So, one of the perks of Luke having to travel a bit for work, is that we get to tag along every once in a while. This time, there was a conference in Chicago, and we decided to do just that. Also nice......Luke's sister Spring and his dad both live fairly close to Chicago. So, we flew out a bit early (the Wednesday before Luke's conference starting on Monday), and the girls got to meet cousins Bennett, Jordan and Jillian for the first time face to face. Skype just doesn't cut it, right? We spent a couple days at Spring's house and just relaxed. The girls have a new found love for everything Zoobles and the poor cat is even more afraid of children than he was before - sorry, Jet! On Saturday, Steve and Terry (Luke's dad and step-mom) met us at Spring's house and all of us trekked up to Chicago and saw the house where Grandpa Steve grew up and played in the park closeby. We had real Chicago style pizza for dinner that night and swam in the hotel!
The girls were super excited to get on the plane. The people sitting next to us were impressed with how well the girls behaved. I was just happy that fairly newly potty-trained Miriam had absolutely NO accidents on any of the plane trips! It was a proud mom moment for me....on both accounts.
We stopped at IKEA with Spring to wait out rush hour traffic. Miriam tried out several of the beds and couches while Jenna and Jillian played at IKEA's child care.
The ride from Morrison, IL, to Chicago was a little long - or so they said - for the girls.
The river outside our hotel was dyed green for the St. Patrick's Day festivities.
One of the buildings at night. The architecture was amazing - there was so much up on the sides of buildings that I doubt anyone ever bothers to look at.
One of the buildings had pieces of notable structures from all over the world built into it's walls. Including: The Alamo (pictured above), the pyramids of Giza, etc.
The girls were super excited to get on the plane. The people sitting next to us were impressed with how well the girls behaved. I was just happy that fairly newly potty-trained Miriam had absolutely NO accidents on any of the plane trips! It was a proud mom moment for me....on both accounts.
We stopped at IKEA with Spring to wait out rush hour traffic. Miriam tried out several of the beds and couches while Jenna and Jillian played at IKEA's child care.
The ride from Morrison, IL, to Chicago was a little long - or so they said - for the girls.
The river outside our hotel was dyed green for the St. Patrick's Day festivities.
One of the buildings at night. The architecture was amazing - there was so much up on the sides of buildings that I doubt anyone ever bothers to look at.
One of the buildings had pieces of notable structures from all over the world built into it's walls. Including: The Alamo (pictured above), the pyramids of Giza, etc. 
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