Happy Birthday Eva!

It's impossible it was 4 years ago when our
sweet,
thoughtful,
conscientious,
creative,
dress-wearing,
art-making,
letter-writing,
baby-adoring,
beauty,
brought sunshine into our lives.

Posing for pictures.

Silly face.

Blowing out candles

Preparing to devour chocolate cake.

Picture Time

Jane wanted no more pictures.

The Firm

This is where "the firm" is located. Apparently, it's where Ferris' dad worked in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. Never saw him--different elevator bank.

Night Out

Thanks to my MIL, Jill, visiting us in Chicago, we could go to a dinner at the History Museum. One word to describe Chicago in the summer: humid.

Pigeon Hunter

Columbia's campus is next door. We spend time there running around chasing pigeons and playing freeze tag with the MacDonalds and strangers who want to join in.

Peter with his weapon of choice. Don't let its color fool you.

On the offensive.

Direct hit.

Beautiful hydrangea and kids.

Perfect Day in NYC (2)

After hula-hooping we headed over to the reservoir to use the row boats. This was my NYC favorite. Weather was perfect. 

Here's a lovely lady I found on the row boat.

Pete & Eva enjoyed the ride. Jane was passed out most of the time.

Peter is taking cell phone pictures of turtles on the shore.

Water, trees, skyscrapers.

Perfect Day in NYC (1 of 2)

This was a perfect day in NYC. We went to Central Park with our friends Ryan and Amy.

Amy and Stace with their daughters Eva and Lily work on the hula-hoop. The guy in the yellow shirt and wig was playing the drums and singing "hula hoop" over and over and over. When we passed by him hours later, he was still at it.

Here Stace is getting serious. Amy, intimidated, leaves.