Trip to chicago

A few weeks ago we flew to Chicago to see the sights and visit Uncle Bruce, Aunt Sherry, Charlie, and Cole. We had so much fun & the kids did great. Below are collages of our trip (in reverse order- click on them to enlarge). Day one we landed and Sherry took us to our hotel. From there we walked to Navy Pier, rode some rides and had some ice cream. That night we had some deep dish and then walked through Millennium Park and enjoyed the fountains and sculptures The next day we went to the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum. In the pics from this day you'll note that Miller made a new friend at the aquarium and insisted on kissing this poor child every 5 minutes or so. The highlights from the Field museum were all the dinosaurs and pirates (you can see the pirates scaling the walls of the main hall). We then went down to the Mag Mile to check out the Lego store. The third day we were there the kids hung out with their aunt, uncle, and cousins and Phil and I went to Oak Park where Frank Lloyd Wright lived. We did a couple of tours there and had a great grown up lunch at Hemmingway's Bistro- you know table cloths and menu's without chicken nuggets. Later that afternoon we did a quick sweep through the Art Institute. The last day we were there a sweet friend of Sherry's kept Miller while she and I went to the Merchandise Mart to look around and Phil and Wilson went to the Museum of Science and Industry. After that the three of us met back up and did one more quick run through the Art Institute. I marveled at the miniatures room and Wilson got to go see all his favorites from Baby Einstein. I'm very proud to say he was able to tell which paintings in the impressionist room were Monet and which were not. The next morning we headed home, much more cultured than when we left.

Chicago- Day 4- Science and Industry Museum

Chicago- Day 3- Day trip to Oak Park

Chicago- Day 2- Field Museum

Chicago- Day 2- Aquarium

Chicago- Day 2- Aquarium

1st Night in Chicago

First Day in Chicago

Family Photo

Wilson needed a family photo for a preschool project that included his pets. I'm not sure we have a picture of the four of us much less with the dog & turtle. Thanks to our sweet KK for coming over to snap this for us. Miller has not yet caught on to "smile for the camera" and you can barely see Gizmo in Wilson's hand, but all in all, not too bad!

A Few Highlights from the Summer

Miller with the big pot man at Pop & Mim's

Wilson with his T-ball trophy

Pee-Pie!

Goodbye, Uncle John, we love you, we'll see you in November!

(UJ has been in Alaska since the end of June and will be back after Thanksgiving. He's doing something with some fish- sorry to get all technical on you. If you want even more info, he'll be doing a presentation at State when he returns.)