Chicago!

Trever had a week off between quarters, so we decided to take a trip to Chicago for a few days. We had such a great time! We drove to Quincy, IL which is about 90 minutes from here, and then took the train the rest of the way to Chicago, which was about a 4 hour ride. It worked out perfectly, and it was really nice not to have a car in Chicago. Instead of putting together another slide show (which you may all be sick of), I am just going to include some of the highlights of our trip.

1. We went to the Chicago Art Institute Art Musuem, which was really neat.

2. We ate some famous deep dish Chicago Pizza - so tasty, and so filling!

3. Our friends, Jessica & Rhett, were also in Chicago, and Jessica found out about a Jazz concert in an outdoor venue at Millenium Park. It was Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic It was free, and we loved it. It was actually one of our favorite parts of the trip! And of course, Liberty loved it. She was so into it, but pretty serious about it. We got such a great feel for the culture that Chicago has.


4. We went with Rhett & Jessica to an Italian Restaurant in little Italy. It was SO good.


5. We experienced the Navy Pier, including checking out Lake Michigan, an architectural boat tour on the river, and eating coconut shrimp at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.




6. We also got to go to a Cubs game! What a neat experience. There was so much tradition and pride there, which made it a lot of fun. Wrigley Field was so cool to see. It was amazing how little changes have been made over the years. The scoreboard is still manual, there was very little advertising, and very little high-tech screens or monitors. We had great seats, which made the game even more enjoyable. The people around us loved Liberty too. We loved it all!


7. We ate tasty Chicago-dogs from a street vendor - what's a trip to Chicago without that?

8. We went to the Field Musuem, which was awesome. You could spend an entire day there, and still not see everything! Sue, the largest, most complete T-rex was cool to see.


9. We also had to make a visit to Ghirardelli's and have a hot fudge brownie sundae, and pick up some famous Garrett's carmel & cheese popcorn.

All in all, the trip was nearly perfect! We both loved Chicago, and had such a great time together. Liberty did pretty well. At times, we thought, "Wow, she is being SOOO nice!" But, other times I said, "We are never taking her on a trip again!" What do you expect from a nine-month old? She did very well considering. Thanks for the fun trip Trever!