The Aquarium was a BLAST!!!

Brooklyn experience her first train ride to downtown Chicago when we went to the Aquarium with Gma Grupe and Gma Pat. Angie and Abigail rode the train from Michigan City and met us there. What a great day!!!



She enjoyed the ride! She preferred sitting forwards so she could see what was coming at her!


I love this picture. It has, 'I am cute and innocence' written all over it...and well...we know that she is cute and innocent. :)


The skyline view from the front of the Aquarium...we couldn't have picked a better day to be inside...i think it was 100 degrees that day...but sunny and gorgeous for a picture. (click on the picture to see the bigger version)


Brooklyn was in love with the turtles all day. That is all she wanted to see.


But I will admit this stingray swimming in her face was pretty awesome!


This was the dolphin, sea lion, penguin, and bald eagle show. The girls were very into it!


Too much fun!!! Nap time...


The end of the day. Some nice gentlemen took this picture for us.

I'm in love...

with my MOST WONDERFUL, MOST THOUGHTFUL husband He took me to see James Taylor and Carole King at the United Center earlier this month. He must have really got the hint on this one! It definitely helped when PBS was showing it one night when we were going to bed!!! THANK YOU PBS!!!



Great seats!!!


We could see it all and the jumbo-trons were GREAT!


There was never a bad sight because the stage rotated the entire show!!


THANK YOU JR! For being so awesome and taking me to this amazing concert!!! LOVE YOU!

Fourth of July Festivities...

Fourth of July Festivities starting on the 2nd...great fireworks, great times!

Rocky, Brooklyn, and Peg...Brooklyn is getting her glow in the dark bracelets before the show starts!


I'm cute in my new USA jacket...bought it for the world cup...good timing for the 4th.


Lovin the bracelets!


Hula Hoop now...

Now the Fourth Festivities begin at The Rosenbaums...

Bags, Washers, Golf, Lasso, swimming, and slip-n-slide...SUPER FUN!
Gma Pat, Gpa Mark, Gpa Kent, Tony, and Mark (JR & Brooklyn in the pool)

Steph, Collin, Gma Dale, and Gma Peg...

Next post with more pictures!!

Fourth of July Festivities...con'd

Fourth of July con'd

Tony, Angel, Lynn, Brooklyn, JR and Steph


Dad and JR...


Brooklyn and Liam(in the background)...


Brooklyn playing with Terry while everyone is on the boat for the fireworks. We stayed behind because Brooklyn doesn't like them. Noise or Seeing them!

Brooklyn with Terry's sunglasses on...

Hey Dad, I am in your spot...find somewhere else to sleep...hehehe!

Becca's Wedding Weekend...

We went to Virginia for 4 days for JR's cousin, Becca's wedding. We had a great time...and Brooklyn was a great little girl the entire time!

Airplane fun in our 4 hour delay!

P-A-A-A-R-T-Y

Brooklyn's Cheesy Smile

That's a grape, they are tasty...

Family picture at the wedding...the view out the window is the Potomac River. We were at Fort Belvior.

Collin & Steph...

Peg & Kent at the wedding...

Great family weekend...

The Funniest Boat Ride EVER...

Family night on Lake George...what a great time.
I don't think any of us have laughed that hard in a long time...

One casualty on the night...Collin's phone, whom Mr. Carp has taken hostage.


This picture says it all...

Two grandpa's flying their grandaughter's princess kite off the back of the boat leads to disaster! The funniest disaster EVER!

Brooklyn hanging out with Liam

My little girl is getting SO BIG!


Liam came over to hangout. Brooklyn likes to mother Liam when he is over...


As you can see she is forcing him to drink his bottle!


She'll make a great big sister someday.