I forgot to post these photos from my Grandma’s 90th birthday party. I’m so lucky to have a great family and I had a fantastic day catching up with cousins and aunts and uncles. Take a look at these fine folks! 

File this evening under the most fun the girls have had at the new house. Brian is home after being away for a long six weeks – so we celebrated his birthday. The party was much anticipated by Bea and Claire – they asked all day if it was time to decorate Daddy’s cake. Googley…

We are lucky to live close to the Chicago Botanic Garden now. Bea and I spent many nice days there before we moved away and now we are back. It’s so beautiful – especially in the late afternoon light. And all the tall prairie Midwest plants – ah – lovely. I think I should have…

…for our stuff and Our Daddy to arrive (Claire always refers to Brian as Our Daddy)

Back in Switzerland I was always attracted to old Ravensburger puzzles and games. I amassed a good little collection from our brocki. Well what a pleasant surprise to find one this morning at a church rummage sale. It’s a cool game/puzzle called Rivers, Roads & Rails.  The rivers, train tracks and roads link up –…

We’ve been living in limbo land for the past 4 weeks or so. Limbo land has been nice, but I’m ready to have some normalcy back in our life. My life is usually a string of pretty leisurely days, but it is starting to feel strange not having Brian around and having absolutely no regular…

We were way overdue for a 4th of July celebration – our last one was in 2009. Mom and the girls and I went down to the Tridge and had a great evening. The girls ran around barefoot and played with stranger kids. I loved watching their excitement build as the sun went down. When…

Mom got out my wedding dress so I could take it to the new house and free up some space in her closet (thanks for storing it all these years Mom). The girls got really excited and Bea wanted to try it on. Okay, okay I said – just wash your hands first. What is…