Having spent a some quality time with Troy and Angie and their beautiful family we set off to visit Chris Johanna and their family unfortunately Chris wasn’t there but Johanna really pulled out all the stops to show us Chicago and we could not have asked for a better guide Read more

I still don’t get it one year on but the smile on Jamie’s face was a sight to behold all day Read more

One year ago today we were enjoying our first full day in Dekalb visiting Troy Angie and their fantastic family
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Over the next couple of weeks I intend to document our vacation from 2013 and will tag them with 1Y

We had booked packed and now it was time for Mommy Nannie Reagan Lincoln and me to go to the airport and fly to see Grandma
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Packed with supplies for our road trip we set off in two cars (Emily would not be carrying on to Wyoming with us she had to work) North up I25 to Red Feather. Read more

The long planned trip to waterworld as a treat from Auntie Nemily was something both children had been looking forward to but I think they just thought it was going to be a swimming pool, little did they or even I know quite what waterworld was. Read more

Leaving Dekalb we headed to Chris and Johanna’s who live a lot closer to O’Hare airport and offered to show us around Chicago so when we got to their house it was left to Johanna, to show us Chicago because Chris had to work. We had an itinerary of places to see and we set off to walk to the train station a mile away and the weather was hot and humid but it was nice to get out into it again and walk. Read more

On arrival at O’hare airport Chicago we had to find the car hire place which after such a long flight we needed to go smoothly but as always is the case we wandered around looking for signs and eventually had to ask and were told to get on a bus which we did. Read more