Chicago.

It's been a LONG time since I've posted a blog! My only excuse was not having anything to blog about. Last semester was pretty boring.

Here is a short recap: I hated ASU, but loved subbing with the symphonies and teaching. Steve had an easy semester at MCC and worked serving tickets. There it is!

After school got out we took a trip out to Chicago to visit my very pregnant sister. (she was already supposed to have had her baby)....but.... lucky for me she didn't have her till our last day in Chicago...so I got to go out again a couple weeks later!

I LOVE their house, area, weather, and THEM! Here are some highlights from the trip.

The new Baby, Marah Claire Payne.

She was so cute, I asked to take her home with me.

Sunset Park

I guess the perk to high taxes (so i hear) is their parks and libraries are AH-mazing.

The temple, and library

Delicious Bakery's




They live right next to Lake Michigan!
(I think Keilah really bonded with Steve throughout the whole trip really..)

This incident happened at Al's Beef in downtown Chicago.

These are Italian beef sandwiches sopping wet from being fully dipped in some sort of broth. The result was soggy, but surprisingly delicious.

(I swear the food is going in not coming out of my mouth, though hard to tell)

This and that walking the downtown.

A Chicago Dog. I believe they were deep fried.

(hard to see behind the fries)

This is what a white castle burger looks like. I had never had one, but was very curious to try.

I think they look as good as they taste. which isn't really that good.

M. J's house.

I just liked this pic, cause i thought it was funny seeing keilah propping up the computer playing games.

This is their house. Isn't it amazing? We loved it.

This is what the girls looked like on our way to the airport!

I miss them already!

Thanks April and Shaun for putting up with me for 2 weeks! I loved spending so much time with you and your kids, can't wait for the next trip!