Saturday, June 13, 2009

Our kind of town...

My dear brother and his sweet wife are visiting for a few days, what else can we do but drive to the big city and spend night or two?

Nothing would be more fun... 

We found a delicious cafe and ate a great breakfast! It's going to be a long day, we need our energy!

We rode an elevator 103 stories to see the view. It was grand!

Then...

We rode the subway... of course we don't have pictures of THAT! What do you think we are... tourists? Oh right, I guess we are....
ps. it was dirty, and it smelled really bad.

We rode a trolly.... it got really packed.

We saw a giant ferris wheel...

We even took a ride!

Harrison thinks it's too slow...

Are we having fun yet?? Of course we are!

We walked to a big fountain... 

Henry is more interested in the gravel...



Dear me, Maya, is this a sign of things to come?

We took a water taxi!! How many more forms of transportation do you think we can use today?

Henry's first boat ride.... he wasn't disappointed.

Maya climbed a giant tower, she got all the way to the top and rang the bell...

Then it was time to head back to the hotel for a swim, of course we passed by a festival and just had to see what was going on... The blues fest!! We stayed and listened for a while and ate some dinner. 
Finally! Back to the hotel (after we dropped our guests off to see some more sights)

We ate ice cream in the hotel bed!!

Tomorrow... a museum!!

5 comments:

Cindy said...

Wow! What a fun day. Looks like you had a great day. Miss you.

Jill said...

geez, you folks really know how to live it up out there in chicago! We miss you guys, the kids are darling!

...I love that superstar picture of Maya, what a doll!

Candise said...

Wish we were there. It looks like you had a beautiful day and lots of fun! We laughed and laughed at that picture of Maya - what a kid. And Henry...edible...as usual!

Glad you are having a good time.

Lindsay, Steve, Alex, Sammi, Drew said...

Amber,cute hair!

Schauers Hours said...

Hm I don't remember your brother being that handsome, of course he was only like 8