October 2015

Lots of park days this month.

Yard project.

Valle Wedding

Sarah and I made an apple pie with the apples we picked.

Chores.

Picture day at school. Hope they turned out this good :)

Morton Arboretum.

Scarecrow trail.

Go Cubs Go. Cubs are in the playoffs.

Wood Oven Pizza and a Bears' Win for Cousin Ava's Baptism.

Erik's Baptism 3-8-15

Godparents: Lauren and Matt

Mimi and Grandpa with the boys

Nana and Buppa with the boys

The Great Grandparents

The Sibs

My Great Friends

 

Prepping for Erik's Baptism

When Kyle got baptized in September of 2012, he wore his Uncle Kevin's outfit from 1987. Sticking with tradition, I decided to have Erik wear the same outfit for his upcoming Baptism. Might as well, right? Yesterday afternoon, Erik tried everything on just to make sure it all fits. Good enough :)

Kyle (left - 9/2012) and Erik (right - 2/2014)

Lydia Casey's Baptism

Sunday afternoon we got to celebrate the Baptism of Kevin and Katie Casey's first child, Baby Lydia. It was a beautiful fall day, and a beautiful service. Kyle did pretty well in church .. thank you goldfish :) He also did pretty well at the lovely luncheon that followed .. thank you iphone :)

Excited Loyola kids watching Lydia.

Running, running, running!

A Cousins' Weekend

Right after swim class, our family filled weekend commenced. Auntie Robo picked me up from class and the two of us headed down south (roughly 4 hours south to be exact) to celebrate with cousin Aubrey and her fiance Trevor ... the two just bought a new home down in Springfield and will be married this same weekend next fall. We collaborated on a Pinterest inspired gift and ordered them a lime tree plant, which we then adored with cornonas and fully grown limes. Due to the long drive, we were really only down there for 3 hours, but it was a fun drive, a beautiful fall day, and a lot of fun to see that side of the family. While we were on our adventure, Kyle and Chris went to cousin Kayla's 5th birthday party at Pump It Up. Kyle really enjoyed bouncing on all the mats and sampling the cake. Yesterday was cousin Reagan's baptism, along down south (think Homer Glen, Orland Park, Sox territory ... Kyle sported his Cub's hoodie to make a solid impression). It was another beautiful fall day, with good food and good company. Congrats to Reagan's parents, cousins Sean and Kelly.

Ky checkin' out the "wa wa"