Carnival

All weekend long we went to the St. Pius Carnival

 Kaitlyn and Colleen had a bunch of fun together on all the rides

 Maddie with some of her friends

 Maddie was feeling a little sick after all the rides

 Isabella, Mckenzie, Maddie and Brooke

 My three lovelies

 Sisters riding together

 Hailey with some of her friends, Elle, Izzy, Ani, and Keri

 She's a little big for that ride

 Kaitlyn found her 8th grade buddy

Maddie and Hannah

 Storm rolling in - time to leave!

Sweet note

got this cute note from Maddie one morning

Pretty Rainbow

Kaitlyn

Running

Maddie was getting ready for cross country and Kaitlyn said she was running for basketball camp.  They ran around the block together

Summer fun

Yep, she's a teenager

She was "tanning" in the backyard

 Kaitlyn had to grab her glasses!

Volleyball

Haileys volleyball season that started in October finally came to a close this past weekend.  They went 2-1 the first day and went 1-1 the second day.  They played really well.  The last game they took to 3 and came back and won the second game after being down 19-24.  Hailey has grown so much this season and seems excited to continue to play

 Hailey might play for another club next year - the Montini coach moved to Chicago Elite and we saw this boat and had to take the picture and send it to him

 The girls were typically a .500 team so we laughed and asked them what place they came in - hence all the different numbers they raised.  

Its been a pleasure to watch her play and gain confidence

Weekend downtown

A super long time ago, I got Kris tickets to the dead show for the entire family.  The same day the show was announced I made reservations at Hotel Zachary which is the hotel across the street from Wrigley.  We spent Friday and Saturday nights there.  It was a great time

 We could see the marquis from our room

View of Gallagher way

 Kris and Hailey were walking around and got their picture taken

  

 Our room- was pretty big

The window was perfect for people watching and Kris went across so we could wave to him

We could still see him across the street in the ball park

Kris' view from the floor seats - he went to the concert solo on Friday night

Girls and I walked down to Briar Street Theatre to see Blue Man Group -but first dinner at Clark St Dog

 Blue Man Group

 Starbucks on Saturday morning

 Waving to Kaitlyn from the window

 We listened to a Kids choir that sang Grateful Dead songs Saturday morning

 Such a cool family friendly area

Choir

 Kaitlyns outfit

 We went down to Shakedown Street - vendors

 Maddie's outfit

 Hailey bought a hat for the show

Kaitlyn had to put it on

 Our group picture

 Kris found a guy who had his shirt - Kris had this shirt in college - so its an oldie but a goodie

 people watching from the room

 Was raining so we hung out in the lobby for a while

 Ran into a Pius Dad

 Food