Snow Again!!!

It snowed again! Everyone, I mean EVERYONE, is over it. I don't know how much we have on the ground but it's alot. I think it's the 5th snowiest (is that a word?) ever. We rarely go a day or two before we get more. 4" last night (Feb. 19) and expecting more on Sunday. We've already had 5 snow days. Jim had a sledding party at the club and about 150 parents/kids came and has a blast. There

All Roads Lead to Roma

We shopped and smushed and packed and finally Sarah was ready to go! Jim took her to Indianapolis to see Nana/Pops and Auntie Vicki before heading to O'Hare with a layover at JFK and overnight to Rome. Sarah's flights were uneventful which is unusual for her.
After settling in, meeting flatmates and exploring the city, classes started on February 1st.

Christmas in Iowa

Our long winter began in November and with another major storm headed our way on Christmas Eve, Jim, Sarah and Sandy loaded the car with shovels, blankets, boots and headed north to the Minneapolis airport to get Julia as they began canceling flights. It was a 7 hour round trip but was worth it as we were all together! It didn't matter if we got stuck on the road and Christmas was spent at the Motel 8...we were together. But we made it home and stayed curled up as the storm raged around us on Christmas Day.

Thanksgiving in Southport

While Jim and I visited Nana/Pops in Indianapolis, the girls took the Amtrak and had turkey with Grammie/Grampie and Brook/Alice in Southport. They even ventured into NYC with the "little girls" and Auntie Lynne and had lunch at Lombardis and shopped for scarves in Chinatown!

For Boston!!

Parent's Weekend: September 2009
After BC beat Wake Forest at the football game we all went to dinner at a lovely little Italian restaurant in the North End. Sarah, Emily and Laura each had a sibling and parents in attendance and it was a BLAST! After dinner we walked over to Mike's Pastry where we waited in line for the last cannoli of the evening. Yummy! Hard to believe that the girls are juniors and next year will be their last as BC students!

Is that another lighthouse?

We met Mike/Sheila, Jim/Connie and Susan/Dan in downtown Chicago for a little reunion. Everyone has been so busy that we haven't all been together since the Super Bowl in 2008. We started out with a girls visit to Grosse Pointe Light Station in Evanston. I have driven past this lighthouse many times but never realized it was even there on Sheridan Road north of downtown. The trees are all grown up now. But, we were able to climb to the top on an iron spiral staircase and had a beautiful view of Lake Michigan and downtown.