Niagara/Princeton Trip

Sorry all! It has been such a busy summer/fall, again, I've been a little behind on my blogging! Daniel graduated 8th grade and has entered . . .HIGH SCHOOL! WOW! Both Daniel and Torrey were accepted (with almost full scholarships) to the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka. Both take a short train ride in the morning to their schools from Evanston each day. Torrey joined the Field Hockey girls team and Daniel made the varsity soccer team (he's the only freshman on the team). They are both doing very well, and we are very proud of both of their respective accomplishments.

In late July, Galen, Micah, Sienna and I decided to take a road trip to New Jersey to visit my brother Ben and his family. We were both a little apprehensive at how the little guys would do on such a long car ride, but to our pleasant surprise they both did AMAZINGLY well! Not a peep from both of them! We left Chicago and drove about 6 1/2 hours to Sarnia, Canada to visit our dear friend Mark Crate. There we spent the night and were treated to homemade blueberry pancakes in the morning. Kids played in his pool and we hung out for a bit in the morning before heading to NIAGARA FALLS! It was another 3 hours before we drove into the Canada side of the falls. The falls were beautiful, but it looked like Las Vegas threw-up all around it! Very strange, but still a beautiful site. We then got in the car and drove through the border to Syracuse, NY. There we bunked for the night before heading to New Jersey. It was a wonderful time with family and we enjoyed playing at the Jersey Shore! The beach was a site for sore eyes for these two California natives! My beautiful little son turned 6 on this trip and just got loved on by family and friends! On our way back home, we visited and spent the night with our friends the Crane's. Over all it was an amazing trip!!!