12-29-15    (Christmas)

• Mother's Christmas gift wrapping party
• Chevy waiting patiently for someone/something
• All the kids playing together on Catalano Christmas
• Uncle Joe getting properly dressed
• Now time to work
• Mother and Uncle Don
• The best I could get of the kids in front of the tree
• Time for presents
• Kyle likes what he got
• Gram got a new sweater
• Time for a Play-Doh mess
• Kyle on the other table
• Lee and Angela
• Must be Christmas Eve
• Amy had extra dough
• Lee and Amy
• Phil and Brian
• A Lee selfie
• A Christmas Eve shot
• Nate not-so-patiently waiting for Santa
• He finally made it
• Handing a gift to Kyle with Duke by his side
• With Care on his lap
• Another selfie
• Santa likes the root
• Now into Christmas morning
• Breakfast shots!!
• Duke waiting for an opening
• The kids playing Connect Four
• Lee showing off her new clothes
• Nate learning to ride his new bike
• Kyle on his new bike
• Oops
• Harley wishing us a Merry Christmas
• Mother and Lori
• Brittany and Jerry
• Grace allegedly painted Britt's feet

12-27-15 (Nashville Day 4 - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)

• One of Taylor Swift's stage outfits
• Must have been for the soundtrack
• Great quote from the Boss
• Would have loved to see an Elvis show
• The Cadillac
• Triple-Neck guitar
• Elvis's gold piano
• Eric Church was the the Orion Fest
• Note from Taylor
• Pretty cool wall
• Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan
• Cool poster
• Neil Young guitar and coat
• Gordon Lightfoot wall
• Johnny Cash
• One of his suits
• Another suit and a guitar
• Smokey and the Bandit car
• A Keith Urban guitar
• Taylor Swift guitar
• Her bio
• Jason Aldean
• Rascal Flatts
• Carrie Underwood
• Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt
• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
• Garth Brooks and Vince Gill
• Toby Keith and Big & Rich
• Taylor Swift from the Red tour
• Mock tour bus
• Miranda Lambert
• Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, and Jason Aldean
• The Hall of Fame
• Amber and George Strait
• Elvis
• Willie Nelson
• Johnny Cash
• Waylon Jennings
• The entrance to the Hall
• As we were walking away

12-22-15 (Nashville Day 3)

• Wasn't easy, but we eventually got in Puckett's for lunch
• In the Musician's Hall of Fame: Poster drawn by Sir Paul
• Charlie Daniels' guitar
• Elvis's guitar
• Tiny Music
• More STP...No 4
• Big Ones
• One of the best...Purple
• One of the best soundtracks
• Parking sign for Johnny Cash's show
• Lights!!
• Even got Pearl Jam in there
• Pete Townshend
• Definitely gotta have Jimi Hendrix in there
• Amber and Roy Orbison
• His section
• Les Paul
• Dan and Megan just hanging out and loitering
• Next stop was the Ryman Auditorium
• Zoomed to the front of the stage
• Amber from up top
• Thomas Ryman, who started  the Auditorium
• Reverend Sam Jones
• The view from down below
• The stage...front and center
• Looking back
• Johnny Cash
• Willie Nelson
• Miranda Lambert
• The Foo Fighters played there
• Pretty good set
• Next stop was the Frisk Center for Visual Arts
• Then the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
• Amber, the champ?
• Dan sure knows how to handle himself in that spot
• Looks like she really is getting mauled
• Then to Broadway at the Stillery: me and Amber
• Dan and Megan
• The first band was better, playing STP and other good rock
• April and quite the crowd behind her
• Dan and April...awwwww
• Megan looks traumatized
• Another cute one of these two lovebirds
• Megan and Amber
• Looks like a good profile pic to me
• Dan making friends?
• Another friend, go Hawks
• Looks like a fun game
• Amber trying to keep up with me.  haha
• My profile.  haha
• Dan and Aubryn, our entertainer for the evening
• She even played two Halestorm songs for me  \m/ \m/

12-18-15 (Nashville 1st 2 days)

• Amber ready to experience Nashville
• Our unzoomed view at the Hawks game
• Megan and Deano
• Amber
• Dan was probably sprinting at this time
• Almost time for the Predators to come on the ice
• A little bit of warm-up time
• Scott Darling
• Hossa and Toews
• Just Toews on this one
• Kaner
• Teuvo Teravainen
• Zamboni time
• Good timing on the face off
• Amber trying to out-zoom me
• Predators win
• Broadway from the river area
• The football stadium across the river
• My partner in crime on the roof
• Getting ready the next morning
• All done
• Lunch time before the trolley tour
• Deano got the head of the table
• Me and Dan
• The start of the tour was the Cumberland River
• and Amber
• The Tennessee State Capitol was part of the tour
• We got off to visit the Parthenon
• Amber in front
• On the side now
• Deano feels at home
• Dan making himself at home
• The view down the side
• Statue of Athena inside
• Dan in front as a reference
• Athena's shield
• From a distance outside
• Chocolate martini in the Pub in the Gulch
• They were delicious
• At Bailey's, the sports bar
• Another funny

12-15-15

• Pregaming by Eric and Michelle's before Bourbon
• The birthday girl
• Shot time at Bourbon
• Me and Karen
• Amber and Karen
• The Lounge Puppets
• The guitarist
• The whole band
• Hi Infidelity the next weekend
• Guy getting the crowd into it
• Amber and Jimmy
• Bobby
• Jim on drums
• Guy and Tyler
• Amber with her rock-out face on
• Good one of the three front men
• Dave working the crowd
• Tyler on vocals with crazy bright lights
• Macie getting her hair done for Thanksgiving
• Duke stretching out
• Dan ready for some pizza at Delta
• Add Sean to the mix
• Care digging in to Macho Taco
• Deano and Ashley
• Amber and peach margarita
• Care waiting in line to order
• Care and Virg on the dance floor at Rusty Nail
• The girls doing some karaoke
• Care and her new friend
• Another Christmas card shot at Bourbon
• Scott Lucas setting up his stuff
• Rocking out to Local H
• She stayed in longer than I expected.  haha
• A guest appearance as well
• Rocking out \m/ \m/

