SPIDER

How does he do it....he's a husband, father, son, uncle, cousin, orthodontist, seminary teacher and much more....Bruce is one creative fellow! Isn't this a cool spider and web he made to decorate his home. I just had to share it with you!

Sonny Acres Pumpkin Patch

It was a beautiful Autumn day and we decided to take the kids to the pumpkin patch. They have lots of pumpkins and fun activities and rides for the kids. I tried not to post similar pictures that Dayna posted on her blog....but we were all snapping pictures at the same time.

This is Natalie on her pony.

Brooke on her pony

Debbie and Blake enjoying watching all the fun!

Natalie and I were the first to arrive at the pumpkin patch....so I took her picture alone.

Chelsea and Natalie on a ride together.

All the girls together....Chelsea, Natalie and Brooke.

The girls on a train ride.....

And then Drew too!

A great day....

Childhood Homes

This will be a boring post for everyone except my siblings and parents....it might even be boring to them....but it was fun for me!
We took a drive to two of our children homes this morning and I took some pictures along the way. I don't remember this home...I was just a baby when my family lived here at 1518 Morgan Ave. LaGrange Park....but comparing it to pictures from the past....it sure hasn't changed much.

It's hard to see but here is the street sign for Morgan Ave.

I didn't know we lived so close to the forest preserves...our home was only a few houses away from a park and the entrance to the forest preserve. Maybe John and Jim remember that.

These next two pictures are where Oma and Opa's house was at 3505 Madison in Bellwood.

Opps...didn't know this was turned and I didn't turn it before I posted it....it was the old YMCA in LaGrange....we were at a stop light and didn't get a chance to take a picture of the sign that said the YMCA moved to a new location in 2007

Then on to 4901 Lawn Ave. in Western Springs

I didn't realize that the house actually faced 49th St. and Lawn Ave was on the west side of the house....did that get changed over the years?

Here I am taking the picture facing east and the sign showing that from Wolf road we would turn west on 49th St. to get to our house...but I always thought it was Lawn Ave.

This is the house right across the street from us on "Lawn Ave".

Another view of 4901 Lawn Ave.

A side view of the house.

These are some homes that are just down the street. Many new big homes have been built on the street we once lived on.

This is not a very clear picture of Forest Hills Elementary School

This picture I was facing east looking at Wolf Rd across the street....from Lawn Ave....what I remember it being where "Bob Wilson" lived....right Dean? I don't remember homes being there, just a bunch of trees.

Another angle of 4901 Lawn Ave. on the east side of the home.

We couldn't get a very good picture of an addition on the east side.

It was a fun drive down "memory lane".