Jared's summer time fun!

Jared loves to wear goggles around the house, the yard and has even been seen at church sporting his "glasses".

"Mommy, I want to cut!" I had strawberries handy so I gave him a few with a child safe knife and he was actually a great chopper!

We saw people but not many places

Dee Winters served in the same mission that Nathan did and we've kept in touch over the years. She remembers Benjamin as a little one year old having fun with all of our empty boxes as we were moving into the Ronald McDonald House in June of 1999. She reminded me that we loaded him into a box and passed him around between the three of us and whenever one of us passed him to Nathan, he would shoot him across the carpet so fast that Benjamin would roll out of the box laughing his head off.

 

 

 

 

Jared takes on Chicago

 

 

 

 

I had an enormous amount of help from friends to make this lamb dinner for the guests of the Ronald McDonald House.

Happy Birthday Jared- 2

Happy Father's Day!

To the World's Best Dad!
Sing to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman"

Trampoline Fun

Benjamin's Grandma from Utah gave us the fun idea to put a sprinkler under the trampoline. It been the most requested fun in the backyard by Ben and his friends.

Attack my Mom!

I'm gonna get you!

Aim!

Bullseye!!!

HAPPY NINTH BIRTHDAY, BENJAMIN!!!!!!!

I love my Mother's Day present from Nathan!

Loved by the Chilakaptati Family

Deepthi and her parents came to visit us in Savannah, Georgia.

Deepthi adopted our family when we lived in Chicago.

For her, it was love at first sight when Benjamin was just a few months old.

She's been there for teeth, walking, birthdays, parks, zoos, preschool, kindergarten and continues to stay in touch even though we've left the windy city.

Our family has been blessed by Deepthi.

Mr. Clark's Piano Recital - May

Benjamin played "Little Indian Lance" and "Ode to Joy".

I played Bach's Minuet in G.

The Alletto and Sasser family came to support us at our recital.

Afterwards, we went out for an icecream treat.

Did you know that the performers aren't allowed to pay even though they did the inviting?