11-19-15

• Hi Infidelity at Ballydoyle in Downers Grove
• Sound sucked in the other room, but there was a screen
• Not much room by the stage
• Dave on lead
• Me and Amber at the Rosemont Theater for Impractical Jokers
• Our seats
• It's an awesome shirt
• Pat Tomasulo was the opening act
• Joe Gatto
• Q
• The four of them
• Murr
• A smiling Joe
• Joe and Q
• Q and Sal
• He must have a foolproof plan
• They said he looks like a ferret
• The four of them
• Joe and Q well zoomed
• Murr
• Joe is hysterical
• Sal
• Q, unfortunately a little blurry
• Photo shoot time
• Pointing at me?  haha
• Thank you, good night

11-12-15 (New Orleans)

• Care enjoying a martini at TC's
• Care and Nikki
• Nikki and Jen hitting the dance floor
• We made it
• Heading to Bourbon Street now
• Dad, Dan, and Mark
• Dad, Collan, and Dan
• Street performers
• Dad, Megan, and a couple hand grenades
• A look down the street
• In The Swamp
• Dan's favorite place on earth
• Me and Dan
• Is this considered a selfie?
• Dan on stage for some reason
• Dan and Amy at Willy's Chicken Shack
• And Mother...hope she got her biscuits
• A band that caught our attention
• Dan enjoyed them while we stayed
• Megan and Mother at Krystal Burger
• She was sober of course
• Nobody else dressed up with me
• Mother and Dad at The Beach
• Dan analyzing the situation
• Lunch at Port of Call
• Nice family time
• Not sure what he's doing
• Me, Megan, and Beth
• Hurricane Patricia remnants
• Dan doing the worm on stage...
• And paying the price for it
• Bourbon Street was kind of flooded
• Didn't stop the Lucky Dogs
• It's dry inside
• Measuring the rain
• Willie Mae's looks nice inside now
• Mother got her beignets at Cafe DuMond
• On the way to the casino
• We got our Fuddruckers
• Looks like it was delicious
• Bourbon Street at night
• Of course Dan makes a new friend...then fireman carries him
• A gift from Brian to Dan
• All decorated for Halloween
• Kitty corner

11-11-15

• Little Frank's for dinner on Dan's triumphant return
• Of course Delta was the next stop
• Amy happy to be there
• Dan and Brian
• Amber and me
• Nikki, Jen, and Deano
• Nate and Kyle on the way to Megan's
• Playing in Piper's cage
• Our Hawk's game seats...unzoomed
• Good zoom on this one of Kruger
• Stanley Cup banners
• Awesome lighting on the ice
• The skyline on ice
• And here they are
• Time for the national anthem
• The light show continues...
• The flag was still there
• He looks ready for battle
• Ice girls
• Face off...not the movie
• Tommy doing his thing
• Hawks win
• Nice team victory

10-22-15

• Eva Marie on the trucks...getting pumped for Raw
• Mark nearing his seat
• Amy doing a jig for the Cubs
• Where's Zeb?
• Adam Rose
• JBL
• The Lunatic Fringe opened the show
• Out came Randy Orton
• And the New Day....barf
• Team Bella
• Better one of the twins
• Team BAD
• Sasha on the outside
• Naomi on the inside
• John Cena coming for an open challenge
• Dolph Ziggler came out to accept
• Mark was in to something
• The Ascension
• Those Damn Dudleys
• King Barrett
• Mr. Money in the Bank, Sheamus
• The Man Gravity Forgot, Neville
• Cesaro
• Roman Reigns
• Not exactly Mr. Promo
• Here come the Wyatt's
• Need to update my costume
• Braun is big guy to say the least
• Bray and Luke Harper
• Last men standing
• Rusev and Summer Rae
• Ryback
• Kevin Owens
• Paige coming down for commentary
• Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Natalya
• Becky Lynch
• She fought Brie Bella
• Seth Rollins coming to his lumberjack match with Kane
• Part of the action to end a really rough Raw

10-20-15

• Deano getting his first Michigan trip underway at Taco Bell in Chesterton
• Lee and Duke in bed
• Kyle having a slider for breakfast
• Megan holding Macie
• Phil playing catch with Macie in the background
• Tree doesn't look good, especially with the power lines under  it
• Macie and Kyle holding the wood in place
• The leaves are starting to change
• Deano introduced them to Hangman
• Kyle painting his pumpkin
• Macie and Nate doing the same
• Chevy chasing something or someone
• Duke holding the fort down
• Macie still working on her pumpkin
• Lee and Chevy
• He doesn't smile on his own
• Family shot...ready for a trailer
• The kids love the wood piles
• Time for croissants on a stick
• Amy's gonna try one too
• So far, so good
• Lee gave up
• It was a hot fire
• Looks finished
• It was a really good fire
• One more...with flash
• Macie learning to ride on her own

10-5-15

• Macie coloring in Michigan
• The boys playing on the tablets
• Looking good out there
• A Macie selfie photo-bombed by Andrew wearing his headlamp
• Mother and Kyle outside
• Phil, the electrician of the day
• Ready to go clear the trails
• Lee and Mother
• Nate always ready for baseball
• A selfie as we go in the trails
• Kyle is coming with
• My helpers in the trail
• Silly faces
• Doing some trimming
• Another selfie
• With the tongue out
• Think he's getting tired of pictures
• Maybe not...silly face
• Trailblazing
• One more selfie of these two
• Lee making her face
• Brian with a beautiful background
• Amy
• Kyle read for another ride
• A frog they found
• Me, Kyle, and Macie

