Thanksgiving in Miami

We went to Miami for Thanksgiving and stayed at the Lowe's Hotel.  Overall we had a nice time in Miami and had a lot of nice dinners.  The hotel we stayed at was very dirty and disappointing, but I'm sure some of that is due to covid.  The Ross family also came to Miami as well as both dogs (Coco and Sophie).  Our au pair Marina also came with us so it was so nice to have all of us together (espcially because Marina knows Logan and Paxton Ross from other famliy trips we took in April/May/June).  We spent most days by the pool or beach and then had nice dinners as a family.  We had a very nice dinner at Prime Italian on Saturday (sat outside).  The dogs got to go with us and actually did pretty well.  Sunday we had dinner at Nobo, which was amazing.  We also had dinner at a Cuban place, Yardbird for Thanksgiving, ate at the hotel one night and did Joe's Stone Crab for date night.  It was always fun after dinner going to our room and playing games with everyone on the switch.  We have several games under the You Don't Know Jack umbrella which we love to play.  (even Grayson was into it this time).  We always have a great time with the Ross family.   

Daddy's 55th Birthday

Daddy turned 55 ~ we celebrated with balloons, cake, homemade cards and dinner.  Ethan and Julia came over to celebrate with us so it was so nice to have everyone together.  Daddy made his famous ribs and we had corn and caprese salad with Sweet Mandy B's cake and cookies.  We are so lucky to have such a loving, fun, cool, hands on Daddy.  We love you so much!  Thanks for being the best DADDY in the world!

Ethan Graduates from DePaul

Ethan graduated from DePaul University in June of 2020.  Unfortunately, they did not have a normal ceremony because of covid, but at least he got his diploma.  We are so proud of him!  He is now working with Advocate Commercial Real Estate Advisors as an analyst.  We can't wait to see what he does from here - we know he will do big things.  We love you so much, Ethan.