"I just blew in from the windy city..."

On Friday, Kenny got off work early (he had got his hours in for the week on other days) and we headed up to Chicago. It's only about a 4 hour drive, which is super short compared to what we're used to travelling to go see people :). We got to Dan and Elise's apartment around 5. Elise is my cousin, and she's 9 days away from her due date, with baby #2 (a boy). She looked so cute, though, not swollen and fat like I always am at the end. Our cousin Jake, and his wife Ashley, drove down (they live on the other side of Chicago) and we all hung out that night. It was so fun to see them all. We ordered pizza from Eduardo's and it was delicious!! They taught us how to play "Bang", and we talked and had fun. Saturday we all slept in since we were up so late then night before. Then Kenny and I took the kids out to see the Aquarium, because we knew they would love it so much, and they did! The only bad thing about this day was the weather! It had been so nice all week, and then Saturday brought a blizzard and it was no fun. The kids (mostly Tyler because he can actually tell us what he thinks) were dreading each time we had to go outside. But anyway, they loved the aquarium. I think it's so cool how we are able to create so many different environments for all variety of animals. We don't have to go to every country to see all their different creatures, we just make a similar home for them and it works! It's truly amazing. After a few hours we left to go get lunch. Brynlee promptly fell asleep in the car, so we just got some subs from Jimmy John's and ate them in the car, so we wouldn't have to wake her up.

From there we went to the Children's Museum!! Thankfully we borrowed a free pass from Lise's friend and that was really nice. We were so impressed with this place. The kids were having a blast at each different station. It's the perfect place for kids of all ages, they really enjoyed it.

We came back to the Robert's place and Elise made a delicious dinner. We stayed up late talking again, which was really fun. Sunday we went to church with them (and they pointed out Obama's house on the way to church), and then we left straight from there so the kids would sleep in the car. It was a wonderful weekend! Thanks again, Dan and Elise! You guys were excellent hosts!