au revoir

This past weekend, Brad and I drove down to central IL to visit our friends before their upcoming cross country adventure. Andrew was recently accepted into a medical residency program in sunny Arizona. The boys grew up together- neighbors across the street. Brad's brother and his wife were also in town, so we had a little gathering of sorts. We had a fun-filled/board-game-playing/goodbye-weekend but I got a little distracted and only took a few photos of their adorable kiddos. {Ella's curly hair is sooo beautiful.} We will definitely miss this crew. However, we'll have a good excuse to leave Chicago's cold embrace- come winter- and plan a trip out to Arizona!! In addition to visiting with our friends, we also had Sunday brunch with Brad's aunt. It was a rainy, half-hour drive along the Illinois River... and we chatted a little about Uncle Art.

"Be well, do good work, and keep in touch." ~Garrison Keillor