Another walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden. This time through the natural prairie area. It was awash with such a great variety of flowers. I was amazed. It was windy and full of buzzy bees and so alive. I loved it! Here are the photos that Bea took: Here are the photos that I took:…

Naturally we will probably be out of town when the rest decide to ripen.

It’s August – I can see the end of summer coming. I feel like this has been an up and down Summer. We’ve had lots of difficult moments with Bea. At the end of the day I sometimes feel overwhelmed with worry for her. And then on the flip side – we’ve also had some…

A few weeks ago somebody (Brian) left the leaky shower hose out of the tub in Claire and Bea’s bathroom. We didn’t discover the dripping problem until probably a whole day later and by then the whole bathroom carpet was a squishy puddle. So we tried to dry the carpet by pulling it up a…

Happy Birthday honey – we love you. It’s nice to be the same age as you for a few months so you can’t tease me about my old age. Now let’s talk about the cake (ha ha). I tried a new recipe. Maybe you’ve heard of it, a chocolate icebox cake. It was the easiest…

We were so lucky to escape to the mountains for the second time this summer. This time we were in Colorado and we were surrounded by family too.  We started out by spending a few days at Dave and Kim’s house. We loved their firepit for roasting marshmallows and they have the most beautiful big…