Road Trip to Chicago

This past weekend we went with our good friends, the Routsong's to Chicago! Our main reason was to attend the temple which was a wonderful experience as always! One couple went to the temple while the other couple stayed behind at the hotel and babysit all four kids.... welcome to Chaosville!! Four hours of that, and the kids had had enough. But they quickly became happy campers while we went sightseeing in downtown Chicago.

After one weekend spent in Chicago, we've seen things that you'd NEVER see in a small town like Fort Wayne...

1. Traffic anytime of day every day that ends in "y."
2. Homeless people sleeping on the park bench in the middle of the day.
3. A homeless person on the side of the highway with a sign that says, "Need munee"
4. Subways in the highway's median.
5. Asian food markets
6. Parking garages for stores since there isn't a lot of land for parking lots
7. Having to pay for parking while you take a potty break
8. Apartments on top of stores such as the Gap, Best Buy and Walgreens
9. Luxury condos starting in the $300,000s
10. "BYOB" signs in restaurant windows
    

We first went to the Lincoln Park Zoo and it was the perfect day. The animals were all really close since their cages were so small, a plus for the kids, a let down for the animals! That night we ate at TGIFriday's and met up with Cam's friend Carson Nuttle! It was so fun seeing him.

Hallie and Jaxton became good friends over the weekend so we got some cute pictures of the two of them being silly.


We then went to the Shedd Aquarium on Saturday which was amazing. So many sea animals and so little time! We had so much fun seeing all the fish, sharks, sting rays, etc. In one of the pictures, Hallie is standing on top of a bunch of sting rays, she thought that was pretty cool. After the aquarium it was time to head back to the cars. As we were leaving, the weather changed from 70 degree weather to 50 degree weather and pouring rain! So we took a dash for it and ran the 1/4 mile back to our cars with the kids getting soaked in the strollers :( We eventually made it back safe but damp to the cars. I figure if I can run fast in flip flops and push a stroller I could do the 5k marathon next month right!?


That night, we ate out at an authentic Spanish restaurant. It was quite the experience! We even ate Duck. This is Cam eating the duck quesadilla!? It was actually great food. Luckily we had Nate there to tell us what to order (since he served his mission in Spain). Thank you Routsong's for inviting us! We had tons of fun!