Tuesday, April 20, 2010

10 Smile Tuesday - Chicago Edition

This past weekend we attended a wedding for my cousin, Jay, and his new bride, Lisa. A lot of extended family was there. A lot of family we have not seen in a long time. Except on facebook, which in our day and age kinda counts. :) Anyway, we had lots of fun and so lots of smiles to share.

1. Seeing Anna in the exact same dress I took a picture of Lilla in so long ago!


2. Getting a picture of the four cousins all dressed up. I love pretty dress pictures, but it is rare to get four little girls like this all at once! And, the very first time they are all STANDING. Yahoo!


3. And speaking of standing, the biggest smile is that Anna has taken off walking. That is all she wants to do lately. She is spreading her wings!



4. Seeing my very favorite Marine after nearly 2 years! My brother, Chris, is back from Japan and got to come to the wedding before heading off now to California.


5. Seeing Chris dance with the girls at the reception. He's such a great Uncle!


6. The wedding, which was lovely and sweet.



7. The food at the reception was so yummy! Seriously, I will remember the food. Which, I never do. They had the best bruschetta and crabcakes...oh, I could have ate them forever. And this yummy dessert!

8. And we went to the zoo on Saturday.




9. Where we got to spend some time up close and personal with the animals.

10. Oh, and last but not least, because I grew up in Chicago there is always a place I need to stop and devour...Portillo's. They have THE most amazing Italian Beef sandwhiches that I could just eat and eat and eat. I don't know what they put in that gravy but it is fantastic!!

I must admit I also ate like 4 lbs of rice pudding from Jewel. I'm so not kidding. I think that equals about 3200 calories! Just from the pudding. I'm on a diet today. It's like water and carrots. That's it. No peanut butter eggs that my husband so cruelly put in my freezer, no twinkies stashed in the cabinet, and no more sweet sugary drinks. Oh, it's gonna be hard...but I'll smile at the result, for sure!

What are you smiling about this week?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this post, it is so good to remember the things that make us smile.

Unknown said...

LOVE Portillos!!!! Now I'm hungry for one!

Blessings
~H