HAPPY FATHER'S DAY STEPHEN!

Stephen has always been a great Dad to Beau!!!!!!!!!!


Back on Father's Day in 1992, Beau and Meg had Stephen lay down on some plywood and they outlined him with a marker and we took the saw and some paint...here's the result...a life size Stephen..a great Dad!


Stephen has always been a great Dad to Megan!!!!!!!!!!



WE HOPE YOUR FATHER'S DAY IS FULL OF ALL THE LOVE YOU DESERVE!

I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO!

We had dinner with Kim and Beau on Friday night to give them some tips on what to do in San Francisco next weekend! Stephen brought maps and all sorts of vital information for their "1st Wedding Anniversary" getaway! June 28th!!!! Leave a comment if you have some special place you recommend!!! We hope they have a great time in a great ciy!

MAD MEN SEASON 3...COMING IN AUGUST!!!

Mad Men can be seen on AMC!!!


If you haven't seen this GREAT show....now's the time to catch up by watching season 1 and 2!!!!!! Then I'll have the pleasure of adding you to my "You're Really Cool" list!

WHO'S HOT AND WHO'S NOT???

I went out in the garden for what might be the last time in awhile! Took some pictures to remind me...because if I can help it...I won't be outside much!!

TOM AND DANNA....HAPPY 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!

Our friends from the central coast of California, Tom & DAnna Lawson celebrated 25 years of wedded bliss! They tied the knot up on Look Out Mountain in Colorado and have been living happily ever after! Congratulations Guys!
DAnna and my older sister Ann were BF's and cheerleaders for the Henryetta Hens!! They were cute chicks!!!

THE LAKERS WIN THE WORLD CHANPIONSHIP !

How sweet was Megan to bring Daddy a Laker's Flag when we met in Chicago? We thought it was stolen when he went up to Utica Square..BUT I jumped into the Mini Cooper....Flagged downed the Security Guard....And we found it!!! As you know...we have been following the Lakers! We are so happy they won! Yo!!!

Dillan Yesterday, Dillan Today, Dillan Yesterday............

When are Dear Grand-Daughter Baby Dillan comes to visit in the afternoons.....We grab her from the car seat and we grab our Iphones and we head back to the Master Suite and flop down on our New Wonderful Memory Foam Mattress! We have a little collection of toys and we just PLAY and PLAY....Until Dillan falls asleep or until Beau or Kim come to pick her up!!! Both of which always make us a wee bit sad! As you can see from the pictures, she's just alot of Baby Fun! Today we all watched the Baseball College World Series up in Omaha, Nebraska, listened to Toddler Tunes and folded some laundry! She'll be back tomorrow because Beau has a few bids to do! Yeah!!!

BEST CHEEZEBORGER IN CHICAGO!

ALL OF YOU SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FANS WILL REMEMBER THE FAMOUS CHEESEBURGER SKIT BASED OFF THE FAMOUS BILLY GOAT TAVERN!!! THEY WERE AS GRUMPY AS THE SOUP NAZI FROM JERRY SEINFELD'S SHOW....WHEN MEG ORDERED FRIES, THEY SNAPPED "NO FRIES, CHIPS" AND GAVE HER A DIRTY LOOK! BILLY GOAT'S IS UNDER GROUND AND WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE! I HAD A FABULOUS STEAK AT THE FAMOUS GIBSON'S STEAK HOUSE AND I ATE AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT BUT.....BUT....MY FAVORITE CHICAGO MEAL WAS "THE CHEEZEBORGER" FROM BILLY GOAT'S!!!!!

Megan, Marc Jacobs, Nordstrom's....

Megan bought me a Chicago baseball duck for the "Duck Bathroom" upstairs! Can you see it? It's on her head!!!


Here's Megan showing off her new Marc Jacobs purse that her loving Father bought her for her birthday!


MEGAN HAS POSTED OUR CHICAGO TRIP ON HER BLOG....CHECK IT OUT....ALOT MORE FUN PHOTOS!

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

A MUST WHEN IN CHICAGO! THE INSTITUTE HAS A GREAT COLLECTION!


WE ALL HAD SUCH A CRAZY FUN TIME!!





IT WAS RAINING CATS AND DOGS WHEN WE WOKE UP ON SATURDAY MORNING SO....AFTER DASHING INTO A TRENDY BOUTIQUE FOR SOME POKA DOT UMBRELLAS....WE HEADED OUT TO SEE SOME FINE ART!!!


THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING A GREAT MUSEUM OF ART WITH TIM...WHILE IN LOS ANGELES LAST FALL, WE ALL WENT TO THE GETTY MUSEUM!



WE FOUND THIS PICTURE WITH THE ANDY WARHOL COLLECTION!!!

GETTING AROUND CHICAGO IN STYLE!!!!!

JUST KIDDING! I couldn't resist taking a picture of this super slick car and I couldn't resist thinking about how cool it REALLY would be if we could have seen Chicago driving around in a Carrera GT!!!!!!

THE FAMOUS MILTON BRADLEY GAME!!!!

How many of you can say you went to a National League game & American League game at the same time? We were rooting for the "Twins" because one of Stephen's pitchers from his Rotisserie League....was pitching for Minnesota, Kevin Slowey! Because of Slowey's great skills....Stephen was once again in first place! He's been in a Baseball Rotisserie League every year since 1985!

Stephen went into the game early and Tim gave Meg and I a great tour of all the "happening" places around Wrigley Field! Including where Tim lived a few years back!

