Just the two of us in Chicago!

We are now in Chicago on the 34th floor of the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. Tonight we are going to Shula's America's Steak House here at the hotel. Today we drove down to Chicago from Milwaukee. We stopped in Racine, WI to have lunch or should I say Sunday Brunch on Lake Michigan. It was beautiful but very windy on the lake. We will post pictures of us together when we get home. On Lake Michigan in Racine really looked like it was on the ocean--with sailboats, lighthouses, fog, sea gulls and the works. It was beautiful. We saw a bunch of new condos going up and the area is being built up big time. We'll have to come back and see it again sometime. We then followed a road along the Lake south toward Chicago. We drove by the Chicago Temple in Glenview. It was all locked up tight because it was Sunday--General Conference Sunday actually. It is such a beautiful building--as all the temples are. We then returned our Toyota Prius downtown Chicago. The Prius was an awesome car! Other than it being a little small and a little bumpy, it was a great car. We got 56mpg and it was fun to drive. We then walked about 2 blocks or so in downtown Chicago to our hotel. Now we are getting ready to head to the Club Level for evening appetizers then off to dinner.

Chris, Anneli and Meme & Pepe

Today Meme & Pepe took the kids to the Berlin Fair while we were gone. The kids, mostly Anneli, were soooo excited and have been talking about this for weeks because they get to ride a bus from the parking lot to the fair!

Pepe & Christopher on the bus heading to the Berlin Fair.

Meme & Anneli on the school bus too!

Christopher sitting in a race car!

PIGS!
A sheep eating hay!
Anneli checking out the cows!
You've got to ask Christopher about the dragon fly he rescued from the window!
Anneli sitting in a race car too!

GREAT PICTURES CHRISTOPHER--my little photographer!

As you can see, the kids are having fun with Meme and Pepe while we are away in Milwaukee and Chicago for a long weekend. Okay, maybe it's a super long weekend from Friday until Wednesday! Luckily Monday is a holiday and Pepe has Tuesday and Wednesday off so he can watch Anneli and Chris! THANKS!!! :) HAVE FUN GUYS!!!

Just the two of us...

Shaun and I are off for a long weekend--Friday until Wednesday--while my mom and dad watch the kids. His construction team is getting some award on Tuesday in Chicago and so we decided to come a little early and spend some time in Milwaukee and then Chicago.

Today we walked along Lake Michigan, went to the Milwaukee Art Museum, took a walking tour, guided by Shaun of course, of Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and had lunch at the Brew City Restaurant in downtown Chicago. We then just walked around Milwaukee taking in the beautiful architecture of the buildings and the sites, sounds and smells of the city. We couldn't believe how nice the weather is for FALL! Today it was 87 degrees with a light (very light) breeze off of Lake Michigan. It was gorgeous. Everything was perfect except I sort of hurt my knee working out! It hurts pretty bad! Oh well. We came back to the hotel to put ice on the knee and then to get dressed. Well, we are off to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at the Milwaukee Performing Arts Center downtown. :)

Can't have a fashion shoot without Anneli...

Here's my dress for Chicago...

It's not a great picture but Jessica wanted to see my dress that I bought for our trip to Chicago! I'll post more about Chicago maybe in the morning! It may not look it but I've dropped a few inches in my waste from all my daily early morning visits to the gym! Thanks Val and Shaun for the gentle pushes! :)

Round number two at the Hair Spa!

My haircut from this morning wasn't short enough for me, so I went back to the Hair Spa and they shortened it up for me. Shaun thinks I look sophisticated! I love it! It's totally me! What do YOU think?!

A morning at the Hair Spa...

The three of us, Christopher, Anneli and I, all went to the Hair Spa today! That's the salon that Jessica used to work at while she was in High School. Christopher and I had our hair cuts and Anneli had her hair put in two pretties! Here are our pictures! The kids were very good there playing and getting their hair done! Fun, Fun, Fun! :) Mine isn't as drastic as I thougth I wanted, but I didn't realize how long my hair was until she started cutting and cutting and I saw it all on the floor!

Here are the kids standing with their BIG Pumpkins! :)