Bike Time

Annie got a new bike for her birthday. She was so excited to have a bike like her brothers.

We had to get Jaileigh a bike too because hers was smaller than Annie's! 

She picked it out all by herself. 

Anthony rode his bike with them too.

Anniversary Synopsis

For our anniversary Jaileigh got up and made breakfast. She set the table and got everything ready. Annie helped a little Jaileigh said. Annie came upstairs and told Mike and I to get dressed in our fancy clothes, me a church dress and Mike a suit. Funny girl!

It looks like the boys didn't get the memo about the dress code. 

Mike brought home these beautiful flowers! They smelled so good!

For our date we went out for Italian Ice. 

Then we brought home Chinese food for dinner. Yum! Of course we used paper products all day so neither of us would be stuck with the dishes! 

Good Bye Chicago

On our last day in Chicago we spent the whole day in the car driving and visiting people. It normally would be ok but with 5 kids it was rough. First we went to visit Grandma Dolores, then Uncle Andrew, then we drove to the cemetery that Mike's dad is buried in, then we finally went home. We were flying out that night so I napped the kids and then we packed and left for the airport.

The kids were so excited to see Grandma again. 

We took her on a walk so that we could have a tour of her facility.

We went to the chapel. Anthony said a prayer.

The stained glass was so beautiful.

Family picture in the chapel.

I'm not sure if this is sacrilegious or not. I don't know what the statue is but my kids liked it and wanted a picture with it. 

Bad picture, but I love Anthony's hand on her head. 

Anthony whispered to her that he loved her and then he asked her if she liked him too. It was so cute. He really did show the most emotion and love for his Grandma Dolores. 

After the Grandma Dolores visit we went to visit Aunt Dolly. She has lung cancer and recently fell and broke her hip so she's been in a rehabilitation center.

Uncle Andrew, her husband is Mike's uncle, and his dads brother. 

Uncle Andrew was so entertaining. He took the kids on a tour of the center. First was a popcorn stop, then they got to play pool for a bit, then the vending machines, then back to the elevator and the room where he taught them all his magic tricks. 

Magic tricks

Jake practicing another magic trick.

Mike, Diana, Dolly and Andrew

Trying to get a picture but everything was too funny.

After our visit to Aunt Dolly and Uncle Andrew we went to the cemetery.

This is Mike's Uncle Frank.

Grandpa Joe's wall faces the beautiful pond.

When we arrived at the airport we found out that our flight was delayed. The airport had cots set up so we grabbed our 7 and settled down for a long wait. 

Our flight finally left at 12:00 am. We landed in Vegas around 3 and went to Joe's house to sleep. We got up the next morning and sadly had to leave to pick up our dog. Otherwise we would have loved to have stayed at Joe's for another week!