Family Trip to the Beach

The blog might start to look familar to last year. Every summer we take three trips with our family. Our first was with my family this year. We had a great time walking on the beach, flying kites, riding the radio flyer, and playing with the cousins.

The above pictures show Luke's first trail run. He normally jogs around the block, to the school, to the play ground, and on nature paths by our home. I took him to a near by state park and had him jog up steep hills and over rocks and roots. Again, I love sharing my days with Luke.

6th Anniversary and 30th Birthday

Dave and I have enjoyed some time together. We have been planning to enjoy things before baby two arrives. We spent our anniversary at a wonderful bed and breakfast. It is great to spend some time only with my first love.

I also have progressed from 29 to 30. It feels good to be "experienced." For my birthday we went for a bike ride without the trailer and went to a romantic dinner on the lake.

Chicago Trip

We went to visit the Vandixhorn's in Chicago. We stayed at their condo in the south loop. The view from their patio has a great view of the traffic and the trains. Luke has asked to go back here almost every day. He really liked seeing Jake, Julie and Tom. We also went to the Shed aquarium and saw the belugia wales and penguins. Both days we were there we biked along the lake front to navy peir and beyond to the beach. We also got to enjoy the Taste of Chicago while in town.

Luke's Favorite Thing

Luke loved driving to Green Bay to see a real Thomas the Tank Engine. He loved the model trains and would have watched all day. We rode Thomas for 25 minutes around the railroad museum. Grandma and Grandpa came with to enjoy the day. The funniest thing is that Luke has watched the home video of the day out with Thomas almost every day.