The Windy City

We spent Friday evening through Sunday afternoon in Chicago visiting some seminary friends who left the school last year. We loved getting to know them when we were in Princeton and were so sad when they left last year. Kennan always talked about Reuben whenever he heard the word Chicago or moving van.

It was funny to see his reaction when he saw Reuben for the first time on Friday night. It took him awhile to warm up...but once he did it was like old times!

They cooked up a yummy rib dinner for us Friday night (it is our recipe, but it was great to not have to prepare it!!). Saturday we rode the train into Chicago ...

and went to the Millenium Park Fountains.

We brought the boy's swimming suits so they went for a run through the fountains and had a blast (until Reuben wiped out).

We also got to see the big jellybean statue in Millineum Park. (I know it has another name...can't think of it right now.)

Then we hiked over to the Navy Pier and got some yummy treats and looked at lake Michigan. I was surprised at how blue the water was! Then we took a water taxi back to Union Station and walked over to Giordano's for a pizza dinner. It was good, but by this point Kennan was wiped out and wasn't very good dinner company. We took the train back to Deerfield (where they live) and Kennan fell asleep on the car ride home. It was such a fun day and we all slept well that night!

Here are a few more pictures from the weekend.

Kennan and Kenny sharing their troubles with a statue...

Adam and Nathan

My sweet boy on the water taxi ride

Brayden with Reuben...he loved playing with her and she definetly cuddled with him a little on the boat...too cute!

If you stuck through this entire post, good for you!! Between Adam's camera and mine we took close to 450 pictures while we were there. That is why I had such a hard time only choosing only a few!!

An update on our road trip...we made it to Grapevine this evening!! We were in the car for 10 hours today (which includes a lunch stop and a few potty breaks). It was a long day but we are glad to be here and not have to mess with driving tomorrow. We plan to spend 3 days in the DFW area before heading to Abilene this weekend. Then we go to Pampa on Monday to see our new house! All of our things arrived there today...this feels so real!!!