Disneyland!!!

My family and I have this thing for Disneyland. My first time was when I had no front teeth and wore neon spandex (they were cool). For many years we went every summer. Ben and I even went to Disney World for our honeymoon. Since we've been married we've been to Disney World once, Disney Land twice, and another trip planned for this summer (we've been married only 2 1/2 years). Some may say "pathetic", "extreme", "losers"... oh no.. I call it magical. (okay don't read that in a serious tone or I'll sound really wacked)

The happiest place on earth...

Y-M-C-A! My family always does some kind of pose for the Splash Mountain picture. My dad took care of spirit fingers in the back.

My family and I got stuck on Space Mountain for a good twenty minutes in this position. We were being lifted up a steep "mountainside" and the thing shut down, they turned the lights off, and we hung there waiting. As you can see we had to hold ours heads up. They let us go on for two straight rides as an apology.

Aaaarrrgh, matey! Gosh, we love Disneyland, can't ya tell?

Last Summer Vacation

Just before we moved out here we went on a vacation to California, so let's go waaaay back.

A lovely bed and breakfast we stayed at just outside of the Redwood forest in northern California.

We drove from Washington down on Highway 101 along the California coast. Beautiful but I got a little car sick... okay, really car sick.

The two of us at Dodger's Stadium. My noggin' is hiding the LA sign.

More Shtuff from this past year.

I know these posts are pretty random pictures but I've just been sifting through pictures from the last year and are throwing some on here. In the next few days I'll actually post recent things. Like the broken arm....

This is what we typical wore during the winter. When people warned us of "Chicago winters" they weren't joking. Our little downtown of Forest Park is in the background.

Stud huh? Ben bikes to school so for the winter he grew this impressive beard. Here he just got off his bike after riding through -2 degree weather. His beard has icicles in it (not white hair).

Just a normal evening for us... enjoying the LoveSac and drinking a blue slushy... mmm..

We visited Kirtland, Ohio over Easter weekend. 

Snowshoeing in the Appalachians (the White Mountains) in New Hampshire. 

Seeing Jersey Boys for my birthday. 

Ben at our first Cub's game last summer. He was a little bit excited... We've now been to five Cub's games, two Sox, and one Brewer's game since being out here. 

Our first time seeing Wicked with Ben's sister Caitlin and Jenna. Loooooved it!

St. Patrick's Day with the infamous dyed green Chicago River.

Joining the Blogging World

After much deliberation we have decided to start a blog of life here in Chicago. We've lived here now for ten months and pretty much love it. Over the next few days we'll probably post pictures of the past ten months to show everyone what the heck we've been up to. We'll try not to bore you.