May
Owen enjoying a Go Kart ride at the Dells
Adam shows restraint while riding the Go Karts
Yes, this is how they sleep together
Owen urges his ball to curve just a little bit more...
Attack of the Ninjas for Halloween
Super Monty just wishes he could go back to sleeping on his blankets
Sorting through the Halloween haul
Adam turns Seven!
Adam as a turkey for his Thanksgiving Presentation
Watching an elephant paint at the circus pre-show
At The Bean
Fascinated with a mirror
Monty's Christmas photo
Owen performs as a cowboy in his school's Histoy of Illinois play
Happiness is sixteen feet of bubblewrap
Owen playing the recorder for the Christmas Concert
Owen gets a speaking part
Adam sleeping, waiting for Santa
Owen joins the club
Owen's TEN!
Owen thanks Adam for his gift
Ten
Owen's photo which appears in the Sunderland football programme
"Happy 10th Birthday to Chicago based Sunderland supporter Owen." March 10th game programme.
Soccer with Uncle Mike
Old Man Monty cautiously navigates the steps
Flower box becomes a barren alien planet for Halo warriros
Just like Dad
Adam begins Ninja training
Adam signs up for Tae Kwon Do
Adam demonstrates he really does possess focus and concentration
Adam digs up a fossil (this damn thing took all freaking day)
Rolling down the hill
Adam tells it like it is at the Brainstormers Young Authors show
Certificate for having his book chosen to be performed
In the Author's chair at the Brainstormers show
With Grandma and Grandpa at Navy Pier
Adam demonstrates his patented 'tiger eyes' at his Belt Test
September
Adam stars in the End of School performance
His main job was pretend to be asleep, but he chose to direct everyone by telling
them what they're supposed to be doing
We found Monty sleeping next to the AC unit. He'd been sleeping there often lately
Adam and his favorite Ninjago at Lego Kids Fest
Owen's suprising creation of a soccer ball for the mosaic wall
Adam passed on the mosiac design until he saw the dinosaur template
Monty insisted on sitting with Owen on the ride home. Normally he sat on the floor
Owen plays on the water slide
Adam's legs after returning home from Summer Camp. He insisted he didn't need a bath
Nope! No Bath!
One of our last photos of Monty
Adam gives a disapproving look at having his photo taken on the plane
Thrilled to have his picture taken with his feet buried in California sand
Adam builds a dinosaur at the Museum of Natural History in LA
Building a T Rex
You'd think Adam would be thrilled to pose in front of a massive fossil wall, but
you'd be wrong
Adam at the La Brea Tar Pits
Giving in to the relentless begging for Dippin Dots - The Ice Cream of the Future...
20 years later
Adam adds a pink flamingo feather to his Collection
Not two minutes at the beach and Adam falls in. "It's... SALTY!"
Adam practices his water bending
Owen and Adam practice ninja moves
Adam tries for his drivers license at Legoland. He got very upset that
other kids weren't following the rules of the road and blowing through stop signs
Owen managed to convince Adam to ride the pirate ship at Legoland
Adam knew he'd get wet, just not THAT wet
Owen takes a break to dig for dinosaur fossils
Adam in the dinosaur egg
...and in 2009
Posing with the Legoland map. The only way I could get him to pose
"Just stand next to it and I'll pretend to take a picture" Amazingly, that worked
"How much longer?"
Adam and Friend
"Ok, smile! Aaaaand perfect."
Passed out. The one night we were able to have them sleep in the same bed
With the LOVE display in Las Vegas. The background had to be blue
Waiting for Dad to come out of the Beatle Boutique
Owen cuddles Monty during his final hours with us
Back to School fashion show
Owen shows team pride
Purple Belt test
Purple Belt test
First Day of Second Grade. Would only smile once Mom suddenly had rabbit ears
First Day of School - 2nd and 5th grade
Getting on the bus to the Challenge school for the first time
Breaking the Belt at the ceremony
Official Purple Belt
Incredulous with Grandma
New season, new team
Champions at the Tournamnet
Adam returns to his preschool classroom at the school's Ten Year Anniversary.
See also IMG_0821
Grandma and Grandpa take Aam to the schoolbus stop
Grandma and Grandpa see Owen off to school
Another weekend, another Championship game
Brutal game. Owen got punched in the face by an opponent, while the opposing parents
accused us of playing dirty. They came in second