The Taiclets Vist Chicago!

Last weekend, Rich, Mindy, Isaak, and Natalie trekked out to Chicago to visit Trent and Jeanne! It was sooooooooo fun! I don't have a ton of pictures from the weekend, but here are some from my phone:

weekend starts with some Fritz Pastry!

Then a little golf:

Mindy, Natalie, and I went to a super cool craft show where Mindy got to meet some celebrity stampers and Natalie got a tattoo! And she got to jump in a bounce house! Rich, Isaak, and Trent golfed the day away...

Then some fun at Navy Pier on Saturday! Natalie and Isaak got to play in the fountain!

Then I ran a half marthon on Sunday!

Followed by the beach! So fun! We also got to have pizza movie nights! And we laughed a lot. Drank beer. Colored. Had Charbucks coffee... so much fun.

Monarchs in April?!?!

our new friend going into his 'j'
day one....in the chrysalis
day three...bright and green. do you see the gold?
day ten....turning dark...getting ready to emerge!
day eleven! we have a beautiful monarch...and check out down the plant, we found 7, yes seven! baby caterpillars on our plant...eating and eating and eating.... oh how we love our butterfly garden... and lizards...and grasshoppers...and praying mantises, and birds that fly into our windows... ;)

HOT! HOT! HOT!

Hello family!! We wanted to send a note to let everyone know that we made it back to NOLA... sad, but true...we already miss everyone and are counting down the days until our next voyage...

we'll pass the time by catching lizards and counting butterflies...and running!! We love you all!!

love,

Mindy, Rich, Isaak, Natalie (sonny and storm too!!)