Start to Summer 2019

We are off to a fun summer.  We spent Memorial Day weekend back on Blair Farms.

Luke and Oliver at Krape Park in Freeport.

Chad and Gloria.

Great Ice Cream Parlor in Freeport.

Gloria.

Luke and Gloria.

Oliver and Chad.

Gator Rides!

Happy Birthday, Uncle Marc!

Gloria and Luke checking on eggs.

Gloria, Oliver and Chad.

Luke and Jasper.

Oliver.

What wind!  Oliver and Chad.

Gloria and Luke.

Luke, Uncle Marc and Gloria.

We have a new bike rider!  

Bike All Star.

End of the year programs at Oliver's classroom.  

End of the year fun for Luke.

Fun with Mom at Millennium Park.

Fun weekend of window washing!

Chad and Amy at a great pro-immigration event in the City.  

We celebrated a great school year by having a family night at Cirque du Soleil at Soldier Field!  An incredible show!

We are all Harry Potter fans at this house!  Summer reading is off to a terrific start.

We had a fun garage sale on our block and liberated ourselves from some underused items.  

Amy and our fun neighbor Sara moving inventory.  

Special sale on Gloria's underutilized stuffed animals.

Happy Father's Day!

New basketball hoop for Father's Day!  Perfect!

What a great Father's Day!

Soccer, Easter & Mother's Day 2019

We enjoyed a busy soccer season and a nice Easter with special guests.  

Oliver on the hunt.

Luke on the move.

Luke.

Amy and Gloria.

Gloria taking over.

Luke!

Oliver!

Going for the goal!

Oak Park Bikers!  Amy, Oliver and Luke.

We were lucky to get to have Grandma and Papa Doobay join us in Oak Park for Easter.

With Oliver and Luke after a fun match.

Grandma and Gloria busy with Easter Eggs.

All ready for Easter Mass.

Epic Uno battle!

Happy Easter!

My dad is here so of course I put him to work on some around the house jobs.  

The Easter chefs.

Oliver and Papa are work on a puzzle.

Swim lessons.

Thanks for coming for a fun visit!

Spring time is here.  

Great band concert.  Oliver on trumpet; Luke on Clarinet.

Happy Mother's Day!

Fancy Mom's Day Brunch.

Mom's Day Walk in the Park.

What a great Mom's day!

We all experienced some hefty sadness when Grandpa Great Grimes passed away.  We all feel blessed to have had him in our lives and feel he is still with us and watching over us.  He was always the first to email us after one of these blog posts with cheerful words about our growing and busy family.  We think of him often and still feel his presence in our lives.