Holiday party with the neighbors

Saturday night we were invited over to our friends, Bob & Judy. Another friend, Bernie, is in the middle.

There was lots of good conversation...

And of course..food-glorious-food.

And..more food! I guess that what holiday parties are all about.

A Dickens of a Christmas

Friday evening we bundled up and visited the historic village of Greendale for their holiday celebration. A lot of time and work goes into this every year. Just strolling through the streets and visiting their unique shops was fun.

This is their Village Hall beautifully displayed in holiday lights

Many choral groups as well as bell ringers performed in fitting attire

The children got to visit Santa and have their picture taken with him

There were horse-drawn carriage rides and tractor-drawn hayrides

I thought this little guy was so cute. If you noticed, he ordered a huge ice cream sundae and to go along with it...a cup of steamy hot chocolate!

Evening with Neil.

Thanks to Kim, Brian, Mike, & Kristine, we were lucky enough to have floor seats at the Bradley Center Monday to hear Neil Diamond in concert. They bought us tickets for our anniversary.


We almost had our camera taken away twice so we really didn't have time to focus or aim.

He indeed looked quite fine for a man of 67!

It was a great show with great seats. Thanks, family!

First snowfall of the season.

Woke up this morning to a nearly 4 inch snowfall. It's amazing how quickly our autumnal environment changed to a winter wonderland! I went out to our yard and snapped away..

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Friday night at the game.

Friday night four of us decided to go to a Bucks game. They were playing the NY Knicks so we figured it would be a good game...and that it was.


The half-time entertainment turned out to be almost more fun to watch than the game! This woman was from San Francisco and managed to balance 20 bowls on her head after flipping them off her foot and riding a unicycle all at the same time. She was amazing!

This 'guy' rides on a blimp and while hovering the crowd, drops t-shirts and gifts to the lucky fans who can catch them.

After four quarters of watching all the goings on, the Bucks did declare a victory! It was really an entertaining evening!

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Terry Fator & Friends

We were fortunate enough to get tickets to a sell-out crowd in Waukegan's Genesee Theatre on Saturday night to see Terry Fator.


The winner of 2007 "America's Got Talent," he isn't your average ventriloquist. Terry Fator has an incredible voice, is very funny, and does impersonations of many celebrities. He does all this while having the ability to mimic famous singers.

He pretty much blew the audience away with his amazing talent!

Terry Fator has indeed created a new genre of ventriloquism.

He is headlining in Vegas on Feb. 14th. Guess who wants to see his opening night performance?

Brunch at Mike & Kristine

Sunday afternoon we were invited to Mike and Kristine's place for a lovely brunch. Got an official tour of their place and couldn't resist taking a picture of just a "fraction" of Mike's bobble head collection!

Here is Mike with his favorite feline friend, Tiger.

It was so nice visiting with Kristine's parents. It's been a long time since we've seen them. It was a really relaxing afternoon. Good eats and good conversation!