First Day of School 2011

Everybody at our house wished that summer could stretch on indefinitely. Needless to say, it did not. However, the boys rallied on the first day of school and seemed genuinely excited as we set off in the morning.

Spencer is in third grade. He is taking the bus to school this year.

Michael is in fifth grade. He is also taking the bus. He was much happier than he looks in this picture

Chicago 2011

We took a family trip to Chicago this summer instead of our usual lake/cabin vacation. We stayed downtown near Millennium Park. The highlights from the trip included a trip to the top of Sears (now Willis) Tower, an architectural cruise on the Chicago River and into Lake Michigan, and visits to the Field Museum, the Chicago Art Museum and the Science and Technology Museum. The boys really enjoyed all of the sight-seeing. On the last day of the trip we watched part of a movie being filmed. It was a scene involving a big pane of glass breaking on a car. The movie's name (at least the working title for now) is Powerman.