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Spending Time With Their Swiss Cousin Before She Goes Back

By Jake Parrillo

Close to the end of July, the girls were able to spend a day with their cousin before she shipped back off to Switzerland for another year of school at the International School with her family.  

In June, we took a family trip and were able to spend some time with our family in their house in Switzerland (which I haven't posted photos of quite yet), but following that trip, my Sister and her family came home to Elmhurst for almost a month this summer.  And they got to see all their friends and family.  Including us!

The last day before they went back to Europe, the girls took their cousin on a little adventure where they showed her around a few places in Downers Grove including Everyday is a Sundae in the photo above.  Who doesn't like a good summer ice cream cone?

And then they took her by our lot where we're building our house - that you can see the in the backyard below:


These girls were so, so close when we all lived down the block and seeing them together in Switzerland was pretty great and the two big girls picked up right where they left off.  And it was like there wasn't an ocean between the two of them for a year.  As we begin our future for our family in Downers, we're going to work hard to make sure that they maintain that close relationship.  If it can survive and thrive across the Atlantic Ocean, I have to think they'll be fine being separated by Ogden Avenue, right?  

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Location: Downers Grove, IL, USA

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