Some Updates

Many of you have been telling me that you are impressed with how much we have been doing around the Chicago area. I guess we just want to take advantage of seeing a lot while we are here. There are so many neat things here! The past few days we have just been sticking close to home. We are enjoying eating meals outside in the backyard and seeing more around Palos Heights. This week Scott and I were able to tour Elim Christian School and we will get a tour tomorrow of Trinity Christian College. We are very impressed with these local institutions. I had heard of Elim, but came to realize it is a wonderful place and resource for many people. On July 5th we did venture downtown to check out the "beach". Being from California, I guess we were not too impressed, but enjoyed the experience. Here is a hodgepodge of recent pictures.

Katie, Kam, Troy and I checked out this waterfall park near our house. Other families came to feed the ducks, but I would have no part of that!

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This is one of the beaches along Lake Michigan. These little patches of sand were packed with people trying to enjoy some summer sunshine on a beautiful Chicago day. We were amazed at how many different languages we heard being spoken as we walked along. Unfortunately, the sand was covered with trash and leftover fireworks from the night before.


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We are making good use of our host's beautiful backyard. It's been so nice to have dinner outside. We were laughing at Troy who was downing the watermelon like crazy.
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Last night we enjoyed some ice cream at the local parlor, The Plush Horse. (I still don't know the reason for that name!) Outside they have this cut-out thing to help support your team. (As I said before everyone here is either a Cubs or Sox fan.) Troy has declared his loyalty to the Cubs and Kam the Sox (as you can see by her new hat).