10-4-15 (Rob Zombie)

• The DJ before Rob Zombie came on
• Pretty cool stage setup
• Another view with a microphone stand
• Rob Zombie!!
• The bassist
• Zoomed in a bit
• Back to the stage after going around the crowd
• Moved much closer toward the end

10-1-15

• Amber getting ready for the third consecutive Bourbon week
• Megan was excited to come out too
• Jimmy, as always
• The third place trivia prize wasn't good for us
• A little line dancing before the bands
• Fatal Order was a good hard rock cover band
• Jimmy...a little too close for comfort
•  
• The country band
• Time for some HBB
• The only original one left
• All are great musicians
• The music sounded great
• I think Megan had a fun night out
• Amber and about the worst photo bomb I've ever seen
• Not sure where the mustache came from
• Megan singing along
• Jimmy with the mustache now
• Amy working on the arincini balls the next day
• Nate pregaming with a meatball
• Kyle playing with the haunted house decoration
• Lee with her apron
• Me, Lee, and Macie
• Just me and Lee
• Kyle and Duke on the couch
• Amy breading the balls
• Amy and Lee
• And Kyle is out
• Dinner is served
• Mother frying more balls
• Deano ready with his plate
• Carb free dinner.  haha
• Lee and Mother with a plate
• The arincini ball up close
• Amy and Deano
• Brain enjoying his plate
• Game time after dinner

9-30-15

• Macie and Kyle playing in the flower bed before Nate's game
• The All star
• Playing center field for now
• Macie with the camera now
• Hi Infidelity at Bourbon
• REO Speedwagon solo
• Every other song solo
• Jim in the back
• Tyler taking over on vocals
• The man in the middle
• Amber seemingly having a good time in this room
• Me and her
• Her and Mother
• Almost a perfect picture of the women
• Tyler, Dave, and Guy
• Must be GNR
• One last one of the three of them

9-29-15 (Halestorm)

• Lotta rain to and from, but we made it with plenty of time
• Waiting for Andy and Beth
• More of a pose now
• Uptown Lounge for a couple before the show
• Jager time!!
• Our photo booth picture
• Waiting patiently for them to come on
• We got Jager sunglasses out of it too
• Mark with his
• And a smiling Amber with hers
• Here we go with the acoustic opening set
• A little clearer
• On the keys now
• The extent of Arjay's drumming for now
• Brother and sister
• Might be on to the main set now
• Josh on bass
• Lzzy has her guitar out now
• Doing her thing
• on to the Explorer for the next one
• The Joe Storm
• I'm not obsessed.   Haha
• Double neck
• Thank you, good night
• Beth and Amber
• The end

9-28-15

• Megan and Shannon at trivia--good for second place :-)
• Pat likely studying the maps
• Andrew seemingly not happy with whatever Megan is looking at
• Quite a double team here
• Amber ready for Bourbon Street....except no drink
• 1st time seeing the Rockaholics
• At Bourbon now ready
• Here they are
• Dan on bass
• The sax sounded awesome too
• The headphones made the rounds that night
• Country night too
• Hillbilly Rockstars
• Nice back drop
• Amy's surprise party at Davern's was a success
• Me and Uncle Dennis
• And Mother
• Who needs a wristband?
• Goes good with the outfit
• Let the dancing commence
• Deano joined the fun too

9-24-15

• Duke on Sunday funday...from Macie's perspective
• Amy taking care of the drinks
• Macie trying to take a selfie of us
• Just me
• Deano...she has a little work to do with focus
• And obstructions
• Nate in the trampoline
• Phil enjoying a cold one
• Nate and Kyle playing inside the trampoline
• Me and Macie hanging out
• She got the camera back
• Having a lot of fun with it
• Too funny
• Duck face?
• Nice smile
• And he tongue
• Kyle enjoying his dinner

9-23-15    (Last of the Ohio trip)

• The Wall exhibit
• The other side of it
• The theater showing all of the past shows
• Next stop was the Herb Ritts photo section: First up was U2
• Jon Bon Jovi
• Michael Jackson
• Gwen Stefani
• Bob Dylan
• Slash
• Axl
• Guns N Roses
• Madonna
• The trophy for inductees
• Next was the autograph room.  Some were blurry because of lack of light and flash: AC/DC
• Aerosmith
• Black Sabbath
• Green Day
• Guns N Roses
• Billy Joel
• Led Zeppelin
• Kiss
• Metallica
• Last but not least, U2
• There was live entertainment inside as well
• Downtown Cleveland
• Lake Erie
• Outside Quicken Loans Arena
• The entrance, but not going there
• Next stop, Progressive Field
• The evening's destination
• Nice looking field
• Their hall of fame area
• Much cheaper than Chicago
• The Jumbo Tron
• From right field
• Not looking good
• Interesting selection of beer
• The view from my seat
• Mike Trout
• Entertainment between innings
• Then the rain came
• Yep
• Not quite like the Wrigley tarp
• About a half hour later
• Oops
• Albert Pujols coming up
• The long-awaited race
• Sweet Moses after the game

9-22-15 (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...continued and to be continued)

