The Rest of June

June was certainly a busy month for the Freihauts.  Derek traveled a ton for work and even went to Vienna, Austria for four days.  He also went to Florida, San Diego, and Kansas.  June was certainly a big travel month for him!  When Derek is out of town I do my best to plan tons of activities to keep us busy so the time without Daddy seems to pass quickly.  Here is an overview of some of the fun things we did throughout the month:

• Father's Day--We celebrated Father's Day by heading to a Peoria Chiefs game.  Derek wasn't sure what he wanted to do, but decided at the last minute that he wanted to head to Peoria to see a game. Our seats started out in the sun, so it was a bit toasty.  Eventually the shade covered our seats and it was much more comfortable to watch the game.  Ironically my friend J.T. and his family had seats right behind ours.  I taught with J.T. at Rochester and he and his family made the trip up from Springfield.  J.T. is a die hard Cubs fan and I'm sorry to say that the baseball he saw in Peoria on Father's Day was as good or better than that being played at Wrigley Field.  The Peoria Chiefs are a  single A farm team of the Cubs, so at least they have something to look forward to. 

One proud Daddy

Getting ready to run the bases after the game

The next few pictures were Derek's Father's Day gift.  I took these pictures if the kids while Derek was in San Diego and we were visiting in Indiana.  With Derek's mom's help, we got a few shots of them on the UE campus.  We framed the letter pictures in a 3 opening frame for Derek to hang in his office.

Vienna or Bust--The Wednesday after Father's Day Derek and his boss headed to Vienna for a board meeting for a client.  They flew out on Wednesday, flew through the nights (20 hours of travel) and arrived in Vienna on Thursday afternoon.  They attended a dinner that evening and a meeting on Friday and then got to see the Vienna Boy's Choir perform on Friday evening.  On Saturday Derek and Joe had the day for sightseeing.  They toured the city on foot and went to the Military History Museum, which the highlight of the trip to Derek.  He was so excited that he got to see the clothes that Arch Duke Ferdinand was wearing and the car he was riding in when he was assassinated.  We all got a brief history lesson when he returned:)  On Sunday they headed to the airport to do the 20 hours of traveling all over again.  Derek came home Sunday evening to two kids (and a wife) that were so excited to see him.  Carter and Addy were also excited to see what souvenirs Daddy had brought home for them!

Derek in front of a tank

This part of the museum was called the "Tank Garden" 

• 8th Anniversary--On June 26th Derek and I celebrated our 8th anniversary.  Derek had to fly out of Chicago to Kansas on the 27th for a one day meeting, so I went up with him on the 26th so that we could celebrate with a dinner and day in Chicago when he got back from Topeka. We were so thankful that  Derek's mom was in town and volunteered to watch the kids.  While Derek flew to Kansas, I took full advantage of some alone time by hitting up my favorite shopping area in the suburbs, Schaumburg.  I went to all of my favorite stores (Ikea, Homegoods, Garden Ridge, The Container Store, Crate and Barrel, etc.) and Woodfield Mall all in one day!  I came back to the hotel with my SUV full of goodies and it was a great day!!  When Derek got back into town we went to Gibson's Steakhouse for our anniversary meal.  On Thursday we braved the 100 degree temperatures and headed downtown for a bit of shopping and to take in the Cirque Shanghai show on Navy Pier.  We had great seat for the show.  Although Derek would say that they were "too good" because he was chosen to be part of an act!  He was the juggler's assistant and was even asked wear  a stunning sequined vest for the act.  It was pretty funny.  Before the show they announced that no photography was allowed, although many people in the audience were snapping away during the acts.  I refrained from breaking the rules until Derek was called up, then caution was thrown to the wind and the camera came out!  Derek was a really good sport about being on stage and received lots of applause from the fans.  We definitely enjoyed our trip away and it was nice celebrating in a fun way on Thursday!

OK, so that is June in a nutshell.  I'm sure I left out some notable events, but this is the gist of our month.  Hopefully we'll be up to date very soon! ;)