This was a one week trip to the Big Island of Hawaii with a couple of my sisters and in-laws.

This was a short, quick trip to Mexico in September 2006. It started with me joking to my sis that I was going to Mexico just so that I can see a concert in the city of Queretaro. It grew into a 6-day trip with my sis and her fiancé. We went to several places our parents took us when we were young.

After returning from Hawaii, I had only one day in Chicago to rest up before flying out to Cancun for a 10-day stay.