• On to the Legends room...Ringo's drum kit
• The Rolling Stones area was right behind
• Outfits, posters, etc.
• Pretty cool pinball machine
• That was a legendary show for sure
• Next stop was Jimi Hendrix
• Some of his guitars
• And outfits
• A doubleneck guitar
• Genesis section
• The Doors
• U2
• Rejection letter to Bono....
• One of Lady Gaga's outfits...yep, the whole thing
• A Katy Perry dress
• Rihanna
• Bruno Mars
• Taylor Swift
• A Shirley Manson outfit
• John Mellencamp guitar
• REO Speedwagon guitars
• Bob Seger Guitar
• The Devo gear
• Fall Out Boy clothes
• John Lennon guitar
• Some Beatles suits and gear
• On to a little hip hop area...Salt-N-Pepa jacket
• Notorious BIG
• Letter about NWA songs and the police
• House of Pain
• Aerosmith
• Joe Perry on his own
• Beyonce...quote the variety
• The Allman Brothers
• Michael Jackson
• Close up of the glove
• James Brown
• The Who
• The Beach Boys
• Bruce Springsteen
• ZZ Top
• and their guitars
• Metallica
• Rob Trujillo bass
• James Hetfield guitar
• From the And Justice for All tour
• Kirk Hammett guitar
• A Jason Newsted-like mannequin
• I remember this guitar in Cunning Stunts
• Paul Simon exhibit
• Well said, Taylor
• Class of 2015...Stevie Ray Vaughn
• One of his guitars
• Ringo Starr
• Lou Reed
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• Part of the songwriting process
• Green Day
• American Idiot lyrics
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams

9-21-15 (Ohio Road Trip)

• On the road
• The first destination
• Nice inside with a little old-school feel
• Nicely painted wall
• Red Roof Inn...guess you get what you pay for
• The wind turbine and the Cleveland Browns stadium
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• The entrance a little closer
• Janis Joplin's Porsche
• Joan Jett's Jaguar
• Van Halen guitar and drums
• Bo Diddley guitar
• Ray Charles's sunglasses
• Muddy Waters guitar
• Buddy Guy guitar
• Hank Williams suit
• A quote from Elvis
• And one by John Lennon
• An last, and least, Ice T
• Next was the Elvis section
• Showing all his music videos and performances
• Elvis's custom motorcycle
• His army uniform
• One of his guitars
• And one of his suits
• Nine Inch Nails condom
• A Fats Domino suit
• Another Bo Diddley guitar
• Rick James guitar
• Hand carved guitars
• Wonder how many huge bands used these pads
• Epic lyrics written on a folder
• Johnny Ramone guitar
• The Otis Redding collection
• Flea's bass
• Alice Cooper boots
• Cliff Burton bass
• Rob Halford's coat
• Angus Young outfit
• Dave Ellefson Bass and Anthrax drum
• Bruce Dickinson jacket
• Whiplash lyrics
• Michael Anthony bass
• Mike McCready guitar
• Sounds like a good show to me
• Old Alice in Chains set list
• Little Nirvana section
• Madonna section
• John Paul Jones outfit and bass

9-18-15 August Michigan Trip)

• Duke is always happy to be in Michigan
• Sleeping with Lee
• Macie has the camera now
• Kyle petting Duke
• Mother in bed
• Andrew working on the cheese balls?
• Grace...a little blurry
• Not a bad selfie
• Close-up of Duke
• Nate and his tablet
• Andrew cooking breakfast
• Phil taking Macie for a ride
• Kyle and Grace playing on the tablet
• Went through a few fuses...doesn't look right

9-16-15 (Brookfield Zoo)

• Amber at the Brookfield Zoo entrance
• Sleeping lion
• Awwww.
• Waiting for the dolphin show to start
• Just chilling on the outside
• Don't think it's really him
• The show is beginning
• Jumping for the ball
• Better job this time
• They did a lot of splashing
• What a shame...
• Not quite Buckingham
• Cute little monkey...don't remember what kind
• The grounded little (not really) guy
• Another one just hanging out in the tree
• Parent and child
• Sleeping gorilla
• Other side shows a baby on the belly
• Awake now
• Real bison...more than we saw in SD
• Pelicans
• Here are my penguins
• A bit closer
• Amber comparing herself to a spread eagle
• The bald eagle
• Polar bear
• Clear shot, not through glass
• An okapi
• Don't remember what this was called...
• Cute little rodent
• This one was quite the runner and not photogenic
• Tortoise...little guy very close to us
• A giraffe
• Trying to hide from the rain maybe?
• a klipspringer
• A very large tortoise moving away
• I wouldn't go in there
• The zebra wouldn't come out in the rain
• Nor would the camel
• Echidna
• Some Australian bird
• Sleeping wombat
• Bat house was next...yuck
• Working his way down...
• Boomerang bird
• Big hippo
• Wallaby
• A couple others...or maybe kangaroos
• Running around the brush
• Big rhinoceros
• Warthog
• A tapir...
• Can't remember what this is
• Some kind of elk
• Pygmy hippo
• So cute....
• Met him on the side of the footpath
• The camels on the way out....
   

9-15-15

• Amber likes what she see so far at Dan and Patrick's wedding
• The DJ and dance floor
• The back yard was very accommodating
• Mother trying to keep track of everything
• Out on the dance floor for the duration
• Post-wedding drink
• The next day's activity!!
• Construction Clark?
• Unbelievable seats
• Right Field
• Arrieta pitching and Rizzo on 1st
• Kris Bryant
• The field without zoom
• The iconic scoreboard
• This was Amber's first Cubs game
• Kris Bryant up to bat
• 7th inning stretch
• Started to rain a little bit
• Me and Megan
• Cubs Win!!
• Line dancing at Bourbon
• Jimmy making his presence known
• Some good guitar work
• Dan, the lead singer

9-8-15

• 1st time heading to Lollapalooza
• Looking north...plenty of  vendors
• Big photo op for some
• Buckingham Fountain was about the center of the whole fest
• The northern most big stage
• Hammock City
• There actually seemed to be sufficient facilities
• It is Grant Park
• It was a 90's basketball jersey kind of day
• The skyline and Buckingham Fountain
• Yeah Buddy!!
• The Pepsi Stage
• Mick Jenkins...didn't stick around the whole time
• The Galaxy (and Sprint to the left) stage...very early in the day
• Getting closer
• The schedule for that stage
• The could not have been comfortable knowing how hot it was
• They were one of the few seemingly rock bands there were. nice surprise
• Like I said...
• Saturday's Sir
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones?
• Alonzo
• Magic Johnson Dream Team
• Grant Hill
• This was about 5pm...not easy to move around
• The Dream
• Pretty dead center between the stages
• Minion by the Sprint stage
• Made our way through the crowd...ready for Metallica
• Getting closer...
• And here they are...James
• Kirk
• One more of James
• Helluva day...

