Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Florida 2011

Steve, Ashley and I went to Florida for a few days.  Unfortunately, the weather wasn't as perfect as I had hoped it would be.  Either way, it was better than being home!!! 

Paul, Jess and Olivia joined us at Grandpa's house.  I even had a divorce translation gig to fill in for my dad.  Made some money while I was out there!  Yay!

Ashley LOVED the beach.  She talked about going to the beach almost every day.  The pool per Ashley's terms was "too big" and she wanted a "different pool". 

We visited Lion Country Safari as well with the girls.  Lots of super cool animals and fun feeding the giraffe, sheep and birds.  Lots to look at and tons of entertainment.  It made me see things through Ashley's eyes.  There is nothing better than reliving your child's moments by watching her.

Pictures below:







Friday, February 11, 2011

Little Photo Shoot with Ashley

Ashley and I had some fun getting creative with the camera.  She actually enjoyed posing like a little model with her dollhouse.  The pictures turned out super cute and am really happy with them.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Blizzard 2011

February 1st, the Chicagoland area got hit with one of the worst blizzard storms ever!
Although it was a little scary, it was kinda cool to watch nature go crazy.
Shoveling the insane snowdrifts was far from being fun but needed to be done as soon as the storm had moved out of the area. 

For the 1st time ever, we saw a CAT tractor come through and shovel the snow off the streets.  It was completely insane!

Now that we have dug out of it, it isn't so bad.  I have to say that Chicago recovers quite well for such a huge storm impact.