On a recent trip to Gurnee Mills Mall, we encountered quite an interesting spectacle.
The typical mall has a large parking lot, and separating the parking lot from the mall “roads” there are generally little boulevards where various decorative plants, trees and or mulch are usually found. Gurnee, of course, is no exception. While walking [...]
On Thursday night, a very quiet storm rolled in after a beautiful and warm day. There was a little bit of lightning and the occasional soft thunder rolling across the sky. As we sat down to begin the bed time ritual of a story and snuggles, suddenly there began the sound of a hundred golf [...]
While we made the 2 hour trip to visit “Poppa” and Grandma, I happened to have the digital camera and took a couple cool shots (in my opinion)
I must have had the camera just right to capture her angelic aura… *snicker*
And this one I just love… I am just going to call it “Drive”
At any [...]
Yesterday we took a little field trip in the morning. We met Jenny, the children she watches, and another mom and child at Eugster’s Farm. This is a beautiful farm located just outside of Stoughton, Wisconsin. They have a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, corn maze–plenty of fun fall activities. We didn’t get to see everything, [...]
Well, Friday night we packed up and headed to Michigan to visit my family. The drive was uneventful. We experienced only about 30 minutes delay with Chicago traffic (rare that it is so short!).
It takes us around 6 1/2 to 7 hours (imagining no traffic) to get there, and I must say, Lidia does [...]
Saturday morning we rose bright and early (5:30am) to prepare to embark on a weekend trip to Appleton. As we were gathering our things, I opened Lidia’s door to allow her to wake up on her own, rather than yank her out of her peaceful slumber. A while later, Lidia comes out of her [...]