A while ago in Chicago

Had a lovely day today in Chicago. Architecture boat tour down the Chicago rivers. Hope you like these pictures as much as I do!

 More pics below!

Hometown

   I came on here to write a post to you all. I wanted to write about my time in Wisconsin, in the town of Saint Germain and everything that I did, but I've decided to talk about something greater than all that. For the past few years, I've taken the six hour drive up from Elgin, Illinois to Saint Germain, Wisconsin with the Martin clan. I call them the Martin clan because they are a family of eleven, and everywhere they go, they get noticed. It could be their giant white twelve-seater van, or it could be the way that Elizabeth screams when Jacob pushes her to move faster. Either way, I'm stuck with them because they're my family.

   Even so, that sounds kind of crazy, right? A normally only child, whose favorite place is in the solitude of his bedroom to be with a family of eleven? What business do I have being smack dab in the middle of the Brady Bunch? But that's just it. I feel at home with them; I feel more myself than I could ever be when I'm in my own comfort zone. They're always on the go. The Martins have learned that in order to refrain from tearing each other to pieces, they have to keep themselves occupied. And in Wisconsin, that means fishing, boating, shooting guns, roasting marshmallows, watching movies, and reading books, just to name a few...