat tours for a while now so we decided to try it out.  The boat takes you up and down the Chicago river, and we saw so many awesome parts of the city that I didn't even know existed.  

One of the many bridges that spans the Chicago river.

Changing Chicago's skyline is Donald Trumps building, humbly named, the Trump Tower.

Taking a break in Millenium park and grabbing a bite to eat at Downtown Dogs. I'd have to say this was the first time I have ever ordered a hotdog from a restaurant. Although it was pretty tasty! 

Waiting in line for the Ferris wheel on Navy Pier, one of my favorite things to do in the city.

I love this picture! Jason makes the exact same face...must come with the genes:)

365 Amazing days!

On September 29th Jason and I celebrated our first anniversary!! 1 wonderful year has passed and we are looking forward to many many more!

We wanted to get away for the weekend, but only had Saturday so we opted to see a little more of our home state. Jason surprised me with tickets to the broadway musical Jersey Boys, about Franky Valli and the Four Seasons. We got dressed up for the show on Friday night and then headed out early Saturday morning on yet another of our roadtrip adventures. 

We ended up in Galena, IL which was home to Ulysses S Grant, and is a small historical town turned  tourist trap. We enjoyed spending some time at the shops and then headed on to Dubuque, IA to see the Mississippi. 

This was a little fort along the way.

In front of U. S. Grant's post cival war home. This house was given to him by the city when he returned home from war as a hero.

The first lady and I

Jason enjoying an afternoon rest with the senior citizen tour

The grand Mississippi!

After meeting we went to lunch with the Millers, and then spent some time at the park. They have 5 children with their 6th on the way. Sounds like a Buckingham sized family to me!

Overlooking the Mississippi!

My Old Man

Our company has left us and our house is so quiet!! :( So I figured it was time to get some pictures up of our last few adventures. Jason turned 25 on September 25! Josh and Trese were in town visiting so we celebrated with fondue. We had to get a little creative when it came to candles.

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April showers bring May flowers, but what do September showers bring?? flooding..and lots of it! 6.6 inches of rain were recorded at O'Hare yesterday with 2 more added today.  This is yet another time when living on the 19th floor comes in handy, our only flood damage is apparent on the windowsills and fairly easily controlled. The northern and western suburbs didn't get so lucky. Here are a couple pictures from the Chicago Tribune.