We love our visits to Chicago. We love visiting with our friends, traveling downtown to a few of our favorite spots, sniffing what's new at the Chicago Botanic Garden, worshipping with our dear friends at DeerGrove, and generally just being in the place we called home for 4.5 years.
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| All set to go! |
We were blessed this time to extend the trip by an extra day. Since that was the case, we decided to head out after work on Thursday evening to get the driving out of the way and give us a full day on Friday for adventures. Everyone traveled really well and we made good time, arriving at our hotel by 11:30. Cozy sleeping arrangements were made quickly and sleepy children fell nicely back to sleep!
Side story: While I had just gotten Carl out of his carseat and holding him with one arm and arranging bags to carry to the room, Jon was working on getting Brianna out of her seat on the other side of the car. A younger couple, probably intoxicated, came walking up from my side of the car and first said how cute Carl was (again 11:30 pm) and asked if I needed help. I said "no, I'm ok, thanks" hoping they would continue on. Then they noticed Jon on the other side of the car but he didn't have Brianna out yet. They yelled at him to help me (he was, but they were oblivious) and made some unnecessary, loud comments. Did that just happen? Um, ok. Thanks for your obnoxious commentary.
Anyway! Once Jon got some work done and we were all showered and ready to go, we set out for one of our favorite spots in the Chicagoland area, the Chicago Botanic Garden. Every time you go you always see something new. Brianna this time loved seeing and searching for each fountain. Carl was thrilled also by the fountains and it became a fun game to see who could catch him before he got all wet!
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| Oh yeah! Someone found another rock! |
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