9-7-15

• Kyle ready to help in Michigan
• Checking the tire
• Got the beer goggles on now
• Macie ready to swim
• With Dad
• She's learning how to take selfies
• At the beach in South Haven
• Macie's turn on the monkey bars
• Phil and Macie trying to get the kite to fly
• The lighthouse
• And it's up
• Macie back on the monkey bars
• Nate's turn
• And of course Kyle
• He's way up there now
• Macie starting to make a castle
• They had a great time at the beach
• On the way home now
• Back in South Haven for the evening
• Macie striking a pose downtown
• Duke the little lamb cake
• Another one...staying cool
• There must be bee hive in the walls
• The parents taking care of the situation
• Lake Osterhout next
• Nate and Macie in the water
• Kyle on the stump just before leaving

9-4-15 (Taylor Swift Day)

• At the first train stop, where all our afternoon plans changed
• At Millennium Park instead
• In a part of the Park I've never been in
• Zoomed in on a butterfly
• Pretty cool with the skyline in the background
• Pritzker Pavilion
• Quite a few selfie sticks that day
• Found the Bean after somehow missing it
• Yep
• Skyline in the Bean
• With Amber in it now
• We didn't partake in the rock climbing at Maggie Daley park
• It is a beautiful park with a lot for the kids
• It's just east of Millennium Park
• Quite a drawbridge
• The walk way
• Amber and a rock
• Heading to find food now
• At the River
• Trump Tower
• Made it to Navy Pier after a rain delay involving Minions
• Ferris Wheel was still closed from the rain
• Cool view from near the Ferris Wheel
• Caught a band for a little bit before it was time to go
• On the water taxi heading to Soldier Field
• Cute pup
• Some low clouds make this a great pic
• One more
• We're here
• Our view without zoom
• The first opener...don't remember his name
• What 55,000 people came for
• The next act...don't remember him either
• HAIM...I really enjoyed them...nice surprise
• Another one
• It's sure filling in
• One last one of HAIM
• Here comes Taylor...and all the wristbands
• Welcome to New York
• End of that song
• Outfit change
• On the catwalk...yeah on the catwalk yeah
• Lotta dancers
• Probably a nice story
• Rocking out
• Tonight's surprise guest
• Honey, I'm Good
• Nice to see her with a guitar finally...
• Keyboard next
• With Sereyah now
• Electric guitar!
• Shake It Off closed the show out

8-29-15 (South Haven Pub Crawl)

• Mark setting up a card game in Michigan
• Amber along for all the fun
• Dan and Andrew
• A train led by Andy
• The extravaganza begins at Brix
• Amber wasn't ready yet
• Dan won the hook game
• Brian at the Black Lodge
• Still flying proudly
• Beth and Megan
• Amber waiting for the food
• Happy Mark
• Dan ready for some friendly darts competition
• Amy ready as well
• Brian elected for the pool game
• Dan and Brian
• Andy too
• Beth...haha
• Follow the Buzzards
• Ducks in the Black River
• Me and Amber aboard the Idler
• Boats coming in for the scheduled bridge raising/
• A dog on one of them
• The Sheriff is out
• On to Admiral Jacks
• Andy, Beth, and Amy
• Amy and myself
• Amber at Captain Lou's
• Drunk girl of the night
• Always supporting the Hulkster
• Amber texting
• Dan, Amber, and the fun one
• He had a rough night too
• Amber with a selfie?
• Dan and Andy
• With me now/
• She was the fun one
• I guess so...cracking up about something
• Poor Mark
• As if control wasn't already lost...
• Yes, there were drinks served
• Me and Andy...photo bombed
• Not sure how else this can be explained, but I'm sure Mark can
• She's back
• Dan showing off his armpit

8-28-15 (Friendship Fest)

• Amber ready for Hi infidelity at Friendship fest
• Jimmy has friends everywhere
• Megan entertained
• It was a Thursday night show
• Dave and Guy
• Tyler
• Jim on drums
• Tyler on lead vocals
• Bobby on keys
• Tyler singing
• Mark enjoying the show
• And Megan
• Guy working his magic
• Dave and Guy
• the whole band...just about
• Amber loves it
• Jimmy likes the beer
• Line dancing to Hi Fi?
• Another good one of the three front men
• A little more lead
• Trying to get all the action
• That's my cousin
• Dave and Tyler kind of posing
• Mark...and Jimmy
• Me, Jimmy, and Amber
• Jimmy and Megan

8-27-15 (Monday Night Raw)

• Our seats for Monday Night Raw with no zoom
• Neville and Heath Slater in the dark match
• The Ascension
• JBL
• Here comes the Beast
• The Big Show
• The Miz
• He's a big man
• Ryback
• Pretty good zoom
• The Bellas
• Brie Mode
• Paige
• Roman Reigns
• Sheamus
• It was an RKO outta nowhere
• Rusev and Summer Rae
• Dolph Ziggler and Lana
• Lana
• Bo Dallas
• The Lunatic Fringe
• Bathroom break
• Seth Rollins about to call out Brock
• J&J's new car
• Thinks he's ready
• Here comes Brock
• Looking for his weapon of choice
• An ax and a car
• Didn't see that coming
• The ax was winning
• Suplex City
• I proclaim Brock the winner
• One more
• The New Day
• Dragon flop?
• John Cena
• With the mic
• Here comes Kevin Owens
• Cesaro
• The Cesaro swing

