Chicago

A few week ago my little bro, Tommy got married. Lucky for us that meant me and the kids got to fly out there for the wedding (plus a little play time before and after :) ). We flew out of Chicago, which is about three hours away from our house. We left a few hours early so we could check out the sites of the windy city.

When we first saw Chicago (it was taken in the car...not the best picture, but still pretty impressive)

sky scrappers of Chicago

One of the great lakes...I just don't know which one

Of course while we where in Chicago we had to try some of it's famous cuisine!!

Liam and Emma waiting for their first taste of Chicago (Liam ate all of his...Emma didn't touch hers :) go figure)

Our delicious Chicago dog!! (dog, pickles, tomato wedges, relish, mustard, peppers (which I didn't eat because they made Tony and Dan cry...I didn't think I could handle them :))) They have a no ketchup policy in Chicago...they won't even put it on your hotdog if you ask, you have to do it yourself :) mmmmmm, my mouth is watering just looking at it!! It was delicious!!

The Willis (aka Sears) Tower

See those little dots? Those are people standing out on the observation deck at the Willis towers! Yikes! We thought about do it but then realized the $12 per person cost...we're too cheap. But it was cool to look up at. :)

Liam smelling the flowers and the Willis/Sears tower

Fox smelling the flowers...or more like trying to eat them

Emma looking pleasant. (she had a rough day :))

Then we ate an early dinner before we headed off to the airport.

Dan hiding behind the enormous Chicago deep dish pizza. It was huge! I could only eat one piece! (and Liam caught in the middle of chewing and looking awesome!)

Emma eating a yummy breadstick

After Tony and Dan dropped us off at the airport they went to the...

So yay! After an awesome 3 week vacation in Utah, I am home and ready to start posting again. :) Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of our adventures in Utah because in my excitement to get all the pictures I could of Chicago I gave the camera to Tony, who called me after I had gone through all the security at the airport and told me it was still in his pocket. There was no way I was going to go back through all that junk with three kids, so while we went to Utah the camera stayed in Iowa. :( We did all sorts of cool stuff in Utah. Like pirate island (awesome!) The peppermint place (yum!) the Hogel zoo (yippie!) Grammy Pugh's carnival (it was Liam and Emma's favorite!) Tom and Sophie's wedding (beautiful!) Seeing how to train your dragon (I'm buying it when it comes out!), Shopping (my favorite), swimming (Fox's least favorite...crazy kid), and playing lots with cousins and friends!!