Adorable Abigail

Here's to show we have some awesome dancers in the Family!! This is my niece Abigail. She is so dang cute and really knows how to work a crowd.

Green Green Green

The Saturday before St. Patrick's Day the city of Chicago turns into a violent green mess. I'm guessing there are a lot of Irish and Irish wannabe's here, and the parade and river are quite a marvelous site. Enjoy!

This one's for Chausse!

I have such a HOT husband! Dang I'm a lucky girl.

I know all you girls out there are wishing your husbands knew how to clog!

Bonfire!!!

Spring in Chicago is so fun! It's rainy, cold, snows occasionally, great bursts of wind that chill your bones--heck, it's almost utopia here! So we took advantage of all these great elements and decided to heat things up with a bonfire out on the point! For those who've never been, the point is a beautiful park in Hyde Park right on the lake with spectacular views of downtown. No weather could stop us, or the other couples who braved the fierce wind (and their kids!). In reality, I don't think a smore has tasted so good in a long time...mmmmmThe Bratt'sThe Meier'sThe Hall'sThe Robert's

Violet loved the sticky messy chocolaty smore!

The Madsen's!

And Barbie saw a rabbit. Two actually.

Mojito!!

What do all students have in common? We love FREE stuff! There's just something special about the word free when you don't have a job and are pinching and saving to get by. And what happens when you combine the word free with food? Something that reminds me of piranhas!

The business school host a Liquidity Preference Function (LPF, aka Happy Hour) every Friday, and this last one was held at the restaurant Carnival. The appetizers were oh so yummy, and it was just hilarious to see waiters running across the room and flocks of students chasing after the scrumptious food they carried!

One dedicated waiter really wanted to get us a drink, and when we informed him we don't drink alcohol, he made us a delicious concoction called a Mojito--YUMMY!

Ingredients:

• Rum (we skipped this part)
• Crushed mint leaves
• Sugar
• Soda Water
• Lime

Scrumpdiliumptious!!!

Attention All Snowboarders

I know Utah and Colorado have some great options when it comes to getting groovy on the slopes, but if you've never experienced snowboarding in the great city of Chicago, you are missing out! Check out these black diamonds...
This was a competition, with contestants coming from all over the midwest, held on Michigan Ave, downtown Chicago. We could not believe how serious everyone took this and the number of spectators it drew. It was tower of wood and metal, a couple rails, and that's about it. The difficulty of finding good slopes in the flat midwest...

Valentines Day Dance

In honor of Valentines Day Josh and I went to the ward Valentines Day dance!!! It was a BLAST! we danced up a storm. For all who know us well, know how much we love to dance! We even won 2nd place in the dance competition! Stanley Cannon was just on FIRE!! Impossibe to beat! It was tough competion with Spencer Clives groovin' moves and Matt hutchinson! Dang they gave us a run for our money $$$$.
and MONICA!!!!! She was HOT STUFF!! We had tons of F U N !!