January

1/1: New Year's Day we cooked Dinner for the Family. Our parents met for the first time.

1/25: Cathy Adam's Baby Shower given by Kathleen Adams and Kathleen and John's home.

February

2/13: Corey's 10th Birthday

March

3/8: Corey's Birthday Getaway Weekend we went up to Lake Geneva.

3/22-3/27: Rachel's Birthday Getaway we met at Las Vegas.

3/24: Rachel's 30th Birthday

April

4/13: Easter Sunday at Mom's.

4/25: Oliver! With Mom and Tiffany

May

5/9: Singin in the Rain: At Drury Lane South with mom, aunt Myrna and Tiffany. This was mom's mother's day gift.

5/11: Mother's Day: Took mom to brunch at McCormick & Schmeck. Then we went to a wine tasting at Sam's Wine. We went back to mom's house for dinner where Dick barbequed.

5/16: Rachel's Lasik Eye Surgery

5/23 - 5/27: Chris and Kelly's Wedding in Key West

5/26: Mom's 59th Birthday

5/31: Be Like Spike Contest when Taylor won 1st place and receive $250.00.

June

6/7: Etta James Concert

6/8: Joey's First Birthday Party

6/13-6/15: Father's Day Weekend in Cleveland

6/17: Kasey's 8th Birthday

6/19: Tiffany's 31st Birthday; Taylor starts Flyall Class

6/20: Super Zoo Picnic at the Lincoln Park Zoo

6/27: Member's Open House at the Shedd Aquarium

6/28-6/29: Camping at Starved Rock

July

7/1: Margaret's 29th Birthday

7/4: Fourth of July!

7/6: Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art From the British Museum at the Field Museum

7/11-7/13: Camping at Jellystone

7/26-8/3: Smoky Mountain Vacation

August

8/16: Varekai

8/21: Inge's Birthday

8/22: Diane Miata's Wedding

8/23: Thomas Sutton: Museum of Contemporary Art

8/30: Wilhelm Tell Festival

September

9/1: Labor Day (New Glarus)

9/5: Berghoff Oktoberfest
        German-American Festival

9/6: 135th Celebration Day at Lincoln Park Zoo
        Guiness Oyster Fest

9/7: Native Sounds by the Lake

9/12: Shannon's 29th Birthday

9/13: Osaka Garden Festival
          The Crush in Old Town

9/14: Celtic Fest Chicago
          Taste of Romania

9/21: Wild Reef! at the Shedd Aquarium
          Good Grief! at the Chicago Children's Museum

9/27: Day of the Dead Exhibit at the Mexican Fine Arts Museum
          Matt comes to town!

October

10/4: Jane Goodall & X-Ray Exhibits at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

10/5: Jr. Railroad at the Chicago Botanic Garden

10/10-10/12: Camp Dogwood

10/16-10/19: San Antonio Visit

10/19: Willie's 40th Birthday

10/23: Breanna's 9th Birthday

10/25: NASA, Gauguin, Lewis Carroll adn Manet Exhibits at the Art Instutute
            The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expression from the Kamm Collection at the Chicago Cultural Center
            Spooky Zoo Spectacular at the Lincoln Park Zoo

10/26: Brazil Indians, Polar Thaw and Einstein Exhibits at the Field Museum

10/31: Halloween

November

11/1: Breanna's Birthday Party

11/2: See Nobel Prize and Flight Exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry

11/15: Thanksgiving Dinner with Shannon's Friends

11/19: Robin's 40th Birthday

11/27: Thanksgiving

December

12/4-12/7: Vegas Baby!

12/13-12/14: Christmas Weekend Downtown

12/20: Ron's Birthday

12/21: Doreen's Birthday

12/24: Christmas Eve

12/25: Christmas Day

12/31: New Year's Eve