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Background : Before James loved animals, he loved trains. He spoke about them all the time. In particular was a train movie we got from the library that he must have watched 30 times. I ended up driving up their with James on day, and Megan stayed home. Best reasons to agree : +3 Kids like trains.  The Illinois Train Museum has lots of trains.  Trains are cool. Trains are some of the biggest things that people will see move. Trains have changed a lot over time. Trains used to be very important to our county's development. Learning about trains will also allow you to learn a little about what our grand parent's lives were like. Best reasons to disagree : -1 Union Illinois is 59 miles from Chicago. It would be cooler if it was a little bit closer.  Score: # of reasons to agree: +3 # of reasons to disagree: -1 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: +0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -0 Total Idea Score: +2 Don't like the...

Background:  July 2009 with Megan's Mom   The Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois are a great place to get family photos. Just let the kids walk around, take photos, and save all the money of going to a studio. Its fun taking pictures in the same places, and seeing the kids get older. Images that agree : Al September 23rd 2009, When my parents drove out, after Philip was Born. Phil's tough guy look Fountains August 11, 2012 Trains

Reasons to agree : Trips to the zoo are good for kids . Chicago has good zoos.  The Indiana Sand Dunes are cool, and close to Chicago .  Chicago has good opportunities to watch sports . Chicago has good museums .  People watching is entertaining around Chicago . Naperville Last Fling is Fun Images that agree : April 2005, with James on the train Tony and Tina's Wedding, November 2006 2007 Highland games. Very HOT that day. 2008 at the Shedd Aquarium with the baby beluga. James' first animal. When KC came to visit, I invited myself along for the trip to the city. We ended up walking, with 3 kids, all the way from the train station, to Millenium Park, and to The Hancock Tower. We walked back to Navy Pear and caught a water taxi to the train station. 2006 Nextfest Tastes of Chicago James on our death march from union station to the Hancock building

June 4, 2006 to Las Vegas Lightfair From my window in Las Vegas THE FLIGHT Our plane was supposed to leave at 6:05, but it left the ground at 10:15, leaving me stuck with Red Necks on there way to a pool tournament in Vegas for 7 and a half hours. They took up the plane and acted like it was theirs. They whistled at the stewards the first time she walked buy, and one of them used their camera-cell phone to take a picture up her skirt when she went buy with the cart. These guys were low-life’s. They had BO, BB (bad breath), long skanky hair, tattoos, and big ugly girl friends. We watched King Kong before we even got in the air, and last Holliday (Queen Latifa) once we were no loner run-way-bound. Cathy Ed and I get out of the airport almost 2:00 in the morning. I woke up at 6:30 with my tonsillitis hurting and I couldn't go back to sleep. LIGHT FAIR 2006 Lightfaire was pretty cool; however I wish I would have spent more time. I only had time to hang out at the big ex...

Images that agree : Alison turning 2

Reasons to agree : I learned how to row.  I got good at canoeing, small boat sailing, and snorkeling. I met some cool people. I learned how to Eskimo roll in a kayak. I learned how to live on my own, and take care of myself.  You get a sense of who you are living alone and in a new place.  You get to know people pretty well living with them. I met a lot of cool people (Gomer, Lumpy, Bryan, Brad, Nathan, Emily,  Reasons to disagree :  I made less than minimum wage. I worked more than 8 hours, but got paid minimum wage for an 8 hour day. I met some cool people, but I didn't spend time with the most important people in my life, my family and the people I was going to school with.  Rowing, canoeing, small boat sailing, and snorkeling are not marketable, or used very often.  I worked for 3 summers in McCall on the aquatic staff of Camp Morrison. While in McCall I: mounted a potato gun to our sail boat A potato gun is made with PVC...