Beach/Bubble Drinks/Friday Night Lights 7/12

...But sometimes they come back...
Megan slept in late and Nora watched Gilmore Girls and Full House in the guest room. Sharon made us raspberry pancakes and fake tofu bacon stuff that looked like fancy food for dogs. We got swim suits on and walked a mile to the beach and tanned and swam for a few hours while Sharon talked on the phone. On the way home we stopped at a Chinese restaurant and got Chinese bubble drinks. Really, they're smoothies with black tapioca balls at the bottom that are really chewy and they give you a wide straw so you can suck them up easily. They were weird, but good at the same time; see pics above.



Later we drove to Sweet Mandy B's and shared one of their yummy cupcakes. It was a very cute shop with very cute desserts. Then we walked to the Bourgeois Pig Cafe and got ice cream. Then we went home and finished Season 3 of Friday Night Lights. Then we stayed up until 2:00 a.m. googling cute Friday Night Lights boys and watching Season 4 promos and video clips. We tried to find the first episode, but failed.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Church/Slurpees/Water Tower Mall/Gogi Berry guy 7/11

...But sometimes they come back...

FREE SLURPEE DAY!!

On Sunday we woke up early. Before church, we stopped at 7-Eleven. Then we went to church and had bagels.Yum. After church Sharon dropped us off at the Water Tower Mall (which is 7 stories high, BTW and has a glass elevator). We took the glass elevator to the very top and browsed floor by floor until we were tired of it. Sharon then picked us up again and got more slurpees and hung out at home. We had stopped at four 7-Elevens, but only three of the locations had free slurpees for us. There was one last 7-Eleven just a block away from the house that we hadn't gone to yet. It was the sketchiest 7-Eleven we had been to that day. One of the flavors was new, titled "Gogi Berry" and we were discussing just exactly what that was when the (intoxicated?) man standing next to us started rambling on about how he is the spokesperson for Gogi Berry and how it's all good for you with lots of anti-oxidants. Then he asked us if we were coming from a bar. We said yes. Just Kidding. We said no, we're not of age, and he said something about us being twins and Sharon being our mother and she wasn't very good at it. It was awesome. Then he asked us where we live... and we're like... we live in the land of anti-oxidants...because we definitely didn't want a stalker type person on our hands.

All in all, it was quite an eventful day and we ended up with 13 free slurpee cups.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Navy Pier/IMAX/Goonies/Family 7/9-7/10

...But sometimes they come back...

On Friday, Sharon dropped us off at Navy Pier. We looked at the shops, we took photo booth pics, and saw a funny little kids pirates/magic show performance thing. We saw Eclipse in the IMAX theater there and decided that IMAX really isn't that much better than a regular movie theater, but it was fun. The movie was better than we expected, but we don't have very high expectations for the Twilight movies. Afterward we bought some delicious cheese/caramel popcorn that we munched on waiting for Sharon to pick us up. Outside, there was free juice things that we drank and a noodle. (See pic; someone obviously didn't see the sign) After she picked us up we rushed home and baked a frozen pizza then rushed to the park to see "The Goonies". It was awesome.

On Saturday, Nora's Uncle Joe and Aunt Lisa came in from Oswego and Megan and Nora ate lunch with them at a Celtic restaurant/bar thing. The food was delish. We had BBQ chicken sandwiches with lots of BBQ sauce and very good french fries. Afterward we walked to Urban Outfitters and looked at stuff there then walked home and hung out on the deck eating icees. Then after they left we watch Friday Night Lights for hours then went to bed.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

80's Movies/Oz Park 7/7-7/8

...But sometimes they come back...

On Wednesday, we woke up late and got ready to head into Adrian to do some shopping. Before we left, we had somewhat homemade pizzas, read Nicholas Sparks books, and worked on puzzles. When we got to Adrian, Megan and Nora were dropped off at Wal-Mart, while G-ma, G-pa, and Sharon grocery shopped at Meijer. Together, Megan and Nora bought two Kate Voegle CDs, and a Weezer CD. She bought a shirt and Nora bought two, which all matched. After that we went to Starbucks and Megan's debit card didn't work so she got a free frappachino. Doesn't make sense to me either. Anyways, we walked over to Meijer and checked out their 80's movies for $6 each. Megan got War Game, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, and Nora bought Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club. Afterward we stopped by Culver's and got delicious butter burgers. Then we drove home, then went to Uncle Fred and Grace's house to visit. They had a cute beagle named Beagle. On the way home we stopped by Zita's to ask Jonathon if we wanted to come by and watch an 80's movie with us, then we went home to make peanut butter chocolate cookies for Bible School. When we were done, Jonathan came over and we watched War Games and ate cookies. It was fun.

