Our daughter’s friend Brianna is one of twelve brave kids who have battled, or are battling brain cancer and who have created holiday cards for The Cure Starts Now.
Help honor them, and all children fighting brain cancer, by purchasing these holiday cards. Each pack includes 15 cards with one of each of the designs. [...]

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Chicago has a fantastic variety of sports teams. Over the past few years, the number of family-friendly teams (i.e. lots of fun, entertaining, good value) has risen considerably with all of the minor league baseball teams and others in the area.
Through our association with the Romeoville Area Chamber of Commerce, my family spent [...]

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I’m building a boat in our basement. It’s a 17 foot cedar strip kayak. The plans I’m using are the Great Auk design by Eric Schade of Guillemot Kayaks.
I’m pretty excited about it and it’s coming along nicely. I’ve built the “skeleton” and started laying the strips. It doesn’t look like much to the casual [...]

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Our oldest daughter, Rachael, has a friend who needs your help. Brianna Sharp was diagnosed last fall with a form of cancer known as Brainstem Glioma. She’s a strong girl and has great support and love from her family and friends. The family is working with doctors from Childrens’ Memorial and St. Jude, among other [...]

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