Happy Mother'sDay

I wanted to post some pictures of the many years and lots of memories of my mother. Is there a maximum amount of pictures that a blog will allow...cause I am stuck and it won't let me post anymore. I still had more to go....but oh well....this is what I have for now.

I am so grateful for my wonderful, sweet, caring mother. For all she has done for me my whole life. She is amazing and I love her so much. She is so kind and caring. I'm grateful for all the sacrifices she has made for me and my family. So to my mom...Happy Mother's Day and thank you for everything. I love you.

Some 4 Generation pictures.

The weddings....starting with Bruce and Tiffany.

Brian and Heather

Dayna and Randy

Denise and Brandon

Debbie and Ryan

College years....my mother and mother-in-law

In the beginning...there was baby me....after 3 brothers.....

Lincoln Park Zoo

More zoo with Oma too

Here's the 3 brothers that came before me

The family pictures over the years.....they posted a little out of order.

My wonderful Oma and Opa

My wonderful parents

Another college picture

The family through the years......

Happy Mother's Day Mom.....WE LOVE YOU!

ZOO

We went to the zoo this weekend. Dayna had a continuing ed seminar so we all got in free and free parking. It was really nice cause we got in one hour before the zoo opened so we walked around without any crowds and before it got too warm.
Opps....the photographer got a lot of sky...but not the babies in the strollers.
There is a new dinosaur exhibit (in the background). It is really cool
Brooke on her daddy's shoulders.

Brooke and Papa outside the monkey house.

Grandma (me) and Drew. He just wanted down and wanted to run around.

Randy took Drew on the Merry-Go-Round. I think he picked the smallest "creature" to ride on with Drew. Kinda funny!!

Debbie and Blake...loving every minute of it! (Ryan had drill this weekend...he wasn't with us).

Blake couldn't figure out what he was riding on at first.

We picked up Brian and Heather and Tyler and Natalie from their trip to Orlando, Florida. They had a great time!

UnBULLievable

We had a great time at the Bulls game tonight....A triple overtime win! Thanks to Scotty for the tickets!

Morton Arboretum

It wasn't exactly a spring-like day today but I had free passes for the tram ride at the Morton Arboretum....I have had them for the whole year...but since they expire tomorrow....we HAD to use them today. We were going to go on Friday afternoon....when the temperatures we in the upper 70's but it was a free day and we figured it would be really crowded. Turns out the driver of the tram said they had 19,000 people come thru the Arboretum on Friday. So we went today instead...and it was rather chilly....52 degrees.
Look who we ran in to at the park....Chloe and George Watson! They were on the ride with us.

The daffodils were in full bloom.

Then we had to go to lunch at Portillo's. People are always stopping to ask about the boys and if they are twins. They are definately a "show stopper".

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

John so generously gave us and Scott and Jill his White Sox tickets (he was going to the Blackhawks game). We drove in a downpour to get to the game. We left our house and it was 75 degrees outside. Two hours later it was at best...40 degrees. But we brought coats and gloves just in case...and John gave us extra coats and blankets. We were set!!

Got to have a Chicago hot dog at the ball park! And the White Sox won (and so did the Blackhawks... and Bulls and Cubs on Sunday). After the game there were fireworks! It was a lot of fun!

thanks John and Terry!

Just had to throw in this picture of Blake....he loves the swings at the park!

Isn't he CUTE!

Play Ball

Today was Tyler's first T-ball game of the season. We all enjoyed a day at the park.

Tyler....always smiling!

Die hard fans!

He could see better if his helmet didn't fall over his eyes.

But he still got good hits!

The girls being goofy when I asked them to smile for a picture.

More fans....Brian and Natalie

the rest of the cheering section....

Cubs and Bulls won too! A great day!

Spring Break

This past week was spring break for all the kids and Bruce and Tiffany and family came for some of the week. We spent a lot of time at the parks. You can see how much fun they all had just being together.