all because of this amazing woman...

as we usually do at this time of year we had our family camp, downtown this year and it was excellent as it usually is

hooray this is the biggest smile shes ever given me for the camera

another huge smiler you can just see that we had a great time

this one is definitely going in a frame

watching the well orchestrated "dance" of the chicago river bridges, very cool

sadly it was a lot colder than it looks

this girl was stuck to these boys like velcro who can blame her

then we split in to a few groups (the warm and the cold) this was ours for lunch at foodlife

us brave souls holding out in the cold

there is always plenty of pool time at family camp

our families own Amazing Race, this team does look mighty tough

uh oh some fierce competition, sorry tan team I didn't get a team pic hope someone did

up for the road blocks this one cooking

find someone from another country speed bump

some tasks missing but there was a huge finish were we could eat the cooking challenge yum

the yoga road block, this is the "warrior 2"

then he began making up his own yoga positions, yeah I could never do that one. I forgot what he called it

Happy (gram)mothers day !

so differant and yet exactly the same aren't Gods ideas the greatest

oopsie

whew family camp wears you out but you still can have fun even in your sleep

me and my babies on moms day

this was really cool art and we had met the artists at the field museum on B's birthday

we never get tired of the big bean

these are the new sculptures from China we called this one "Tin Foil"

red and yellow black and white... were just waiting to add another yellow (I know not very PC but true and beautiful none the less)

oh yeah girls check out this 6 pack

our theme is always the same -UNITY and how BLESSED we are to have it! until the next one...