A visit from Trent + Loden + 3

[Makai, Lena, Ellyza, Sydney]
Trent and Loden drove up from Kentucky this weekend with all three of their kids to celebrate March Madness…..

 ….. and St. Patrick’s Day! But mostly March Madness.

It blows my mind a little bit to think about how Ellyza is the same age as Makai and they have two additional kids! This was my first time to meet Carter and he is such a roly poly happy nugget!

On Saturday Trent and Loden had lunch plans, so we met up with Jen, Chad, Quinn, Cousin, Kristin, and Jeremiah and Joy later at The Piggery. Makai loves Quinn so much. He’s like his definition of cool! In return Makai does everything Quinn says. This is why they get along!

After lunch, Kristin told us to stay seated and she took Makai and Quinn to Merryman Park around the corner. It was chilly, but sunny and they had a great time.

Quinn was sitting by some green lights and it made it look like he had green hair!

Woody caught himself some pulled pork!

Aunty Kristin won all the kids over by ordering a turtle sundae! [Lena, Kristin, Ellyza, Makai]

The next morning before Trent and Loden left, we met at Commonwealth for brunch. Jill and Brian and Halle were able to join us and Ed too!  [Sydney, Ellyza, Halle, Quinn, Makai]

Trent and Loden had to peel out after eating, but the rest of us hung around a bit. Jill and Brian took Halle, Quinn and Makai to Fellger Park for a while and then to Paciugo for gelato. When we got home we all crashed for hours. So tired! But so much fun to see so many friends over two days!

My Sporty Spice Week

(null)(null)(null)(null)On Thursday I went to the United Center to see the Blackhawks take on the Flyers with Becky. It was my first Blackhawks game and my first NHL game in 13 years. The Blackhawks lost, but I still had a fun time!

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(null)In the meantime, Jess, Sara and I had been discussing going to a Bulls game. We tossed around a lot of dates and looked up a lot of different ticket prices. We finally settled on St. Patrick’s Day, which happened to be the day after the Blackhawks game! So, I was at the United Center two nights in a row! This time the Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets.

(null)I took Friday night off and Dallas went out for March Madness. I forgot it was even March Madness until a week or so before. On Saturday we all met up at Brownstone for brunch. Dallas left a few hours later to play ping pong, but Makai and I hung out all day to “watch” basketball. In truth, I didn’t really watch much basketball. We even had a side trip to the park with Ellyza and Lena. But I did notice Makai Mason, the star player on Yale’s team.