Thursday, we woke up late again, and we had to make tacos for lunch as soon as we got up. After making and eating the tacos, we packed up and headed back to Chicago. We hung out at the house for a while, then later walked to a little ice cream shop nearby. We saw Wrigley Field and then walked through Oz Park and saw statues of Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go

Luv Nora&Meg

Back to Michigan 7/6

...But sometimes they come back...

Today we got up and packed to leave to Michigan. We stopped at McDonald's, got some food and Diet Coke, blah blah....
When we got to Michigan we started a puzzle and met a neighbor boy who needed a ride home. We went with him and Sharon and he showed us his goats and pigs and he told us that the pretty ones are girls. They had a nice pond/swimming thing that he invited us to use.
Anyways... later we went to Aunt Zita's to visit and to ride the boat. Some sort of 2nd or 3rd cousin of Nora's, Jonathon, was staying there and he had recently gotten engaged. On a whim at the grocery store the night before, we decided to get him an engagement present, and since we're kind of cheap we got him milk chocolate covered almonds.
When we got to Zita's, she and he and his grandparents were on the pontoon for a ride and we joined them and gave him his present. He handed it around, and Sharon ate like half the bag (Just kidding...well sort of) Now we're blogging and hanging out with Sharon and Jonathon in the living room, again, stealing the Wi-Fi, drinking lemonade.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Fourth of July weekend 7/6

...But sometimes they come back...

Sorry it's been so long, but we've been super busy and were out of Wi-Fi connection for a few days. Last Friday Megan and I went to Taste of Chicago and got some yummy food and listened to some bands. After a few hours we rode the subway back home so we could pack to go to Phil and JoAnn's vacation house at Lake Wildwood. When we arrived, we had to stop at the park rangers booth to get directions to the house but Sharon wouldn't stop flirting with the security guard. When we finally got away and headed to the house, we realized we didn't bring any food to share, and coincidentally, we saw a Schwann's ice cream truck. By this time it was quite dark outside, and we didn't know if they would sell any, but we stopped to ask anyway. We pulled into the nearest driveway and ran up to the truck. A few kids riding an ATV asked "Who are you?" and "What are you doing in our driveway?" and Sharon said "We're strangers! But we're buying ice cream!" So they left us alone and we bought our ice cream and drove to the house. We arrived at a house full of people including: Nora's Uncle Dan and Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Phil, Aunt JoAnn and cousin Dan, and his friend Dan. As you may conclude, it was quite confusing.

Saturday we woke up last, we also were the last ones to go to bed, but anyway, in the morning we had bacon, biscuits and gravy, and Sunny D. We all got dressed to go down to the lake and packed lunches, snacks and sunscreen. We had lot of fun swimming, getting slightly sunburned, riding jet skis and hanging out. We went back to the house to take showers and eat dinner and then went back to the lake to watch fireworks. They were pretty awesome.

4th of JULY!!!
On the fourth of July we went to Phil and JoAnn's real house and then went to see the small suburb, Mokena's 4th of July parade. We g0t lotsa candy and random toys. The little kids with numchucks were the best. The 2nd best was just a truck full of guys waving and smiling. We went back home and watched clips of different movies on TV including Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Spanish, A Walk to Remember, Clueless, and He's Just Not That Into You.
(Couple hours later...)
Then we went to the cool fireworks in Mokena. There were bands playing, cannons shooting, reenactors reenacting, speakers speaking and illegal fireworks firing. After all that nonsense we FINALLY got to see the fireworks. It was really cool. We went to bed. The basement was awesome.

Monday we rode the train back to Chicago then hung out at home a while. Later we went to Nora Moreno Cargie's 50th birthday party. It was really fun and they had a great band and awesome Mexican food. We attempted to do the Mentos and Diet Coke with Mentos Gum and it failed. Then Megan and I were invited to see Toy Story 3 in 3D with two adorable 7 year olds and their mom. It was a really cool theatre with assigned seating and Megan cried her eyes out. We went back to their house and walked their dog in the creepy park and it was dark outside and there were creepy people. Then we went back and ate cereal and blueberries and strawberries.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Back to Chicago/Millennium Park/Band 7/1

...But sometimes they come back...

Yesterday we woke up again to crepes from Aunt Sharon. We packed up all of our stuff and drove back to Chicago. After our long day of traveling, we were a little tired. We unpacked our stuff and started season 2 of Friday Night Lights. Sharon heard that there was going to be cool music in Millennium Park so we decided to go check it out. We made turkey tacos for dinner.

We drove her car and payed an outrageous (ok, not that outrageous) amount of money to park the car and headed up to see the music. It was pretty crowded and the band playing was African dance music. Couples were dancing and trading partners and having a grand old time. It was very entertaining. We stayed for a while and saw the bean, then went to see the large fountains with the moving pictures of peoples' faces on them. One of them looked like, apparently, one of Sharon's ex-boyfriends, which was kind of creepy for her, and it was just generally creepy for us.

On the way home, Sharon dropped us off at McDonalds and we got icecream and fries. The End.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg