Cindy here typing with input from our pizza-eating James and cake ball-munching Issac! We’re going to depart from chronological posting to catch up on some photos that we wanted to share. Last week, John and I took Isabelle, Issac and James to the Museum of Science and Industry, while Paul…

Welcome readers, it is us Isabelle Issac and James writing todays blog entry !!!! Saturday a very eventful day started out with James loosing a wobbley baby tooth just before breakfast   later that day Isabelle finished off decorating a cake for the party that evening. The ‘mermaid cake’ as…

The Brennans celebrated their first 4th of July stateside with some traditional activities, including a morning swim, burgers al fresco, fireworks, then to really have a Midwest flavor, a sudden thunderstorm! They started off the day at Humboldt Park with a ride on our new swan boats and then some…

We went to Naperville today to visit Debbie, Jeff and Maddie and went swimming at Centennial Beach, the amazing public pool near their downtown. Great fun by all! After swimming we had a quick detour to watch a little league team practice, which may have spread a little baseball fever…

Day 3 was a great one, the heat broke, bringing the temperature down to 25c and we brought the Brennans in to the best of Chicago, the loop, followed by Millenium Park, followed by Navy Pier. Isabelle is already getting the hang of the train: We started off with a…

The Brennan family holiday to Chicago has begun! After a bit of delay leaving Dublin airport, which actually served them well on that they were a bit tired upon arrival and therefore more inclined to sleep well and adjust to the time change, they had an uneventful flight across the…

John had an opportunity to visit Liam’s appartment and neighborhood in Houston this week, as part of a business trip he was taking for work.  He got in before Liam was off work, so was first able to visit the museum around the corner from where Liam lives.  It was…

John and I went out for dinner then rooftop drinks to celebrate meeting 29 years ago this weekend! That’s a perfect little moon you see up in the sky above the twinkly lights! There was a dj at the bar who played a very cool mix of a Jackson 5…

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! John treated us to some flank steak tacos with goat cheese, sweated onions, grilled peppers and cilantro. Yum!

I had my first lake swim this morning. It was delightful! I saw a fish!