Miles jumping off rock Herb and mary are visiting so we thought we’d brave the cold weather 😉 and visit the morton arboretum on mothers day. Lots of fun, especially the many tadpoles in the pond.

After 17 years it was a real treat to meet up with michael who i last met in boston 1989 the year myself and cindy met. Annette bumped into michael while she was walking her dog and he was breaking up with his girlfriend. A great night, with debbie along…

This was cindy’s grandmother ‘s cabinet which cindy inherited, but has been in her parents basement for many years. They brought it up on their recent trip.

We visited mat and jen and mat let miles play on his drum set. Talk about duck to water. John henry bonham would be proud.

Hundreds of lives in the sky. We flew two. Solar powered car A member of our local group, the rat patrol, who punk up their bikes. Miles got to hold a huge hissing cockroach Great day out at the museum of science and industry celebrating all things Da Vinci. Highlights…

It was raining so hard today that we decided to go to garfield park, but parts of the conservatory were so leaky we might as well have been outside.We went with the Groves and bumped into miles’ friend Meeka from school.

Check out the new furniture in the conversation pit! The second photo is the print on the chair fabric

All things reindeer at this traditional lapland restaurant. I had braised reindeer shanks and the best bacon I’ve ever tasted.

After a long flight, it was a real treat to arrive in Helsinki to a beautiful spring day, with a hotel located by the sea with lovely trails and a cafe serving great pulla bread.