Author name: Kirk Halliday

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Fun A Capella Concert!

Tonight we went to a great concert at West High School in Aurora.  The group was called Ac Rock and is an A Capella Rock and Roll group.  They sing selections from the 50’s to the 90’s and are very good. Ben was rocking out back and forth, and the girls really loved it.  At […]

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Carmen Home Safe, Things Back to Normal

Carmen gave us a call this evening…  She said that she made it home safe and thanks again for the great time!  With the delays, she didn’t make it home until almost midnight their time.  When they called, it was about 2 in the morning and they were tired!  🙂  That’s a LONG time to

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Where did the last month go?

Today Carmen headed back to Spain and we were all sad to see her go.  I picked up 20 packets of pink Kool-Aid for her to take back with her which she was very excited about.  They don’t have that there and she probably drank at least 15 liters of it while she was here. 

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Last Full Day with Our Family! :-(

Today was the last full day with our family!  I can’t believe it’s already been a month and Carmen is going home tomorrow.  We will miss her very much.  She has really become part of our family.  Hopefully she will be able to come back soon or we will be able to go over there

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Liesurely Last Sunday and Sarah Returning Home!

Wow!  We can’t believe it!  This is the last Sunday that Carmen will be with us!  The time has gone so fast!  We don’t have any pictures today because we really didn’t do much outside of going to church.  As usual, I got up early for all my early morning meetings.  Everyone else got up

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Botanical Gardens and Farewell Party…

Today was quite relaxing yet busy at the same time.  Angela left early and went with a bunch of her friends from church to the Chicago Botanical Gardens.  They had a very enjoyable time there and she got some great pictures… She said it was absolutely beautiful and there were so many wonderful gardens and

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Downtown Chicago and the Field Museum

Today was very tiring but a wonderful day as well.  After getting up and eating a great french toast breakfast, we got ready, piled in the van, and drove to downtown Chicago.  We went to the Field Museum of Natural History.  We are members there (purchased a family membership this year) and thought it would

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Limousine and Perfect White Sox Game!!!

Today was a great day!  Things were pretty quiet until about 11:30 at which time Angela took Carmen to the mall parking lot to go on the last excursion of  the trip…  a Chicago White Sox game.  When they arrived at the mall, 3 limousines pulled up to take them downtown!  There were 2 stretch

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Park, Library, Shopping, and Badminton!

Today was a pretty busy day for everyone.  Carmen ate birthday cake for breakfast!  🙂  That sounds like something I would do!  While I was at work, Angela took the kids to the park to play and then to the library.  They had a lot of fun.  Ben’s favorite things to do are to swing

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Happy 1/2 Birthday Carmen!!!

Today was a GREAT day!  Most of the success of the day goes to Angela who worked tirelessly throughout the entire day getting the house ready for the evening’s festivities… a surprise 1/2 birthday party for Carmen!  While Brittany and Kirstyn helped Angela prepare, Carmen had an excursion to the outlet mall with their group. 

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Shopping, Swimming, and Pizza!

Today was a busy but enjoyable day – even for me who had to go to work.  Brittany and Zachary both had to go to the doctor for their school physicals (Brittany for sports and Zachary to start Kindergarten), and Brittany also had an Orthodontist appointment to have her braces adjusted.  In between all of

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Relaxing and Uneventful Sunday…

Today was fairly relaxing for everyone.  We were all very tired from a late night last night again and so we needed the down time.  I had my usual morning of church-related meetings but other than that, the morning was fairly uneventful.  Sarah also called from Utah and said that she was doing very well.

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