Family Time

One of the great things about Owen being born before summer started was that we got to travel a lot with him to visit our family.  Nick is pretty lucky to have the majority of his family live close to him for most of his life.  I on the other hand moved a lot growing up.  My dad lives in Reno, Nevada and my mom lives in Greenville, South Carolina with aunts and uncles scattered every where in-between. Family has always been important to us and I hope that Owen feels the same way as he grows up in our  own new family!

We started with a trip to Indiana and Chicago to see Grammy, my dad, his girlfriend Jeannie and my 

sisters Emily and Nicole.

First time she got to see her great grandchild.

Owen's first visit to the Windy City.

One of my favorite Chicago restaurants, Ed Debevic's

Jeannie is Vietnamese, but she definitely knows her way around a Chinese menu.  

She ordered for us in Chinatown.

It was RIDICULOUSLY hot, so of course we went swimming.

Guess we know were Owen gets his good looks from!

Owen got to spend some good quality time with his "Naunties".

Our second family visit was to South Carolina, where we got to visit my mom, Bill, my brother Michael and his finance Gwyn.  It was also Owen's second trip involving planes!

Owen Waiting patiently in the boarding area.

He started to get a little antsy and wanted to eat his ticket.

Sophie was Owen's travel buddy.

Paw Paw is really getting the hang of things!

Aunt Gwyn and Uncle Michael

Owen loves to hang out with MM and Paw Paw.

He also LOVES his baths.

It was so hard to say goodbye at the airport when it was time to go home to Illinois.

Our las trip of the summer was to Wisconsin with family friends! It was a great way to end the summer before Nick had to go back to school. 

I got stung by a bee on our first day there and I forgot how much that hurt!

Little guy all pooped after a day of fun in the sun.

We caught a pretty amazing water ski show one night.  I don't know how they do it!

All bundled up for the boat!

Owen loved the lake too!

David, our driver for the week.

Nick getting ready to Wake Surf

David showing off his skills.

We had a great time hanging out with David and Kelly.

Loon Days!

It was wonderful to have so much time to visit family and friends this summer.  It was also nice to know that when summer was over I got to go to "work" at home with Owen.  It is such a blessing to be able to spend time with Owen and family.