This video from the 4th of July says it all....
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Cover Girl!
How lucky am I? My upcoming article on Sports Safety will be the cover story with the best cover model of all - Riley! After a recent photo shoot by my client, little miss R landed the cover!The magazine runs nationally in newspapers across the country and should be out later this month. I'm working hard to get more info on distribution.
And as you might have guessed, someone is pretty excited about this!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Catching Up
June, in a nutshell, has probably been the busiest month of my life. I've never felt so strapped for time, exhausted or so active. Even with so much going on, there's been much excitement and fun to be had. Here's our highlight roll and a couple of posts of pictures to get us caught up...Logan was accepted to the Otters swim team and begins weekly meets that run into the wee hours. She's doing great and becoming an awesome swimmer.
Riley began USAG team practices and logs 7.5 hours in the gym each week.
Finn is learning to roller blade and ride his bike with training wheels.
We took our first family trip to Great America. The kids loved ALL the rides and measured up to 51 inches (Logan), 49 inches (Riley) and 40 inches (Finn). They're already excited to see what rides they'll qualify for next year. There was nothing like Finn's face as he drove those old antique cars all by himself - remember those??
Daddy, Riley and Uncle Dan participated in a family relay with Logan for her time trials meet. They were the "Dream Team"!
We've experience major summer storms and power outages, with the strongest destroying our trampoline. We're hope to get some replacement parts for next year!
Logan attended a week-long Brownie camp at Camp Dean near Sugar Grove. It was an awesome experience and she got to experience things like archery, canoeing, creek stomping, hiking and so much more.
We've been swimming almost every day.
Riley had her first visit from the tooth fairy.
Logan and Riley got their ears pierced!
We visited the Geneva Swedish Festival.
We even rode to the top of the Sears (I mean, Willis) Tower and had flaming cheese in Greektown.
Sounds like the summer of "the kid" to me!
Friday, June 11, 2010
NPR Link - Permanent Audio
Here's a link to permanent audio for today's NPR show:
http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/06/summer-travel-on-a-shoestring
http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/06/summer-travel-on-a-shoestring
National Public Radio Appearance
What a thrill! I had the honor today to participate in a discusion on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook. The show focused on summer travel on a shoestring, which I was happy to talk about after this week's Shoestring Living column Summer Travel on the Cheap discussed the exact same thing. Thanks so much to the team at On Point for a wonderful experience.
Even when budgets are tight, it's so important to find ways to get out of the day-to-day and to reconnect with our loved ones. Dream vacations may have to wait a few more years for us, but we still plan to take some fun day trips here and there, as well as our annual week in North Carolina at Lake Gaston with family. While raising young kids is the most rewarding job on Earth, it's the most exausting, too. Listen to the show in the "Past Shows" section, read my article and peruse the comments on the On Point site for some great tips on getting away, one way or another, this summer.
Even when budgets are tight, it's so important to find ways to get out of the day-to-day and to reconnect with our loved ones. Dream vacations may have to wait a few more years for us, but we still plan to take some fun day trips here and there, as well as our annual week in North Carolina at Lake Gaston with family. While raising young kids is the most rewarding job on Earth, it's the most exausting, too. Listen to the show in the "Past Shows" section, read my article and peruse the comments on the On Point site for some great tips on getting away, one way or another, this summer.
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