Drive Chip Putt Challenge 2019

This year Charlie once again participated in the Drive, Chip, Putt Challenge. He did amazing this year and ranked in 7th out of 42 in his age group! A little practice and he would be unstoppable! 

Pinkalicious

Today, Sarah and I took our girls to see the Pinkalicious play at the Marriot theatre in Lincolnshire. The girls had so much fun and they loved seeing their book come to life on stage!

(evy introducing herself to one of the actresses after the show)

Last Day of Baseball

The season has finally come to an end for Charlie and Coach Daddy. Charlie had a great season and improved a lot throughout the season, but it's still bittersweet to have it come to an end.

Family RV Trip - Newport, RI

Newport, Rhone Island - our last stop on this adventure. The town of Rhode Island is filled with restaurants and history. We toured the Biltmore Estate, which was fascinating. The kids were even intrigued for the first 30 minutes. We had our final camp fire and ghost story sessions and our final night of sleep in a camp site - I was the only one happy about that. 

                        (Family Photo with our RV)



                                                          

                                                                                                        (Ghost Stories by Evy)

                 
                                                                    (Two crazy Lobsters!)

(Oysters were delicious) 

                                                                   (Evy hanging around)

(Biltmore Estate - the back yard)

(evy taking a break from the tour)

(professional vacationers)

(this room is just for music)

Family RV Trip - Last Boston

Phew...nine day in an RV, 6 states, hours of driving and we still love each other! What an amazing trip, we saw so many different places and witnessed some beautiful places like Bar Harbor and the most amazing stars we've ever seen. We have created great memories and I look forward to our next trip (although it's unlikely to be in an RV for a while). 

Our last night in Boston we met up with our Boston friends, the Stamuli's. We had a great dinner, it was the perfect way to wrap up an amazing trip. 

Family RV Trip - New Haven, CT

We rolled into New Haven, CT and made a grand entrance. We opened the RV door in front of our hotel (our second hotel of the trip) and Charlie vomited. He instantly felt better, which was the good news because it was the 4th of July. 

We started our trip with long hot showers and a nap, it was very nice to be in a real bed. After we got up we went to an early dinner and then toured the Yale Campus before heading to the Omni Hotel to watch the fireworks. 

After the firework celebration we headed back to the hotel for a good night sleep. Before heading out of New Haven we stopped at a restaurant near our hotel that is famous for inventing the hamburger. The story goes, someone wanted a sandwich to go so cook grilled a meat patty and put in on two pieces of white bread. It was a long wait, but a fun stop. 

(waiting for fireworks)

(the perfect place to watch)

(home of the 1st burger)

(Thanks Louis Lunch)

Family RV Trip - Vermont

The State of Vermont did not disappoint. There was cheese, maple syrup, chocolate, beaches and Ben & Jerry's. 

We visited a maple syrup plant that has been operating for over 100 years and tried so much syrup, we ordered plenty.  We visited Shelbourne farms, which produces delicious cheese on acres of gorgeous land. We stopped at Ben and Jerry's, toured the factory and tried more than one kind of ice cream.  We also swam at North End beach on Lake Champlaign. This is a beautifully clean lake the the kids loved spending the morning swimming. We didn't know it, but it was the hottest day in the history of Burlington, Vermont so it was a perfect beach day! 

The only low point of Vermont was when we couldn't fit under a bridge on the way to Shelbourne Farms - I never thought I would be in the middle of a road stopping traffic, but it happened and we all survived! 

We also took a scenic drive through the Green Mountains, I am not sure the kids were very impressed but it was beautiful!

(the kids finding way to play on the road)

(YUM!) 

(my favorite - Ben & Jerry's)

(matt learning how to dump the gray tank)

(heading to the beach)

(the beautiful North Beach in Burlington VT)

(on the road again)

(the green mountains)

(strong enough to move mountains)

(selfie stick!)

(strong like bull!)

(when she runs the world things will change!)

(he's so tempted to climb down!)

(representing Chicago in VT)

(the kids refused to get out of the RV so we have one picture together!)

(a stream in the mountains)

(feels amazing!)

(loving exploration)

(our hotel break - from NH to VT)

(luckily we didn't see any real bears)

(charlie lighting is first fire solo)

(so proud)

(waiting for s'mores and ghost stories)