8-20-15

• Macie excited about another birthday party
• Kyle working on an apple
• Mother enjoying the party
• Kyle and Johnny
• Frankie trying to get out
• Macie waiting not so patiently
• It's that time
• Looks like Duke is watching TV
• Some Plants Vs Zombies action
• Macie's new nails
• Cake time
• Kyle loves it
• Blowing them out
• A little extra needed
• More Plants Vs Zombies
• At Naperville Rib Fest
• The Stage
• Sammy Hagar
• With a Cubs jersey on
• Warrenville for 4th of July
• The reason we went there
• Guy...weird to see them when it's light out
• Tyler
• Nice one of the three front men
• Bobby
• Hi Infidelity in the dark now
• Kyle enjoying Sunday Funday by me
• Nice (mostly) group shot of the guys
• Macie found  seat with the Larry Flint stirrer
• Look what Aric found...or don't
• A little fruit salad

8-16-15

• Grass was kind of long in Michigan
• Another perspective
• It didn't stop the 4-wheeler
• It was a lot of work for all of us
• Getting there
• Circle time
• Macie putting her birthday gift to work
• The only thing better than a gun is two guns
• Luke and Owen
• Nap time
• It's just about a circle
• Soon enough she can go solo
• He's up now and need mommy
• Target practice for Nate
• Duke
• Amy taking Owen for a ride
• Kyle's turn
• Baseball time
• Mark seeking revenge?
• Temper tantrum
• Kyle loves the head lamp
• Small fireworks display
• Need the weed whacker
• Phil and Kyle going for a ride
• Macie was my helper
• At the Blue Chip for Tami and Joe's wedding
• Lee and Phil
• Brian, Jackie, and Coach Kevin
• The wedding and reception were in here
• The wedding party
• The I do's
• The best I have with faces
• Now time for the reception
• By the cupcakes
• Brian and the centerpiece?
• There was an Elvis sighting
• Out of the light
• Amy getting down
• Lee and Mother
• The room it was all in

8-13-15 (The Dells)

• The front room of the condo
• Kitchen/dining room
• The back "yard"
• Nice balcony, or whatever this is
• The kids ready to go to the water park
• And the women
• We actually had one of the closest condos to the water parks
• Macie having fun on a swing
• Kyle just after the slide
• Guess the low 60's (F) isn't pool weather
• Nice pic of Lee, Macie, and Kyle.  haha
• Phil always ready for the water park
• Our grill for all the food
• One of ponds on the green
• "Room" 4...not the biggest, but there is the skylight
• The second bathroom
• The third bedroom
• A little temper tantrum
• Macie ready for some laser tag
• Can't tell if Brian is resting or playing
• Very wet weekend
• Luke getting Megan in bumper boats
• Quite the warzone
• Kyle on the receiving end
• Brian getting double teamed
• Lee and Kyle coming for me
• Amy and Macie going for their next victim
• Brian going after them
• Luke is all business
• Somebody is gonna get it
• Right off the nose?
• Not looking good for them
• Kyle taking over
• The outside of our condo
• Another birthday party
• Me in the background
• Best we could do with all three
• Waiting patiently for the lighting
• Kyle too.  Haha
• Blown out
• Nothing says happy 5th birthday like a daisy.  haha
• Kyle enjoying the big bathroom
• Showing off her dance moves?
• Megan watching the Hawks
• Nice one of the three kids
• Brian, Amy, and Luke ready for laser tag
• Me, Phil, and Nate...intimidating
• Superman ice cream!!
• Macie showing off that yellow tongue
• Kyle wisely had a cup
• Lee turning the corner on the go karts
• Amy and Kyle trailed by Brian and Luke
• Here they are in front now
• Lee all by herself
• Getting a little close?
• Phil and Nate
• Brian and Kyle now
• Megan and Macie loving the ride
• Kyle having fun at the arcade now
• Amy at the skill crane
• Luke found his game of preference
• Lee cleaning up on this skill crane...or spending a fortune
• They love the games
• Even Mother found hers
• She even fixed one of the pigs
• One last ride

8-12-15

• Now that's a bucket at the Delta
• Lee ready for Sunday Funday
• Kyle loves his pizza lunchable
• Lee and Amy keeping an eye on the food
• Macie is turning into quite the photographer
• Megan excited that Dan is back for trivia
• Mark enjoys the pregaming
• And of course he's glad to be back on his team
• One form of entertainment at Porky's Rib Fest
• We tried all but one Australian place
• Kangaroo ribs?
• Pretty cool smoker
• They all had their trophies
• Dan liked the Mexican corn
• Finished off the night at Andy's Custard

8-9-15 (Tuesday/Wednesday in Orlando)

• Getting ready to go out
• First stop at Universal...of course
• Pretty cool in the gift shop
• Krusty Burger in Springfield
• The Donut Shop
• Moe's Tavern
• This is inside Moe's
• That was closed, but this bar wasn't\
• We tried a Flaming Moe
• On Tap
• Have to try a bucket next time
• The Kwik E Mart
• Hanging out with Milhouse
• Krustyland
• Head on and all
• She was in her glory in Harry Potter World
• The Judge??
• Fire breathing dragon
• I wasn't kidding
• No wand found me...oh well
• The beer was good though
• The DeLorean
• Brought back memories for her
• Woody Woodpecker
• Jenny and Gary
• Wish this was real. ha-ha
• Jenny's turn
• The duck wanted to join the fun in the pool
• The cable box in our room
• Our airport friend...cross between Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio
• Jenny's thoughts on being home

8-8-15 (Monday in Orlando - International Drive)

