Chicago is well known for the arts and structures. This is one of many unusual, but very cool pieces of art. It was huge, and fun to look at!
This a picture of my sister's kids, our niece, and my kids. My sister's friend let us barrow her stroller while we were out there. It was great to barrow a double stroller!
This is our family picture in front of the "Bean!" It was a bit rainy out during this part of the day, a light drizzle.
I love the view of the city's buildings in the mirrored-image of the Bean. As you can see, it is super big! I really thought it was cool how the bean had the curved out shape in the inside.
This is a view of the Bean looking straight up when standing underneath. It was just cool to look at. My sister said it made her a little nauseous to look at it too long.
After the "Bean," we went for a walk through Millennium Park.
This is the band shell where they hold outdoor concerts! I would say it was bigger than a football field, and it was huge! There were many speakers over our heads! It was a neat looking place, and I bet it would be fun for a concert.
Nathaniel is really growing up! He will be 10 in a few months!
This is the big fountain in central Chicago. There is also a big spray that shoots up the middle once in awhile. I have a picture of it, but it didn't turn out so well. It reminds me of 'ol Faithful in Yellowstone.
This was one of our favorite parts of the day. This place had two large stone walls that displayed faces of people. The people would change, and the looks on their faces would change from a sober look, to smiling, to smiling with teeth showing.
The stone walls also had water spraying off of them, like a waterfall. The kids had fun with their shoes off walking around playing in the water.
The more they walked around and played, the more they got wet. This is Caleb, Nathaniel, Terry and Madelyn.
This is my sister with her daughter E. and baby D. Her little guy was happy to toddle around in just his diaper.
It was cool how the faces on the stones would change with their face expressions, but what was really weird (and cool) was that there was a hole where the mouth was, and every so often, water would shoot out the mouth. The kids thought this was fun!
Here is my sister with her little guy.
Nathaniel and E. loved getting wet, and walking through the water.
I really think that Nathaniel got the most wet!
Madelyn and Caleb got tired from the long day. They really had fun though!
Terry took this cute picture of Maddie.
Caleb had such a great time!
Ta-da!
Thursday was mine and Terry's 4th Wedding Anniversary! This is a tradition to take a photo of ourselves. Our four years have really flown by! We have done a lot in four years! I will have to share that sometime.
Happy couple!
The famous Chicago-Style hot dog! The "works" includes: ketchup, mustard, onions, jalapenos and a pickle. We didn't get the jalapenos. It was rather tasty. We had to try one.
After the Millennium Park, we went for a drive around the city. We saw a great view of Lake Michigan. I think it looks like an ocean. They had a really long, sandy beach with volleyball nets, and other outdoor activities set up. The buildings in Chicago are big! We saw the Hancock building, drove by the Navy Pier, and saw the Sears Tower. We saw the Water Tower, and then we went to a "yuppy" mall. That is what my sister called it. It was a nice mall located very near the Water Tower. My two nieces loved to go shopping in there. Shopping isn't really my gig anymore, but it was fun to let the little kids run around in a section that was a bit closed off. We ate supper in there in a food court called Food Life. It was a lot of fun in there. The lighting was a little dim, and there were so many great food selections. We each had a card that we brought to which ever location we got food from. The place would prepare our order, and put the charge on the card. Then, we just paid our bill upon leaving. The selections were great! I had a Chinese-type of meal. I filled up my bowl with veggies and the chef added meat and sauces. It was served with rice or noodles. It was very good, and reminded me of a Mongo's Grill. Terry had a HUGE burrito, and the kids ate chicken Alfredo. I wish I could share photos of this part of our trip, but I had forgotten our camera in the van. My sister took pictures, and I am hoping to get copies (someday). The drive home was fun. I love seeing the city lights and action. It was a great day! The time flew!
I will share the last two days in another post. This post is a long one already! The trip was so fun! I hope to go again someday!
8 comments:
I have never been to Chicago but I know people who have and said that it is a really neat place to visit. I love the pictures especially the face sign too cool. Glad you all had a great time.
Wow, what a fun trip! We've only driven through, now I want to stop and visit next time.
I love all the pics! The pics of you and your hubby are sweet, happy anniversary!! Glad you all had such a great time on your family trip! Memories to remember for a lifetime!
Looks like you had a fantastic time. Happy anniversary!
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Sorry about the lurking thing...I always think I'm going to come back later and leave a comment when I have more time. It looks like you had a great time in Chicago. We went to the Navy Pier there a few years ago, and we took a taxi through the tunnels...that was a crazy ride! Ray sat in the front seat, while I sat in the back along two other people who were at least as big as the two of us were at the time. That cab was loaded down...and as the cabbie went tearing through the streets, we bottomed out more than once!
I think the cab driver told us that the "tunnels" were actually the original street level.
Glad you and Terry had a great Anniversary. I was thinking about you guys. Me and T. got our bedroom redesign almost completely done in an Asian theme...new furniture, new tv, a Wii (that is just for us - not the kids), new nic nacs & wall hangings, new fan, and I painted the walls. Can't wait for you to see it. It is kind of our 10 year Anniversary gift to each other. We are also going to get away on the 19/20th up north while mom watches the kids. I am really looking forward to it. Hope you are deliriously happy! Ta ta for now.
Sounds like a great vacation...happy belated anniversary! Looks like the kids enjoyed it as much as it sounds like you have. Can't wait to hear about the other couple of days.
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