Photos : 2012
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May

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Owen enjoying a Go Kart ride at the Dells
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Adam shows restraint while riding the Go Karts
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Yes, this is how they sleep together
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Owen urges his ball to curve just a little bit more...
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Attack of the Ninjas for Halloween
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Super Monty just wishes he could go back to sleeping on his blankets
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Sorting through the Halloween haul
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Adam turns Seven!
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Adam as a turkey for his Thanksgiving Presentation
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Watching an elephant paint at the circus pre-show
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At The Bean
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Fascinated with a mirror
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Monty's Christmas photo
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Owen performs as a cowboy in his school's Histoy of Illinois play
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Happiness is sixteen feet of bubblewrap
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Owen playing the recorder for the Christmas Concert
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Owen gets a speaking part
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Adam sleeping, waiting for Santa
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Owen joins the club
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Owen's TEN!
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Owen thanks Adam for his gift
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Ten
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Owen's photo which appears in the Sunderland football programme
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"Happy 10th Birthday to Chicago based Sunderland supporter Owen." March 10th game programme.
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Soccer with Uncle Mike
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Old Man Monty cautiously navigates the steps
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Flower box becomes a barren alien planet for Halo warriros
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Just like Dad
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Adam begins Ninja training
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Adam signs up for Tae Kwon Do
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Adam demonstrates he really does possess focus and concentration
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Adam digs up a fossil (this damn thing took all freaking day)
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Rolling down the hill
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Adam tells it like it is at the Brainstormers Young Authors show
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Certificate for having his book chosen to be performed
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In the Author's chair at the Brainstormers show
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With Grandma and Grandpa at Navy Pier
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Adam demonstrates his patented 'tiger eyes' at his Belt Test


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September

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Adam stars in the End of School performance
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His main job was pretend to be asleep, but he chose to direct everyone by telling them what they're supposed to be doing
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We found Monty sleeping next to the AC unit. He'd been sleeping there often lately
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Adam and his favorite Ninjago at Lego Kids Fest
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Owen's suprising creation of a soccer ball for the mosaic wall
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Adam passed on the mosiac design until he saw the dinosaur template
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Monty insisted on sitting with Owen on the ride home. Normally he sat on the floor
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Owen plays on the water slide
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Adam's legs after returning home from Summer Camp. He insisted he didn't need a bath
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Nope! No Bath!
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One of our last photos of Monty
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Adam gives a disapproving look at having his photo taken on the plane
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Thrilled to have his picture taken with his feet buried in California sand
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Adam builds a dinosaur at the Museum of Natural History in LA
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Building a T Rex
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You'd think Adam would be thrilled to pose in front of a massive fossil wall, but you'd be wrong
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Adam at the La Brea Tar Pits
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Giving in to the relentless begging for Dippin Dots - The Ice Cream of the Future... 20 years later
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Adam adds a pink flamingo feather to his Collection
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Not two minutes at the beach and Adam falls in. "It's... SALTY!"
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Adam practices his water bending
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Owen and Adam practice ninja moves
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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
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Owen managed to convince Adam to ride the pirate ship at Legoland
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Adam knew he'd get wet, just not THAT wet
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Owen takes a break to dig for dinosaur fossils
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Adam in the dinosaur egg
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...and in 2009
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Posing with the Legoland map. The only way I could get him to pose
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"Just stand next to it and I'll pretend to take a picture" Amazingly, that worked
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"How much longer?"
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Adam and Friend
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"Ok, smile! Aaaaand perfect."
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Passed out. The one night we were able to have them sleep in the same bed
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With the LOVE display in Las Vegas. The background had to be blue
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Waiting for Dad to come out of the Beatle Boutique
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Owen cuddles Monty during his final hours with us
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Back to School fashion show
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Owen shows team pride
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Purple Belt test
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Purple Belt test
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First Day of Second Grade. Would only smile once Mom suddenly had rabbit ears
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First Day of School - 2nd and 5th grade
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Getting on the bus to the Challenge school for the first time
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Breaking the Belt at the ceremony
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Official Purple Belt
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Incredulous with Grandma
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New season, new team
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Champions at the Tournamnet
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Adam returns to his preschool classroom at the school's Ten Year Anniversary. See also IMG_0821
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Grandma and Grandpa take Aam to the schoolbus stop
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Grandma and Grandpa see Owen off to school
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Another weekend, another Championship game
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Brutal game. Owen got punched in the face by an opponent, while the opposing parents accused us of playing dirty. They came in second
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