Shedd Aquarium

Connor and I are visiting Chicago again this weekend. Since Lynne and the girls are in the UK, and will be for another two weeks, I’m trying to make our time together as much fun as possible. We went swimming and this morning we had our trip to the Shedd Aquarium for a few hours (he ran out of steam pretty quickly). 

Tomorrow we’re going to check out the new Maggie Daley Park and then of course a short walk over to see “The Bean”. Anybody out there have any suggestions for a short weekend trip next weekend?

Glad Midsommar

Today is midsommar in Sweden and for those of you who don’t know, it’s by far the country’s largest national holiday. We spent five wonderful years in Sweden; those days are filled with terrific memories of the country and its people. To all our friends enjoying the day in Sweden, Glad midsommar, we miss you!! Hopefully the weather is playing nice.

Shown below are a few pictures of past midsommar activities,we have enjoyed, three separate occasions.

Green Lake Wisconsin

Connor and I returned from Green Lake Wisconsin tonight, pretty tired after a long weekend. This was a weekend for three of my MBA class friends to try something different and hopefully something of a tradition, getting together with a few of our children at a lake-house. We travelled to Chicago on Thursday evening and stayed with Kay before meeting Ben and Sasha to drive together on Friday morning. We met up with Joe and Riley in Wisconsin and then later with Jeff, Lucas and Bobby.

We aimed for low-key activities, a chance for the kids to meet each other and time for the big boys to catch up a little. Fishing off the dock where we stayed and boat rides were the highlight for the kids. We owe many thanks to Courtenay’s family for allowing us to stay at their holiday house. We all thought it was a great couple of days; it was great to see you three guys again and fantastic to see all your kids again. We’re already planning next years trip!

Development Swim Meet

We spent the evening at Harrison High School swimming pool since our girls swim team, Boilermaker Aquatics (BA), hosted a development swim meet. Isabel and Anja had several races and they each did very well, we were very proud of them. I even had a job, that of time-keeper. The highlight of the evening however was long after all the swimming was over, snow cones and pizza outside in the summer evening sun. Connor was particularly happy since watching his sisters bask in the limelight is not his thing!

Family Dynamics

Family dynamics are always interesting. Summer holidays start today and we're not fully sure how we are going to keep the kids from constantly bickering.

Seems like we have two rival factions, the girls and then Connor. I love these two pictures from last weekend when I tried to capture a picture of all three with this car we have had for years. Isabel simply did not want him in the picture, can you tell?