Saturday, May 25, 2013

Sweet Home Tucson!

We are back from Chicago and it is good to be home.  The best part for me was going downtown a couple of days.

We got to Chicago on 5/10 and the first place we went to was to eat at Portillos!

5/11, was Debbie Mrazek's wedding.

5/12, we ate breakfast at Faith Baptist for Mother's Day.   After church we went to New Horizon for lunch.  That place has changed a lot and, unfortunately, not for the better.  That evening we went to Olive Garden to celebrate Mother's Day with Paul's family.

5/13, we went to grandma Pat's for a little bit and then we went to Bolingbrook so Nathan could spend some time with his cousins Aaron and Shane.  That evening we met aunt Lisa and Connor at Ledos for dinner and of course went to Red Mango for dessert.

5/14, we went to Lilacia Park in Lombard with my parents.  It was just as beautiful as I remembered.  Beautiful lilacs and tulips.  Afterward, we went to Stir Crazy for lunch.  Yum!  Then we visited the Ganzers.

5/15, we went downtown and visited the Shedd Aquarium.  After the Shedd Aquarium we went up in the Willis Tower.  We stayed in a hotel downtown that night.

5/16, we went to Lincoln Park Zoo.  After the zoo we went over to North Ave Beach and let Nathan put his feet in the lake.  That evening we went to Navy Pier.  We did the ferris wheel, ate dinner at Bubba Gump and we tried to do a boat ride.  It was warm during the day, but got cold once the sun went down so nobody was at Navy Pier that night.  We were the only ones who paid to do the boat ride so we ended up not going.

5/17, we wanted to do the architectural boat ride on the Chicago River.  The one we wanted was already booked, but they had a similiar boat ride that now only toured the Chicago River, but also went on Lake Michigan.  That was Nathan's first boat ride.  After that, we ate lunch at House of Blues.  Unfortunately, my meal made me sick.  We went to aunt Lisa's school after lunch so she could show off Nathan.  Then she took him to All Aboard Restaurant for dinner.  It is a train-themed restaurant and Nathan loved that!

5/18, we stopped by grandma Ariel's to visit with them for awhile.  Then we drove to the Masonic Home in LaGrange.  We did not see the people Paul wanted to see so we decided to go over to Brookfield Zoo.  I went to the zoo and Nathan and Paul went to a local park.  They also went back to the Masonic Home and finally got to talk to some people.

5/19, we went to church.  After church we made a quick stop at Lake Katherine to take some pictures.  Then we went to 94 West to celebrate my grandma's 95th birthday.  We were disappointed.  They were only serving a brunch buffet and I was not thrilled about that.  They were supposed to have ham, but ran out, so there was really no food there that I liked.  They were running out of a lot of other food, too.  We wanted to take her to the 95th floor of the Hancock, but my dad did not want to drive downtown.  We should have went there anyway!

We flew back to Tucson on 5/20.  It was good to be home!

Today I went to the Desert Museum.  I got there as soon as they opened at 7:30 to beat the heat and to see the animals a little more active.  I really wanted to see the new 5 month old mountain lion.  He was shy and was hiding most of the time.  This evening we went to dinner at Hot Rods of Old Vail.  They have an actual hot rod garage attached to the restaurant where they work on the cars.  Nathan loved it!  I can also say now that I have tried a deep fried milky way.


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