Tine, Liz & Molly in Chicago

Liz, Molly and Tine were in Chicago for one night to celebrate their high school friend's daughter's music show.  We had tons of fun and loved meeting the singer at her show.  She is so talented.  

Grayson & Liam ~ November Photos

Grayson & Liam ~ November Photos

They had an anchor day where they dress down for school, have pizza and bring money for the school's charity of choice for the month.  Another mom sent me the picture of Liam with his school friends.  I was the mystery reader for his class.  The teacher gave clues (works at Willis Tower, has 3 brothers, works in finance and loves soccer) and Liam guessed it was me.  Liam loves making forts and hanging out in his cozy space in his room.  Grayson took a picture with his old teacher, Ms Salvino.  The boys had a good month in November. 

Thanksgiving with Braham/Ross Families

We went on a cruise to the Carribean with the Ross family and Oma for Thanksgiving.  The last cruise we went on was in 2003 with Julia and Ethan so it had been such a long time.  We had dinner with Amanda's sister Aimee, her twins and husband in Port Canaveral, FL just outside of Orlando the night before our cruise left port.  We went on a 7 night cruise that went to CocoCay (their private island off of the Bahamas), Puerto Costa Maya, Roatan, Honduras and Cozumel, Mexico.  We had a great time on the cruise and it was very convenient having so much to do on the boat.  We hung out on the boat on the days at sea and the boys did the water slides and hung out at the pool.  The days where we were off the boat we would hang out at the beach and walk around the islands.  We went zip lining in Roatan, Hondoras and loved being in the trees looking over the island.  There were 8 rope courses with some so scary they wouldn't let the boys go by themselves.  We always had nice dinners on different restaurants on the ship including a southern restaurant, steak place, Italian place and Alice in Wonder Land themed.  After dinner we went to several shows including a water themed acrobatic show and a super hero themed show.  There were so many activities going on all the time so there was always something to do.  The boys loved climbing the rock wall and going down the 7 story slides.  Overall it was such a special trip and we loved spending Thanksgiving on the boat.