ok that was fast

so i got those pics downloaded faster than i thought. keep scrolling after you read this post because there are a lot of new pics on the side.

nyc was great. it was one of those perfect trips where nothing went wrong. i was so worried with the all the news about the airlines (imagine that, the news putting the fear of god into us) but we had bought our tickets before the pay for your luggage thing went into effect so we could bring on TWO bags at no charge. then both our flights coming and going took off on time. we got to do everything we wanted. saw some old friends and new babies, saw a david mamet play, that was unfortunately underwhelming, and best of all had dinners and conversations that were not ruined by "liam stop that", "charlotte sit down." it was amazing. darren came within spitting distance of the next president of the united states and then i had to hear about it over and over all week. he got good feedback from all the agents he met. it was just a good time all the way around. and in the end i remembered why i live in chicago. i can do everything here i can do there and we have alley's to put our trash in so the city seems cleaner.

the rest of the summer has been all pool all the time. i think the kids are getting sick of it but they'll miss it once labor day comes so we go almost every day. this weekend we are going to the renaissance festival in WI. i have heard good things about it and liam will love it. it is supposed to be about 95 degrees so i hope we don't see anyone pass out in those crazy medevil costumes.
i am sure there will be pictures for that so stay tuned.