Dallas to New York to Chicago

Whew! What a whirlwind week we had last week! We flew in to New York on Wednesday for Jason's brother Jesse's graduation from Darien High School. Despite late flights and rain for an outside graduation ceremony we saw Jess walk across the stage in fine form as well as participate in a very fun musical performance during the ceremony! WAY TO GO, JESSE! We know you'll LOVE CU Boulder!


Thursday we had a relaxing day at Jason's parents house in Connecticut. We took the boat out and had lunch on the water. The weather was perfect and it was so good to see Jason's Grampa and his grandmother, Gram, who flew in from Wisconsin for Jesse's graduation.








On Friday morning we were up early headed to New York to catch a flight to Chicago to begin the weekend celebration of Gram's 80th birthday! All the Safrans were there. Gram's 5 kids, 17 grandkids plus a few in-laws, and even 2.5 great grandkids (Baby Saf being the .5). Despite late flights (again) and rain (again) we made it for the first pitch of the Cubs v. Sox game at Wrigley field. The Safran clan is fairly split down the middle Cubs fans v. Sox fans but the Cubbies pulled it off on Friday with an exciting home run in the 9th to win 4-3. (Turns out the Cubs swept the Sox this past weekend making my hubby VERY happy.) And we finally bought something for Baby Saf. I know, it's kind of weird that we haven't bought him/her anything yet but I think we're just waiting to find out if it's a He Saf or a She Saf. Anyway, our first purchase was a pair of Cubs footie PJ's. Uncle Craig, are you proud? :) Then Saturday was the "official" birthday party with lunch at a restaurant in the Chicago area followed by dessert and games at Jason's Uncle Tom and Auntie LIsa's house. A great time was had by all! Here are a few pics of the weekend.