My kinda' town Chicago is.......

This quick trip to Chicago was a slam dunk.....Andi's BFF - Michael J
saying "Hey Utah".......

I love the Windy City ......Chicago!

Headed to the Sears Tower after the show...
103 floors up! Wow!

In front of my BFF's studio......I love Oprah!

Leaving my hotel room in the wee wee hours of the morning....Can you tell
that I am super excited?

A very important dinner guest....

We were so excited to have Len over for dinner last night. He is here in Salt Lake on business.......what a treat for us!

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

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Cousin Joe and Family

It was sure fun visiting with Joe and his cute family....

Shopping for magic carpets.....

Andi's new home.....

Not too shabby, huh?

There's no place like home...even in Kabul!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

Say it isn't so.....
this is what we woke up to this morning...
October 12th! Wow!

This one's for Andi.....

Ruff Ruff.....
Bow Wow!!!!!

Izzy's Sleepover and Big Adventure.....

I pulled out the girls' old cabbage patch dolls for Izzy and she had a ball with them!
Check out Andi's GI Joe/Michael Jackson doll.....is it any wonder that she is living in Afghanistan now???

Ready for our adventure to Salt Lake....

Waiting for the train to go to Build-A-Bear

Riding home on the train....

All tuckered out!

Bye bye Matt....

Saying good-bye to Matt as he heads to DC to start his new job at National Geographic.....these kids LOVE Matt!

Bye bye Andi

So hard to say good-bye....again! It never gets easier.......

It was great seeing Jill and being able to visit the new Pentagon Memorial....

Andi packing it up and heading to Afghanistan.....

What a summer it has been for our family!

Farewell dinner for Andi.....

Andi and Nicci in Palm Desert at Nicci's resort....

Cranium partners.....Matt and Mr. Roboto....

Matt's sisters are darling......

BYU game with Matt's sisters Wendy and Christina....

Farewell party for Andi up in the canyon....

We sure had fun playing the Wii this summer..

We had some fun playing croquet in the backyard with the kids.
Andi, Matt and Matt's sister Christina