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For our first full day in Chicago, we decided to get up early and head to the Willis/Sears tower to beat the lineups. We also decided to take the car into the city instead of the “L train” as we … Continue reading
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We decided since we didn’t have a full week to take off this summer, that we would take a long weekend and head to Chicago. It has been a city on my list for a long time. I found this … Continue reading
During church, I often find that my phone goes missing and that one of the boys is scrolling through it, looking at pictures. I have over 7000 pictures on it, and they go way back, so they are often giggling … Continue reading
There wasn’t much time for a summer family vacation this year, so we decided to do a couple of long weekends. With soccer schedules, camps, conferences and work schedules, that was all we could muster. Still, Gabe wasn’t able to … Continue reading
I think it’s a hard thing to wrap your head around the concept of teenage kids coming together from the same religious community and attending a 4 day conference, in the middle of summer…. and them LOVING it. They spend … Continue reading
Boy summer is hard to have some normalcy in our life. Everyone is coming and going. Or staying. On the couch. Watching endless amounts of netflix, playing videos games and on their phones. All at the same time. I feel … Continue reading
The last birthday of the year for our family, but certainly not the least! Happy 15th Birthday Zach! I commented to him yesterday how I had started labour with him and he seemed a bit surprised that it had gone … Continue reading
While we had the best intentions to wake up early and head out to view all the “touristy” sites without the masses, our bodies wanted otherwise and we had a nice sleep in. We strolled through the streets and made … Continue reading
In April during our semi annual church conference, one of our leaders (Dieter F. Uchtdorf) spoke of the city of Dresden: “Not far from where my family lived was the city of Dresden. Those who lived there witnessed perhaps a … Continue reading
Another early morning as we had to make our way to the train station as we were heading to Prague! Prague has always been on my list of places to go, as I have heard it is beautiful. I’m just … Continue reading