Chicago

This past weekend we went to Chicago to visit a missionary that served in our ward while we lived in Malibu and to visit with our friends, The Fa'anunu's whom we knew from working with in California. It was our first time to Chicago so we were excited. We stayed at Jim's brother Brent's home since Brent and his family were attending a family reunion that we didn't go to. It was so nice for them to let us use their home to stay at instead of a hotel. The kids thought it was great sleeping in their cousin's room. We didn't have too much time to sight see but we drove around downtown and stopped at the pier. They were having a tall boats show and the kids enjoyed that. The kids also enjoyed the splash fountain. It was a hot day but we told them to stay dry since we were heading to the Fa'anunu's. Well, after five minutes we knew that wouldn't be possible so we let them have fun and play in the water. I am glad that we did because it took their minds off of the mini golf course, boat rides and ferris wheel rides that they wanted to do. (All of which cost a min fortune) Jim and I are used to seeing attractions being expensive coming from Ca, but all of the prices at the pier were just down right stupid expensive! We told the kids that we would go back again.

It was so nice catching up with the Fa'anunu's. Isaac and Elizabeth took to their 4 girls right away which meant that Jim and I got to have "adult time" with Tom and Jenn! We look forward to seeing them again soon since it is only a 2.5 hour drive to their place.

The weekend went by quick but we had a great time and are looking forward to retuning to the windy city in a few weeks to visit with the "Chicago Wuehler's."