Jace takes Chicago

I signed up for Airwatchdog, heard of it? And one day it sent me an email telling me Frontier was having a deal to Chicago for $49 each way! SCORE! I surprised Anna for her bday gift and told her I was coming out in November. I couldn't wait to finally see where she's living, meet Lydia, and visit Chicago! 

Jace came with me and was a champ the whole time. He had had an ear infections a couple of days before we left and his eardrum burst. I was so worried about the flight but he was awesome. 

My little niece! 

We went out for deep dish pizza. WOW was it good!!

Saturday we spent the day in the city and did a river boat tour. It was the perfect way to see the city. VERY COLD. But we loved it!!

 

Had to get a couple of family pictures while I was there of course:) Cute cute cute!

Ben's aunt lives literally 5 minutes from Anna (small world!) so we were able to visit with Gina and cousin Sheridan. Jace loved her:) 

After church blow out. All the way around. Lovely.

It was so cute to see them together. We love Lydia!! Such a great trip. Thanks so much to Anna and Brian for being awesome hosts and being so fun. I love you guys!! 

St. George

I've never "vacationed" in St. George before and had been itching to try it out for a few days with both the kids. Kind of as a last little trip just the 4 of us. It turned out so perfect!  We stayed at the Green Valley Sports Club in a vacation rental (way better and cheaper than a hotel).  

Monday we played at some parks and went swimming.

Amazed that the kids were actually looking at the camera in this one. It was set up by the edge of the pool on a timer.

Tuesday we went to the Temple and played on the grass:

And of course went swimming again.

Tuesday we also met up with some of our friends, the Clays and let the kids splash around:

Wednesday was my BIRTHDAY. We went to a fun breakfast at Black Bear Diner and then went to Pioneer Park to let the kids explore the rocks and sand. They loved it.

#35weeks

We also had a yummy birthday dinner at Red Robin and played with lots of bubbles.

Perfect trip with my besties.  They both were angels. Alex still takes a 10-12pm and 3-5pm nap which makes planning things a little tricky, but they both slept perfectly every night. Love spending time with all of them. We are so blessed and excited to add one more to the group in a few weeks!