We sent out our family Christmas letter last week along with our custom family photo Christmas cards, but I wanted to post it to the web site in case anyone who isn’t on our holiday mailing list would like to know what we were up to this year. This year’s letter was written by our cat, Xiao-Ai. If you’re not on our...
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Although our family has an annual membership to the Brookfield Zoo, this is the first time that I’ve been back since the Spring. The last time I was there, the “Great Bear Wilderness Trail” was still under construction and the dolphin stadium was being renovated. Both are now completed, so we wanted to get...
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We did send out a Christmas letter this year, but I wanted to post it to the web site anyway. Who knows, maybe somebody who isn’t on our holiday mailing list would like to know what we were up to this year? If you’re not on our Christmas card list, and would like to be, please let me know! The “online version” is now...
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We had an unusual visitor last night: a very large frog! Well, more of a kidnapping victim than a visitor… Chrissy was coming home from her night class when she almost ran over a bunch of frogs near the pond in our neighborhood. Turns out that frogs are not so good at Frogger. She “saved” one by bringing it...
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Even though we had already been to Chicago once this week, we were told that tonight would be the warmest it was going to be for a long time. So, what better night to walk around the Lincoln Park Zoo and look at Christmas lights? Every year, Lincoln Park Zoo has a “Zoo Lights” display from late November until early...
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After our trip to Providence and Plymouth, could we find it in our hearts to do some more driving? Sure, why not. Chrissy and I loaded up the boy into the CR-V for a road trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to see Julia and her family. It was the first time that I’d every been out there to see them, as they usually come to this side...
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