My mom came to Illinois for a visit to Chicago/Glen Ellyn and a week in Springfield with Grandpa. I went to Springfield to see Grandpa as well. We watched some westerns, got some tomatoes and geraniums from his greenhouse, cut asparagus, made cookies, saw some cousins and aunts/uncles and just hung on the farm. We got to see each other a couple of different times and the best was having Mom at our home in Glen Ellyn for a Mothers Day barbeque!
May 16th we headed to Milwaukee to see Sandy graduate from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. The commencement speaker told a story I liked about 3 bricklayers. The first one was working and when asked what he was doing he said "I am building a wall." The second bricklayer said he was building a church. The third worker said "I am building a community." It was just a cool vision and reminder that you have to start somewhere in life. Congratulations Sandy and Ali!! Best wishes as you start the next chapter...we are so proud!
My best friend from high school, Anna and her husband Tim happened to be in the area a few weeks ago so it was an unexpected treat to see them! She just graduated from Anesthesiology school and got married last fall as well. Her and Rick dominated the shuffleboard table on a fun night out!
It has become a Memorial Day tradition to pack up the car and to head to Pelican Lake, Wisconsin. In tradition, we did just that! Stewie says "please don't ever go without me!" He even brought his sunglasses in anticipation of the beautiful warm weather.
We spent the weekend "opening" the lake house up, putting the pier in the unusually low water, planting flowers, eating and drinking, hot tubbin, watching the Blackhawks and maxin and relaxin in the North Woods. We even got to Bootleggers for their famous Long Islands and then Tattle Tales to see Tyler's band. I would like to note that Rick Klima and I won 2 of our 3 shuffleboard matches! The rest of the time was spent playing around in the water. It was a great long weekend getaway!
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