Girls Dinner

Amanda, Carissa, Diana and I had dinner at Momotoro.  We had a great time catching up at dinner and even planned a girls trip to Santa Barbara/LA for July.  

Soccer Tournament in Rockford

Grayson's club soccer team, Chicago City Soccer, had a tournament in Rockford for the weekend.  We got a hotel and stayed overnight.  The boys had two games on Saturday and one on Sunday morning.  We actually played a team from Glen Ellyn (Allison's son Gabe has two best friends on the GE team) and we both played a great game, but in the end they won because of a penalty.  Afterwards we went to lunch at a hibachi place with the kids and then went to the hotel to swim.  We played our final game and then ordered food to the hotel and hung out.  The next day we played our final game.  Overall we had a great weekend at our first club soccer tournament.     

Girls Dinner

We had a fun girls' dinner at Etta in Bucktown with some St Clement moms.  I'm so excited my friend Amanda will be joining the St. Clement moms for the next school year.  Her son Hudson will be in pre-k 4.  It's always great catching up with other moms.  What a fun night!  

 

Whitney's Birthday Party

We went to Whitney's house to celebrate her birthday.  It was a couples game night party.  We had the best time playing games and met some really cool people.  We ended the night playing Taboo girls against guys.  Unfortunately the girls lost, but we had the best time.  So happy I ran into Whitney at Zoo Lights in December 2021...she's become a very fast best friend.  

Allison's Birthday Dinner

We celebrated Allison's birthday a little early with sushi in the suburbs.  It's been a long time since we've been together so it was nice to get together.  It's hard to believe she's been my BFF since 1989.  It was so fun hanging out with Allison and Miah.

Liam's i9 Basketball

Liam had a great time playing basketball with his buddies from school.  They had practice for half the time and then a game for the other half.  It was so cute to watch them play basketball, although they had a hard time remembering to dribble.  The boys had such a fun time during the season and loved the final game where they ran through the sign while getting announced.  The end of the year party was at D'Agostino's Pizza Place and the boys loved getting their basketball trophies.  

Spring Break ~ Miami

We went to Miami for spring break with just the 4 of us.  We rented a one bedroom condo at the Hilton Bentley.  The first night we had dinner at Prime Italian, which was within walking distance of our hotel.  The first day we did not have the best weather so we went to the everglades to go on an alligator tour.  We saw a lot of alligators on the tour and even saw a baby in the water.  The next night we had dinner at Prime Fish and Liam told the waitress she was beautiful.  He really made her night.  It was so cute.  We spent the next couple days at the beach and pool.  The boys loved boogie boarding in the ocean.  The pool was a little disappointment, but it served it's purpose.  It was definitely not a family hotel, but more like a very small boutique hotel.  We also had dinner at Ocean Grill at the Setai, which was so nice with such a beautiful view of the ocean.  Afterwards we walked over to the W Hotel to see Carissa and her family.  One night Daddy snapped the cutest picture of Liam hugging Mommy.  It was so sweet.  We love family trips because we get to snuggle with our boys even more than normal as we usually switch who gets to sleep together.  Overall we had a great time in Miami and loved spending time together.  We can't wait for the next family trip.