~Tour of Elk Grove~

Today was the Tour of Elk Grove bicycle race and our street was on the course so they came riding right down our street.
Sam, Abby and Muffy were patiently waiting for the race to start!

Click on the video to watch the race come down our street~

~Transformers Filming~

The new Transformers movie is being filmed in downtown Chicago. It actually happened to be taking place right down the street from the hotel we stayed at while attending the Bon Jovi concert friday night. I was able to get some shots of the sets - and I was actually awakened this morning to explosions that were taking place during the filming around 5am! It was pretty neat.

~Lunch in Millenium Park~

Today we met our friend Susan downtown for lunch who flew in from Georgia to go to the Bon Jovi concert. We ate at a cute little outdoor cafe right in Millenium Park.

Here is picture of all of us by the "Bean". The Bean is so cool - you can see the entire Chicago SkyLine reflected in it.

Bon Jovi!!!!!

July 30th me and 4 friends went to the Bon Jovi concert at Soldiers Field! I have been waiting for this concert for over 8 months. This year we decided to make a weekend out of it and stayed at the Hard Rock Cafe hotel downtown on friday night. We were welcomed with a bottle of wine and a cheese and crackers tray - yum!

Each floor at the hotel is themed with a different rock group - ours was Kiss and the pillows had little guitars on them.

Three of us entering Soldiers Field -

Our friend Kerry was stuck in traffic and actually had all of our tickets! So, we hung out outside until she arrived :)

The stage!

Look at all those fans!

Bon Jovi Rocks! He actually gets better looking with age :)

The band came out into the crowd half way through the concert and performed a couple numbers.

Jon wore a Chicago Blackhawks Jersey with "Bon Jovi" #10 on the back for his encore. It was so awesome.

What an awesome concert it was! He played for 3 hours and we did not get out of there until midnight!

~Graduation~

May 23rd I graduated from Harper College with my Associates in Arts degree.

It was 90 degrees and graduation was held in the school parking lot on the black top under a tent.....I thought I was going to pass out! :(Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn spoke at the ceremony

I was surprised when I got home to find out Sam had thrown a small graduation party for me! My aunt was at the door to congratulate me with a bouquet of roses.

My godson Noah :)

~Father's Day~

We spent Father's Day in WI at my brothers. We had a cookout and went strawberry picking!
My little niece is not camera shy!

Lana loves bubbles!

Uncle Sam was showing her how it works:)

Strawberries!

Tim, Rachel and Lana picking their strawberries

Mom and Dad being silly :)

Sam and I picking our strawberries.

Grandpa Pielach couldnt kneel down with his bad knees so he watched from the sideline:)