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aidan, the mud boy

March 11th, 2012
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We had a nice preview of spring today with a near 70-degrees and partial sun, so we took a walk in the forest preserve. Aidan didn’t miss the opportunity to reacquaint himself with the earth–quite literally. Here he is transforming himself into “mud boy.”

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quick trip north: a visit to harlow lake and sugarloaf mountain

September 25th, 2011
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This past weekend, we drove like crazy people eight hours north to take care of some details as we edge ever closer to realizing our dreams of a northwoods retreat. We’re almost there now. After more than a year of searching for land, and over a hundred days of trying to secure ingress/egress easements before [...]

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who doesn’t like barn animals? (i admit it, i don’t)

July 31st, 2011
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Last Saturday we headed out early to spend the whole day at the annual South Suburban Cook County 4H fair at the Children’s Farm in Palos Hills. This is a day that Aidan was really looking forward to, and one that Mike and I were dreading. It is a long day–starting at before 9am and [...]

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