Road Trip!

Wow. We packed in a lot this last week! We left Thursday morning and drove to Rockford, IL and checked in to the hotel. The kids were SO excited to be at a hotel. We were the only ones who were using the pool which was awesome. Since it was our official first day of vacation we walked across the street to the local seafood restaurant and treated ourselves.
Friday morning we got up and drove into Chicago and checked in to our 2nd hotel. We headed straight to Navy Pier where we met up with an old friend of mine from AZ and her son. They were practicing for the Air and Water Show and so we had Blue Angels flying right over our heads - pretty cool! We did the swings and the ferris wheel and made a whole afternoon out of it.
Friday night we went to the groom's dinner for Bill's cousin's wedding (the main reason we were on our trip!). The parents of the bride live in a gorgeous home just a block away from the Obama's house. We weren't allowed to take pictures, and the secret service were watching, but it was cool to see none the less.
Saturday morning Bill and I took the kids to the 96th floor of the John Handcock building to get a great view of the city...not to mention the air show that was going on right outside the windows. We strolled Michigan Avenue and then went back to the hotel to change for the wedding.
The girls and their cousins were the flower girls for the wedding and they couldn't have looked any cuter! The wedding was very sweet and there wasn't a dry eye in the room.
The reception was held at the bride's parent's house again and it was a BLAST! Lots of wine, singing and dancing!
Sunday morning we rolled out of bed and got in the car and headed straight to Six Flags with Bill's sister, her husband and our nieces. Despite the wine hangover that all us parents had we still managed to get on some pretty awesome rides! The kids had a blast riding all the rides with their cousins and were completely wiped out by the end of the night. I still can't believe Laila was able to keep up walking with us ALL weekend!!
Monday morning Bill and I loaded up the girls and drove to the Wisconsin Dells. We spent the day Monday and Tuesday throwing ourselves down waterslides. It was great!!
We were smart enough to take Wednesday off from work so that we could unpack, mow, and all the other things that got neglected while we were gone.

Even though the trip went by too fast I'm glad we were able to escape before school starts back up.