Our Mid West Vacation

Okay..so much to update everyone on. What I have come to realize is that I am not good at logging on and updating this on a regular basis... I will try and do better!

We had a fabulous vacation in the mid west!

First Daniel and Rita's wedding in Rock Island Illinois.... Amazing! Their wedding was at the Quad City Botanical Gardens...beautiful. Unfortunaltey a big wind/rain storm struck suddenly right before the start of the outdoor wedding...but it was moved inside just in time! Mike was honored to be the best man.. His speech was really good too!

Ligting the Unity Candle

Me and Mike relaxing my feet :)

Daniel, Holly, Michael and Jonathan

After the wedding, the Greenspan Family headed out for an amazing 4 day camping trip at Starved Rock State Park. We hiked, saw waterfalls, spent quality time together, and were bombarded by racoons... ( okay, starved rock has a serious racoon problem...evey night they would come out in full force and freak me out... and it takes a lot to freak me out)

Me, Jonathan, Michael, Joanna, Holly and Derek on a hike

Me and Mike By a wonderful waterfall... we saw several on this trip!

The Beautiful Rose Family

The whole crew...minus me.. I was too sleepy for this hike:)

After the great Starved Rock trip, we said goodbye to the Greenpsans and headed into Chicago to visit with my family. We had a great time going to the Chicago Botanical Gardens, Fourth of July Fireworks, Morton Grove Carnival, Millenium Park and the Taste of Chicago... not to mention the yummy Birthday BBQ at my aunts house for my Mom... Thanks Aunt Laurey!!

The Chicago Botanical Gardens



Happy Birthday Mommy!

The Gang ( me, Mike, mom, Aunt Jo, Aunt lAurey, Aunt Wendy) in Grant Park during the taste of Chicago

Silly Mommy in Millenial Park


Millenial Park

Okay... after all that... I went home and got back to work... Mike on the other hand stayed in the Midwest an entire other week. He spent 4 days with his youngest brother Jonathan traveling around to Minneapolis, Milwakee ( no idea how to spell) and Chicago going to baseball Games... they had a blast! When that was finished, Mike finished up his vacation in Chicago visiting his dearest college friends and watching more baseball... he is addicted!

Overall it was a fantastic midwest tour. We loved seeing our family and friends!!