10th anniversary in Chicago

Chris and I had our 10th anniversary this past January. We weren't able to do anything big at that time, but Chris had a conference in Chicago at the end of April, so we decided to use that as a delayed anniversary trip. My parents were so kind to fly out and watch the kids for 3 nights while we were there. We had such a great time, and thanks to the Clinic and Delta skymiles, it was pretty much free, except for a couple of extra things we splurged on.

We flew out to Chicago on Friday, April 24. After we rested up in the hotel we ate dinner at Gino's East, which has great deep dish pizza. Look at that thing - YUM. The restaurant is also famous for letting you write all over the table, walls, seats, ect. Pretty cool.

After dinner we just walked around the different stores downtown. This is at the Lego store. R2 D2 here is made of legos - whoa.

The next day we just explored. It was so nice to just walk and if we saw something we wanted to check out . . . we could! Wow - what freedom! These pictures are in the courtyard of the law school at Northwestern.

This picture is of a beautiful old Presbyterian church that we walked by. There was a free concert inside so we sat down to rest and listen for awhile. The concert happened to be by a high school group from Chardon, which is a town in our stake here in Ohio. Small world!

That afternoon we ate lunch in the John Hancock building. The food wasn't all that impressive, but the view was awesome!!

You can't tell in the picture, but it says that the restaurant is on the 95th floor.

That night we went to a little Shakespeare theatre on Navy Peir. They did Twelfth Night, and this was inside the theatre. Yes, that's water - the actors used it in the play. It was an incredible performance! I think this was my favorite part of the trip.

The rest of our time (which I didn't get pictures of) was spent trying to find a church to go to on Sunday (scary downtown spot trying to get on the subway, then getting turned around once we got off the subway!), eating dinner with the our friends the Larsons, who were also there for the conference, and just relaxing and reading. I also relished in the time I had to sit on the bed in the hotel room and watch HGTV. I know, it's lame, but that never happens at home! It was a much-needed break, and I absolutely loved the time with just Chris, and the freedom to do whatever we wanted. But this trip also helped me to remember that I love noise and chaos of my life with the kids.