Handsome Tim Root was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota...The Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago Cubs right in front of his eyes!! Eating peanuts at a baseball game is a "must do"!!!


You may or may not know that Stephen lives and breathes to go see baseball games...I usually don't attend with him! He was really excited to have me accompany him to a major league baseball game!!!


I got the impression that the Cub fans don't like the St. Louis Cardinals??


Between the tickets, parking, hotdogs, peanuts, nachos, beer & soda pop... and then the souvenirs! T-shirts, flags, ball caps etc....four people going to a Cub game isn't cheap! Thanks to a certain someone who had connections! Our big purchase was a new "Cub" outfit for Baby Dillan!


Millions of Cub Fans donate money to have their personnel brick become a part of Cub history! Pretty Cool!!!!! However, upon closer observation...check out Skye's & Dad's 1st Cub Game brick?? Can you have a brick for a game that hasn't even been played...guess so!


A popular Cub t-shirt! I bought one for everyone of my blogger fans!!!


Moxie...means energy, pep, courage & determination! Amongst the thousands of "pubs" and cafes that surround Wrigley Field...we settled down at Moxie's while the crowds dissipated! We were lucky to get a patio seat so we could do some serious people watching!

And who came walking down the boulevard in search of Stephen...Billy Cub himself!



WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!

FIRST MORNING IN CHICACO!

We all headed over to Wrigley Field after breakfast on the "Red Line" to see the Twins play the Cubs...with much anticipation, I might add!!!! It was a beautiful sunny day in Chicago, we couldn't have asked for better weather or more enthusiasm from all the Cub Fans and the Twin Fans!



I had seen Megan last month in LA....BUT... Meg and Stephen had not been together since Christmas...it was ever so special seeing them reunite!!!!!


The Tempo Cafe was highly reccommended! We had fun eating someone else's omlette! We had fun catching up in person!


Breakfast was delightful and while we waited for our table, we sat in the most charming park...everywhere we went in Chicago...we encountered very special parks and gardens!

CHICAGO

This was Thursday night after we all had arrived! The handsome Tim Root and the Adorable Megan Taylor flew into O'Hare not long after us! The reunion was full of happy tears and lots of laughter! We all went to President Obama's favorite restaurant! It was delicious! Loving it all...Chicago is our kind of town!

STEPHEN WEIGHS 92.2 KILOGRAMS!!! WOW!

Stephen spent over two hours up at St John's Hospital getting a E.K.G., xrays, blood work, meeting with Doctors etc.....All in preparation for his knee replacement surgery! He's scheduled for Monday June 29th! A knee replacement cost almost 31 thousand dollars! Shout out to all you young people....take good care of your knees! Or get really good insurance!

WHAT ABOUT WALTER?

HE'S STILL LIVING HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH MEGAN AND HANDSOME TIM! HE JUST CELEBRATED MEG'S BIRTHDAY! HOP OVER TO lastnametaylor.blogspot.com AND SEE ALL OF THE GREAT PICTURES FROM MEGAN'S BIG BIRTHDAY BASH! ONE HEAD COUNT SHOWED THAT 65 LOVING FRIENDS CAME TO CELEBRATE! HILARY AND TIM THREW THE GREATEST BAR-BE-QUE EVER! I ESPECIALLY LOVED THE GIANT SPIDER MAN JUMPING THING THEY RENTED! GREAT WORK OUT, YA KNOW!
WALTER IS SPORTING A ENGLISH UNION JACK COLLAR! THANK YOU HILARY FOR BEING THE HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST!! I HEAR TIM IS THE BEST BURGER FLIPPER THIS SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI!

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A PIG AND A CACTUS?

ALL CACTI ARE SUCCULENTS BUT NOT ALL SUCCULENTS ARE CACTI !!!!


AS A CACTI ENTHUSIAST I FOUND THAT SOMETIMES IDENTIFYING A PARTICULAR SPECIES CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT....SO I DON'T EVEN TRY...WHO CARES?


GROWING CACTI CAN BE ALOT OF FUN AND DOESN'T REQUIRE TREMENDOUS EFFORT....HAVING FUN WITH NO EFFORT IS RIGHT UP MY GARDEN AVENUE!


A PORKY PINE! TE HE!

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOUR "FRIENDS" ARE!

I was down at the Warner Brother's Lot in Burbank sitting on a lawn chair, reading a book under a shade tree near the fountain....along with alot of other Moms! A camera and film crew were taking pictures of these young good looking people...the other Moms and I watched with great interest...we decided NONE of them were recognizable as far as TV or film stars....being noisy, we asked! We were told they were taking pictures for a possible sit-com that may, or may not be picked up by the networks! Well, we all know what happened after that....FRIENDS!

LITTLE GIANTS STARRING BEAU TAYLOR

BEAU TAYLOR AND
STAR IN THIS FAMILY FUN FILM...


HOW DID BEAU TAYLOR BECOME A FAMOUS MOVIE STAR??????

Back when Beau was in high school....Mother's Day 1993...Beau got a call from his football coach asking if he could go up to the school...I drove him up and dropped him off! Coach was shooting hoops with THE Steven Spielberg!! He was hand picked by Steven Spielberg to play the double of "Spike" in the movie Little Giants! When you saw "Spike" play football, you were really watching Beau Taylor pull off those savy gridiron moves! He wore the Cowboy Football Uniform for four months... down on the Warner Bros Lot in Burbank California! It was filmed during the school year so he was "schooled" in a trailer on the lot! Can you believe it? Beau is actually a SAG member! It's a fun movie and it has a special place in our hearts!