jeanners turns 1!

our little girl is no longer so little! jeanne just turned one and we celebrated it in style with lots of friends and family (including her pre-determined bff's: maura mccormick and lucy garvey who joined in her too-too and hairbow fun! thank goodness the girl's got extras!)

nearby niceities (?)

we've been touring the regional amenities of gorgeous parks, including our very own potawatomi park, the morton arboretum outside of chicago, and fernwood botanical gardens in niles. enjoy the pix and come play with us!

mccormick madness

the annual mccormick weekend up at the lake went down as usual. this year there were 8 kids (hannah brought a friend) and 4 adults between the 2 families with hannah rapidly approaching the adult side of the spectrum! we ended with a big hooplah of a dinner with laura and her crew coming up for the evening. james and will are becoming quite the inseperable duo.

this year we also headed up to the mccormick's lakehouse in ogden dunes for some reciprocal fun. we had mostly gray skies but that didn't stop us from having a blast. and, of course, the sun did shine bright later on... as we were leaving... there's always next year!