Softball Season

Kevin is starting his softball season tonight!  He is practicing tonight and next week.  The first game will be in May!! :)  This is a great time of year for us and many of our friends.  It means we can enjoy a game outside and know that summer is on its way!

We only have 8 weeks of school left!  Kevin and I are starting spring classes in May but luckily, they will end in June.  We will then have the rest of the summer to work and have fun! :)

We look forward to everything the summer will bring us.

Spring Break 2010 Chicago

Kevin and I enjoyed our trip to Chicago.  We stayed busy even though we didn't have much planned ahead of time.  We did a lot of walking and a lot of riding on trains.  We were very exhausted when we got home Wednesday night.  The weather was decent and we only got rained on once.

We took the South Shore train from Indiana, near Michigan City, into Chicago.

 This was the train station we got on and off the train.

This is the train we took to and from Chicago.

We stayed right downtown, one block from Michigan Avenue.  When we arrived, we spent some time at the Lincoln Park Zoo.  It was surprisingly busy for a Sunday afternoon.  We weren't expecting it to be as busy as it was especially since it was Easter.

Monday, we walked along Michigan Avenue and went to the Sears/Willis Tower to see the new sky decks.  It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be.  But it is weird walking onto the sky deck and seeing the outside of the building 103 floors up!

This is one of the sky decks.

We also saw the Bean and Millennium Park.

 The Bean with a reflection of the city.

Kevin and I in front of the bean.

 

Millennium Park

On Tuesday, we went to the Museum of Science and Industry and also Shedd's Aquarium.

 Lightning at the Museum of Science & Industry

 The human body taken apart to show each section.

 She is feeding the fish at Shedd's.

 Sea lion during the show at Shedd's Aquarium.

We had a great time in Chicago and want to go back again.  We feel like train experts since we road on so many of them.  We'd love to go back with some other people.

If you want to see more pictures, there are several more on my facebook page, so check them out. 

Spring is here!!!

Spring is finally here and the weather has been so nice!  We've been spending a lot of time outside soaking up the sun and working on the yard.  Kevin finished the fence in the front by adding a gate.  This was supposed to be his spring break project but he was so motivated that he got it done a day before spring break started. 

Today, Kevin found 2 of these little guys in our egress window.  The neighbor girls loved them but we had to let them go.

The neighborhood is filled with laughter and running children.  Everyone is loving this weather! :)

We are going to Chicago for spring break ... just for a couple of days so we can get out of town for awhile and have a mini vacation.  

Here are some photos of things we've done around the house lately.

The new firepit Kevin put in.

Kevin added stone around the air conditioner and underneath the spicket to make it look much nicer.  It used to be dirt and looked ugly.

Our new camera allows us to take panaramic shots so this is one of our house and the neighbors on each side of us.