Lots of snow for this winters trip to matthiessen, so much so they were renting cross country skis

Playing heroscape with miles, his new all consuming hobby!

This was how we all watched the inaugeration at the client’s office in denver. All the video feeds online were swamped and only one person had a tv in his office. A lot of people were crying

When the wind blows its -40c!

When school was out and John was home, I tried a few new routes to work that, well, didn't work. Route #1 was Metra to Morton Grove, walk to Dempster, take the 250 Pace bus. Sounds simple…but it wasn't. I got very turned around between the Metra station and Dempster, partly because the streets TURN out there instead of going in nice straight lines like they are supposed to. Before I realized that I was lost though I was enjoying the scenery and got the giggles over this "country bar" and it's really bizarre name. Instead of taking the picture…

Nice picture of Liam and Miles in the car. If anyone has seen that hat that Liam's wearing, please let us know. It hasn't been seen in a while…

When we went to Redmoon for the Winter Pagaent, Liam entered the raffle for one of 3 props from previous performances. We were very excited to get a call this week to tell us that his ticket was the first one drawn, and he got the first choice of the prizes! He chose the mask, which they then referred to as the head, and when we got there to pick it up we could see why. One of the best things was getting to see the inside of the Redmoon offices. It's amazing in there, stage pieces from performances hanging…

Beth and cindy at the party

Debbie visited us a few weeks ago and went on a field trip with Miles's class. Here she is with Miles on the bus.

A ticklemonster attacked a gathering of friends Saturday evening in the Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park, specifically targeting one very cute young fellow and his dad. The victims, seen below, tried the commonly used technique of hiding behind their hands in hopes that the monster would go away.   This technique did not work. In fact the only thing that stopped the tickling was an injury, which was upsetting to the hosts. "Why does someone always have to get hurt?" asked Cindy Mathews, rhetorically. Ice and ice cream were distributed and eventually all present reassembled for the annual group photo.…