• The banana wasn't looking so good the next day
• A closer shot
• Nice adult-only pool
• At the new aquarium now
• Can't remember what this was
• With flash on this time
• Big eel
• Not a huge fan of jellyfish
• Not at Brookfield Zoo
• Into Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Ponce De Leon
• And his sidekick
• Quite sneaky, like he doesn't even realize it
• Uncle Sam
• Barack and his first lady
• Dr. King
• Honest Abe
• Neil Armstrong
• Anybody remember that telecast?
• It's harder than it seems
• Thomas Edison
• Walt Disney
• Albert Einstein
• Andy Warhol
• Steve Jobs
• He had a little something...
• Madame Tussaud herself
• Dale Earnhart Jr.
• Muhammad Ali
• Payton Manning
• Think this was Serena
• Shaq
• Dan Marino
• Tiger Woods
• And an enraged bystander
• Derek Jeter
• Ross Lynch
• Taylor Swift, before the leg incident
• Pitbull, much smaller in stature than expected
• Madonna
• Katy Perry
• Katy always has to take the spotlight
• WE're told she donated real underwear for it
• Rihanna
• And her not so silent partner
• The King
• Ricky Martin living' la vida loca
• The King of Pop
• Lady Gaga
• Miley Cyrus
• Another with flash
• Jimmy Fallon...and no Jay Leno?
• Oprah
• Neil Patrick Harris
• Take two
• Jennifer Lopez
• Eva Langoria
• Shrek and Princess Fiona
• A little help?
• Jackie Chan
• And Jenny Chan
• The set of Grease
• Jennifer Lawrence
• Steven Spielberg
• Tea time
• Selena Gomez
• Hmmmm
• Sofia Vergara
• Johnny Depp
• Samuel L Jackson
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Jennifer Anniston
• Shakespeare's Wife?
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
• Tom Hanks thanking us for coming
• Trying to roll her tongue at Ripley's Believe it or Not
• Almost got it
• In the "tilted" room
• Wonder what was in there...I wouldn't look
• The automated Owl
• The love seat
• The Iron Maiden
• Her other favorite chair
• Tallest Man Ever
• Couldn't ride the Orlando Eye because of the rain

8-5-15 (Saturday/Sunday in Orlando - Gaylord Palms and EPCOT)

• Jenny planning the week in Orlando
• The reason for the trip
• Inside the Gaylord Palms
• Leaks or condensation?
• Alligators and turtles in their area
• It wasn't hard to get lost inside
• Another side
• By the pond
• A lot of koi in there
• Beautiful
• Jenny enjoying a frozen banana
• There was actually work to do during the day as well
• IBI Windows?
• Went to Epcot that night
• Selfie of us
• In front of the Norway restaurant
• Next up was China
• The Chinese beer was delicious
• African walking stick?   
• The German area
• I found that beer undrinkable
• A new pet?
• The two Degos in Italy
• A bit early for the light show
• Classic
• The sake was good
• I still wouldn't touch a pay phone
• Dinner in Morocco
• Almost time....
• She found her Vouvray in France
• It's dark now
• One more of it
• Back at the Gaylord

8-3-15

• Late Friday night for the kids in Effingham
• Ethan checking out the zero-gravity chair
• ready for an early morning boat ride
• They're showing Megan what it's all about
• And we're back
• Time for Phil and the boys
• Bear swimming for the bottle
• Got it
• Out for more
• Kyle playing at the beach
• The photographer in action
• Here's Kelci
• Macie floating around
• Dad and Nate
• Kyle playing in the sand
• Grace going after Mother
• Jake
• Big smile on Britt
• Macie and Kelci working together in the sand
• Time for a little ride
• Jake has his water shooter
• Kyle still going in the sand
• The girls having a blast
• Kyle and Jake's turn
• Lee working on dinner
• Phil the man of the grill
• The pineapple just wasn't happening this time
• Kelci was showing Macie and Kyle how to do caretwheels
• Macie found a ball now
• Lee working on Lemon Drops now
• The Blackhawk's viewing party
• Britt making breakfast shots
• Grace has her spot on the stump
• Nate found a frog somewhere
• Gonna be a fun Saturday night
• The kids game of the weekend
• Macie resting her eyes
• Grace ready for the hula party
• Macie and Grace in front of the backdrop
• Another of them two
• The Gesi's all decked out
• Even Bear got lei'ed
• All of us now
• Britt
• Mother and Dad
• Grace and Harley

6-7-15

• Old-school hotel room in El Paso
• The fountain was pretty sad
• Where all the "fun" was taking place
• Inside was well done
• The entrance ramp
• We walked to the Mexico border
• Cars waiting to come in the USA
• That marks the spot
• A lot of pay phones out there, and people using them too
• The exterior of our hotel...Camino Real
• Wish we could have been in El Paso for this
• Some of the best Mexican food I've ever had
• In one of the many rooms of Cattleman's Steakhouse
• There was plenty to see on the ranch...wish we had more time
• More of the ranch
• The locals?
• Zoomed in a lot, but there were buffalo
• And long horns
• We saw an awful lot of this out there
• Round trip cab fare
• Downtown El Paso on Saturday night
• Just follow the sign
• Pretty cool mural
• This was a real car.  We saw who got in to drive it away
• Beautiful night for baseball
• First night left field bleachers were open
• Right field still under construction
• Pretty decent seats for what they cost
• Nikki stocking my fridge for a Friday night party
• Hi Infidelity at Bourbon
• Guy and Bobby
• Tyler
• Guy doing some lead work
• The three front men...crazy lights
• Dave
• My rock out partner for the night
• Hard to get a decent one of Jim
• Those lights are powerful
• Front men again
• Me and Amber during break
• Dave and Guy
• Guy getting down

