Baseball Birthday

Cheers! Watching the Schaumburg Flyers

The Blue Man Group


Janny, my sister Katie, and her friend Nikki wonder when the rain will stop


I can't wait!!!! And not to worry, although the date is on the hoodie, it is not chiseled in stone.

Sisters, Brides, Friends

Our only three minutes of baseball before the storm

Earlier in the week, at Wrigley Field. It was the perfect day for a Cubby win!

Derrek Lee, my favorite player. Stopped a ball later on with his bare hands. He rocks!


Yesterday was my birthday, and although I had a very nice day, it still can't match my engagement day. This week has been both exciting and exhausting, with teaching summer school in the mornings, to hanging out with my brother Kevin and his wife Sonya, to dreaming about every aspect of my upcoming wedding (yes, I admit it, that's pretty much all I can think about right now!), I have had a pretty great week! Joe has been with us for most of the week, which has also been great because sometimes it gets hard to see each other during the work week even in the summer, but this week was really fun. We all hung out Monday, Wednesday Kevin, Sonya, and I witnessed the Cubs beating the Reds, last night was Jimmy Buffett night at the Flyer's Stadium in Schaumburg (of course we were rained out), but we were able to go home, laugh it up, and just be together. I couldn't ask for better, more loving people to be a part of my family, and I couldn't have dreamt for a better, more loving fiance. ~Erin