Will & Rebecca's Open House

The weather was unseasonable warm for October. It was a lovely night. 

Will & Rebecca's Wedding

First, there was a simple, sweet ceremony in the the Chicago LDS Temple. Then there was a luncheon in this beautiful light filled downtown restaurant* overlooking the river. A day to remember.

* Smith & Wollenski's

Chicago

This post originally ran on the Sycamore blog. 

 

My little brother's wedding was beautiful (so was his bride!) and it was great having some concentrated family time. We ate some Chicago-style pizza pie, walked around downtown, took the architectural boat tour, and piled into my parents' hotel room for some (not so) late night hang out sessions. Thanks for all of your suggestions! Wish we could have done more, but you might know (or can imagine) how it is when you're traveling in a group of 9 adults and 2 small children. Nothing is quick and easy. Ha ha.

I have to say that I was very worried about traveling with a baby, but Ingrid was a champ. She loved seeing new things, trying new foods, and staying up late. But flying with a baby -- even a good natured one -- has made it onto my least favorite things list. 

p.s. Kristin taught me how to put my hand lettering and drawing on photos. I can tell I'm going to have a lot of fun with this!

The National Pastime

 

This post originally ran on the Sycamore blog.

 

Cracker Jacks and hot dogs.
A League of Their Own and The Sandlot.
My brothers' little league games and the Dodgers.
Jose Canseco and Orel Hershiser.

We went to a game for the first time in years, and it still felt like magic.

Her First Conference

Ingrid watched General Conference for the first time this weekend. (Well, tiny bits and pieces of it anyways.) And for the first time, I felt like I could apply the talks about parenting to my life.

Something simple that really hit me from this conference: "The most common way for God to answer our prayers is through other people."

I would like to be one of those people, wouldn't you?

Sunday Dinner

Ingrid with Granny

Ingrid made a brief appearance at Sunday dinner. She wore the yellow dress that my mom was blessed in.  (My aunt Lisa, my sister Caroline, and I all wore this dress as babies, too.) When the clock struck 6 o'clock, this little princess had to disappear for the night.  She was sad she had to miss out on the fun upstairs, and tried to have us come and retrieve her a couple of times.

with Will and Lisa