Friday, November 28, 2008

Windy City Wonderland

Dave invited me to go with him to a conference in Chicago last weekend. I was so excited, it has been a long time since we have been on a trip so we packed our things, and the baby and headed off to the windy city for a relaxing weekend. We stayed in a beautiful hotel right downtown and while he was busy teaching classes Benjers and I walked around and enjoyed the Christmas spirit, the freezing temperatures and the beautiful architecture. So fun!!

Ben after his first airplane ride, he did so good!!
Dave hooking us up with a shuttle to the hotel

Right around the corner from our hotel was this famous landmark...
Benjers is all bundled up for the cold, the temps were between 7 & 35 degrees depending on the time of day or night....so much colder than the mild Northwest!
A few blocks further on were these architectural gems

So beautiful!


After the conference we went to the Sears Tower to see the view. It is the 3rd tallest building in the world, and it swayed at the top because of the wind!!
Enjoying the city lights

The below building, the old water tower, was the only one left standing when Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked it over and started the great Chicago fire!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you had a great time in chicago. About 2 years ago I went to chicago w/my parents. Verne thought it didn't sound like a fun place to go. Oh darn, I love the city and had a great time. Your family is growing so fast. Do they love being back in america? lori

Kjrsten said...

AWWWWWWWWWWWESOME! what an amazing city (so i hear from andrew) and I can see from your pics!

p.s. where is your 10 on tuesday? you only have 2 hours left to make it happen!