~ Little things....Big smiles.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Kassandras 15th Birthday Par...tay!!

Saturday, we had family over to celebrate Kassandra turning the big 15! She got lots of money & gift cards oh, and the fish she wanted.

Cousins~

"walk in love" secret message t-shirt~

Her Thirty-One purse from G-ma & G-pa~

Im using this picture for payback, Im not quite sure for what yet but Im sure theres something. ha!!

SO, excited to get her fishys..."Giglet,Nora & Nellie

Happy 15th Birthday Kassandra!!

Happy 15th Birthday to our little girl. We are so proud of you! We Love you! Mother & Father =) on PhotoPeach

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Ethnic Fair & Embracing Our Differences

Yesterday was a yucky rainy day but we headed to the Ethnic Fair anyways sporting our fancy rain boots...

Aleeshas picture was on display for Embracing our Differences...She was one of the 20 finalists out of 650 entries...

She got a free membership to the WC Arts and this really neat book with all the finalists pictures in it...

They were recognized at the opening ceremony...She can hardly contain her excitement! lol

We had fun playing and looking around, oh and also eating...Aleesha tried Indian Food for the first time and Mady drank some coffee from Brazil.

Shedd Aquarium

On Sunday our last day in Chicago we decided to go to the Shedd Indoor Aquarium which was absolutley AMAZING! It was actually only a 10 min drive from our hotel but it took us an hr...yea, dont ask. There was a marathon going on thru downtown and our GPS was going wacky! We finally arrived and had a really good time.

Navy Pier from a distance

It was a tad sunny that day :)

This "little" guy freaked me out a bit.

So, everyone laughed at me because I thought this lady just accepted tips. There was no sign and the girls just walked up and let her paint their arm...well, when I gave her a few bucks she was like,uh no its $5...each! Yikes! oh well, we live & we learn.