5-26-15

• First stop in St. Louis
• Tacos were awesome...burger left something to be desired
• Checking out Union Station
• How could we not check this place out
• Waiting for the train
• Selfie
• On the way to the Arch
• There it is
• Another park as we were wandering
• We passed by Busch Stadium
• More of it
• got some fudge...buy 3 get the 4th free
• In the bar (village) outside the stadium
• On to the Anheuser Busch tour
• We saw one Clydesdale outside
• In the stable
• Just outside...
• now inside for some mashing
• The mashing process
• Next up is straining
• That's where it's done
• Brew Kettle process
• The kettle
• The next part of the tour...the packaging
• Quite a few go through there nonstop
• Ooops
• Dinner at Pappy's Smokehouse after
• On to the bowling part of the trip
• traffic wasn't so good in the downtown area
• wandering around before the Busch Stadium tour
• Not a job I envy   
• Inside the stadium
• The Jumbo tron
• The grass is not just ordinary grass
• The dugout
• He said don't touch the phones
• The outfield
• Stan the Man's statue
• The Champions Club
• Shows all the years of their wins
• One of the trophies
• All of the World Series matches
• Another trophy
• Made a wallpaper of all old time cards
• In the radio broadcaster booth
• The view of the field from up there
• The dugout from up there
• Nate was the pitcher of this game
• The windup
• Macie, Grace, and Kyle playing together
• Nate warming up

5-25-15

• Mark working on the late night snack in Michigan
• Cool new table
• All clean after repairing the pipe
• The shed is still up and intact!!
• the fields are starting to fill in
• Macie is ready to play
• Kyle is ready to go for a ride
• Macie on the stump
• Keeping an eye on everything
• Dad was able to make it out this time
• One of Nate's favorite activities out there
• Duke needs a haircut
• Smiley
• Kyle waiting for more
• Brian and Macie
• Amy practicing her new gun
• Times for drinks
• Amy and Macie
• Kyle doing shots of water
• The dogs know where to go for table scraps
• Amy and Lee selfies
• Me and Dad...with Fireball
• Lee and Kyle ready for bed
• Baseball game action
• Macie going for a ride on her own
• Here she comes back
• Time for some Plants vs. Zombies now
• The dogs in their dinner spots
• Mother behind her cake
• Not sure what he's trying to do here
• Kyle and Macie outside
• All three of them now
• The whole family
• Mark and Mother cleaning up
• Mother and Dad
• A little closer
• The four of us
• Now by the shed

5-6-15

• Shot time at Chuck's with Mother
• Andy and Collan
• Mother and Megan
• Beth loves the $2 bombs
• Megan and Heather
• Mother and Jimmy
• Happy Valentine's Day
• Nikki for her birthday party
• Care and Nikki
• Jen making some drinks
• Care and Jen
• Of course there is beer pong
• Me and Megan at Durty Nellie's
• Megan and Mark
• Judas Beast
• Love the guitarist's shirt
• Just like a real Iron Maiden show...haha
• Even the giant beast!!
• Having a good time of course
• The new Kirk of Blackened
• Pretty cool set
• Hi Infidelity at Q Bar
• The three front men
• Andy and Beth
• Brian, Andy, and ....
• The women
• Kyle enjoying a TV show on my couch
• Jeanie making a drink in Peoria
• Karen said she had a lot to drink before we got there
• Me, Al, and Jeanie in bed.
• Jeanie watching Al and Jackie
• Jaimy, Al, and Jeanie in bed now
• Al and Jim...ha
• Smoking...
• Duke smiling as always...haha
• Hi Infidelity at Bannerman's
• Quite the "dancer"
• Guy on guitar
• Mother, Amy, and Me
• And Megan and kind of Brian
• With a little focus, this could have been a great one
• Me and my  buddy Paul
• Bobby on the keys
• Megan and Amy
• With some tongue
• And now Mother
• Me and Megan
• More Guy
• Dave and Tyler
• Angela and the dancer
• OX!!
• Amy singing along
• with Megan
• One more of some of the band
• Nate with a dunk in the trampoline

2-5-15

• Megan excited for her first Ice Breaker...Friday night at Black River Tavern
• Mark with his new favorite hat
• Dan drove 8 hours to be there...enjoying a burger
• Andy and Dan watching the Hawks' game
• Beth always happy
• Andy and Dan
• Another of Dan...thumbs up
• Dan and Megan selfie
• Another
• Amy and Brian
• Me and Beth
• Now with Amber as well
• Megan and Beth
• Andy and Amy
• Megan and Mark
• Dan and Brian
• A squirrel we saw on the way to the Ice Breaker
• Care and Pat at the Elk's Club
• Dan and Amber
• In the back room of the Black River Tavern basement/dungeon
• On the Idler with some S.H.I.T.'s
• Care and the ice sculpture in front of Admiral Jack's
• Dan in front of his favorite building
• The urinal at Joe's...almost too low for me even
• Always a good time at Joe's
• Kind of a group shot
• Smiling Amber
• Dan giving Brian a massage
• Care is quite subtle
• Selfie of us
• Me, Dan, and Care
• Dan had a little of Don's birthday cake
• So did Care
• Both of them together
• Interesting when you think about it
• Brian, Amy, and Dan at Brix
• Not an unusual response
• Guess it was a long enough day...back to the room
• Mark and Megan

2-4-15

• Britt and Grace bowling at Palos
• Lee and Kyle
• Macie having fun as always
• Nate and Macie
• Kyle loves bowling
• Pizza time
• Macie back on the lanes
• Big smile
• Me
• Close one of Grace
• Lori
• The dogs know where to be on Sunday Funday
• Dan was in for trivia and we won 2nd
• Mark and Megan
• Macie getting ready to play outside
• She's all ready
• Time to relax
• Kyle enjoying some ice cream
• Nikki at our Olive Garden dinner
• Bean going after his fresh lettuce
• Another angle
• Nikki
• Macie plays Mario on the 3DS now
• Megan and Nikki at the next week's Sorry party
• Me and Jen
• Lucky guy in the middle
• She's a feisty one
• Attitude Adjustment?
• In the midst of the Sorry game
• Love birds
• Megan's cup for the evening
• Sorry is a rough game
• Jen's thoughts on work the next day?

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