Entries Tagged as 'megan'

Warming the House

May 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments

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Killian gave us these awesome aprons for a housewarming gift.

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Killian watching the Cubs game.

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Eric is our friend and Realtor and hadn’t seen our place since we purchased it.

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Out on the deck: Sophia, Dallas, Cousin, Meghan, Kristin, Chris, Paul, Kate, Alden, Jess, Scott, Trent, Ed, Eric

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Paul & Alden, chillin’

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Cousin & Dallas

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Trent & Ed

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Ed & Eric

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Kate, Meghan, Sophia, Scott, Paul

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Dallas & Sophia

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Jess & Rachelle, greeeeeen

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Jen & Chris

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Quinn & Kristin

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Alpana, Charles, Alden

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The apron went back on at about 1 a.m.

Finally, six months after we moved in, Dallas and I had a housewarming party. We had between 25 and 30 friends over for tons of food and drinks. Some people came over in the early afternoon to watch parts of the Cubs game with us. After that we spent lots of time on our deck above our garage because it was a gorgeous sunny day. When it got too cool we headed inside. There was a short round of Rock Band. Others started a card game that lasted well into the morning hours.

Thank you to everyone for helping us celebrate our new home. We are thankful for having such great, fun, generous friends and for being able to spend time with you all.

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Catching up With Molly, Megan, Scott & Sophia

January 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

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Scott, Megan, Molly, Dallas :: Logan Square, Chicago

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Sophia :: Logan Square, Chicago

This week we got to catch up with Megan, Scott and Molly. … and Sophia! The last time we saw everyone Sophia wasn’t born yet. Megan played Guitar Hero at with us when she was pregnant. Maybe that’s why Sophia was so happy to be at our house watching everyone play Rock Band. At first she was sleeping in her car seat, but who can sleep through the rockin’? She woke up and was all smiley like in the photo above. Later on I was holding her and she was happy as can be. Good baby. Big. Sophia is 3 months old, but I couldn’t believe how much bigger than Kenji she was. Hard to believe that Kenji will probably be that big by the time we see him next. Babies grow fast!

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Weekend With Molly & Megan

March 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Megan :: Fogo de Chao, River North, Chicago

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Dallas, Megan, Molly :: Fogo de Chao, River North, Chicago

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Megan & Scott :: Fogo de Chao, River North, Chicago

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Megan :: Fogo de Chao, River North, Chicago

This past weekend we hung out a lot with some of Dallas’ friends from college. Molly was visiting from Saratoga Springs, NY where she is now an exercise science professor at Skidmore College. Megan was in the city from a little closer.. the suburbs.. where she teaches 3rd graders. Also? She and her husband Scott are expecting their first baby. So exciting.

On Saturday Molly & Megan met up with us in Roscoe Village and we had a nice dinner at Piazza Bella, followed by a few drinks (not for Megan) and a lot of Guitar Hero at our house. While we were eating that night Megan mentioned that she and Molly and Scott were going to Fogo de Chao on Sunday and of course Dallas had to get in on all that meat action. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these popular Brazilian barbecue places, basically you pay a flat rate. Then you have this little coaster that’s red on one side, green on the other. Flip it with the green side up and you will be bombarded with meat. When you’ve got enough or need a break, flip it to the red side.

The first time I went to Fogo de Chao I wrote that I thought it was a place that you’d only be able to visit once or maybe twice in one year, but I’ve already gone twice this year. Besides this past weekend, I went a few weeks ago with some work associates. They were in town from Tokyo and we wanted to give them a unique experience that they couldn’t get at home. I think we succeeded.

Anyway, it was nice to see Molly and Megan and Scott again. I’m not sure when we’ll see Molly (and hopefully her husband Eric, too) next, but we vowed to see Megan and Scott more, since they’re not too far from us.

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