Chicago!!!!

We took our family vacation to Chicago this summer....thanks to NAWGJ (National Association of Women's Gymnastics Judges).  We had our national symposium there this July, so instead of going by myself, we decided to all go!  It was awesome!  The kids had never been on a plane...so that in itself was exciting to them!  Here are the boys:  ( I didn't get one of Josh, but I promise he was there!)

Me and Jo:

All in all, the plane ride was decent. A pretty rough landing, but it didn't bother the kids.  Only me!  We were fine though, and the kids were so happy!

Our 'red hot chili pepper' rental car:  Jodee calls it this because of her Mimi's own little red hot chili pepper car!  We had fun..and it got GREAT gas mileage! The kids were not used to being so close to each other, but it was perfect for the 5 days we were there.

Our first pic of the Chicago skyline:

First stop: Millenium Park!  It was incredible.  Here is the stage--they had a live orchestra playing here...beautiful.

Ahhh....the 'bean'.  I think it has a real name, but most people know it as The Bean.  A huge bean shaped mirror, basically.  We had fun with it!

Our family reflection:

A nice lady offered to take our pic for us....then nicely asked for a donation.  

This was pretty cool too (haha..pun intended!)  They had a huge water area, where it looked like the picture was spitting water out....it was nice to get cooled off!

Too bad they didn't have their swimsuits!

That is not even all of day one....it's going to take me a while to get to all 5 days!  We had fun...I learned a lot,  and we got to have a nice vacation!  Who could ask for more?