New Lil' Conklin

Yay! Emerson Joanne Weitkamp Conklin was born to Mike (Eric's brother) and Tanya on Thursday! She is really beautiful and we are so excited to meet her at Christmastime when we go to Spokane!

Saturday in the city

Rose, Robert and Justin are visiting this weekend, and we spent a really nice afternoon at Shedd Aquarium. Special thanks to Paul and Kelly (friends of Erin and Matt), who work and volunteer there and shared free passes with us!


Eric watching the dolphins:


The dolphin habitat is in such a beautiful setting.


We hung out for a bit afterward on the lawn. It was a bit chilly, but still a really great fall day!




Waiting for the bus:


We brought some Giordano's deep-dish home and admired Justin's new dinosaur pj's while we dined. So cute.

More Halloween pics

Kenneth and Kim....huh!


Barrett and Megan:


Pippi and Spanish lady Carrie:


Katie, Pavarotti (Scott), and Nobel Prize winning Kristin:


Hot nurse Lisa, David Beckham (Matt) and Posh Spice (Cindy):


Pippi and Penny (David):


Ugly Betty (Maria) and boyfriend Henry (Diane):


Kenneth, Pippi, and Sheriff Rich, who was visiting from Texas:


The next day...Rich, Dave, Carrie, Andrew (hiding), Kim, Eric, Barrett, Megan, Katie and Al:


Megan's birthday was two days after mine and she made a yummy cake for community meal Monday:


After community meal, we went out for another dinner with Katie and Kristin! We stayed eating and laughing until they finally had to turn off the lights to get us to leave.