Chicago trip

This last month and a half has been extremely busy with two trips to Illinois back to back, spending a few days helping my niece with her new baby, Amy and Claire here for a week, and a visit with Pat and Dave.  Pat and Dave just left Friday night so I'm playing a little catch up!  Heather sent me a text this morning saying that my "followers" must be worried so I thought it was about time to update!

My first update is my trip to Illinois back in July.  It's important that I get this down on paper so I don't forget what we did when I am ready to put together my Shutterfly photobook. 

Harrison, Cameron and I left on Thursday, July 7th, and headed to Illinois.  The boys were a delight to travel with and we had absolutely no problems.  I took this picture at Steak-n-Shake, one of our favorite places to stop for lunch along the way.

We had reservations at the Best Western in Antioch that night.  Shortly after arriving, we headed to Culvers in Antioch with this crew.  Amy and Lisa were both visiting with their mom and dad so we got to spend a lot of time with them. 

After a short visit, we headed to the hotel where the boys were not too tired to swim!  The Best Western was very nice and had a great hot tub and pool which we had all to ourselves!

Let the fun  begin!

We had a great visit with Pat and Dave.  Though short, we did a lot of things.  They arrived Thursday and I had Heather and Ben's families over for dinner that evening so they could all visit with Pat and Dave and Pat and Dave could meet Randy's boys.  Pat and Dave are on their way home in Illinois today after having been gone for almost three weeks.  It sure was good to see them!