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The Year In Review - 2017 (So Far)

Another year together as a family and a lot more milestones and news.  As we've done the past few years, here's our look back at all the activities we took on as a family in 2017.  2017 was a big year for all of us - in many ways.  We moved!  Yeah!!!  After spending more than two years in limbo including 9 months of building our home in Downers Grove, this summer, we finally moved in.  Nat managed the project and our family and did it with incredible grace.   Eloise continued to be an amazing human being (she's now 8!), SD started 'big girl school' with Kindergarten at St. Mary's and the Big Beef grew up a lot, too.  Lizzie?  Well....she grew too.  She mellowed out *just.a.little* but she still is a steady balance of annoying and adorable. Most importantly, 2017 brought us together as a family.  Mostly with laughter and learning from each other.  I learn something everyday from them.  From Nat, I learn patience a...

Eloise Turns 8

Wow. Eight sounds so old, doesn't it? Our little Eloise is 8.  And she's just an incredible human being. We celebrated her with a weekend of activities including a kid party on Friday night, a family party on Sunday, a field trip with her classmates on the actual day and a 'fancy' dinner with her crew. She's growing up so fast.  Check out this video of all the moment's of Eloise's life up until now.  (If you are reading this in your email and can't see the video below, click here !)