New Year's Eve

We had dinner at Armand's Victory Tap for NYE with Amanda, Dave, Hudson, Craig, the boys and I.  We had a great time and it turned into a 3 hour dinner.  The boys had fun playing together.  We had beads, top hats, head bands and noise makers.  We can't wait to see Grayson and Liam grow up with Hudson.  

December Photos ~ Grayson & Liam

These boys melt our hearts and amaze us everyday.  They are very creative and show us new things all the time.  We had fun with Elf on the Shelf this year and were happy he moved around a little more this year and took lots of notes.  Grayson is amazing with his marble maze skills and they both are so talented with arts and crafts.  Grayson had fun climbing the rock wall at a recent birthday party for a friend from school.   Both the boys did cool art projects with wood and created cool structures.  They both started gymnastics, but I think it is more for Liam's age than Grayson's age.  We might switch him to another sport because this is not very competitive gymnastics and focuses too much on the basics.  Both the boys did the cutest Christmas projects.  They both made "Mistletoes" with their foot prints.  We loved their projects and were so happy to get their masterpieces.  The boys had fun posing in their Christmas pajamas and are at a really cute age now where they actually play together.  They made reindeer food at school to leave for Santa's reindeer.  We also made cookies for Santa and had fun checking out the left overs from Christmas.  

Dinner with the Blockers

We went to dinner at Maple & Ash with the Blockers.  I went to college with Steve Blocker and we've remained friends since 2000.  When I first met Steve he was our sorority soccer referee.  He was very close to my dear friend Angie so I became good friends with him as well.  Craig met him years ago and would always run into him at the airport for work.  Steve married a beautiful girl named Monica, who happened to work at Morgan Stanley.  We met her when they first started dating 10 years ago and were happy to find out they got married and had a beautiful boy named Sebastian.  When my friend Angie was in town from college we met up with Blocker and his wife and soon made plans to get together again soon.  They are the perfect couple and we had the best time with them!

John, Sue and Tommy (and Bryan) in Chicago

John, Sue, Tommy and Bryan visited us in Chicago.  One day we went to Willis Tower with fast passes and got up in 15 minutes instead of 3 hours.  It was truly amazing!  We love seeing all of the buildings.  The boys had fun checking out the skyline.  Afterwards we went to eat at Giordano's Pizza for lunch/dinner.  We also went to Navy Pier for the winter festival.  The boys had a blast.  We wish Tommy lived closer, but we will cherish these memories forever.  Uncle Bryan got the boys mold castings of the Chicago skyline as well as special pennies.  The boys loved them!  They had so much hanging out with the family. We can't wait until we can get together again.