Tuesday, June 1, 2010

This is Millenium Park. This bridge was made out of receycled titanium from old submarines. This is the ampatheater.


This piece of art is called "The Bean." It was so fun to play around with. It reflects back at you. We probably spent about an hour playing with this huge piece of titanium!


Caleb and I playing around.















More Chicago Trip...

On Friday we switched hotels. Being the cheapo's we are we wanted to save some $$$$ when we had to pay for the hotel so we walked down the street to hotel that was about $100 cheaper a night. Money well saved. The nice lady at the front desk upgraded us to a corner suite on the 38th floor. We had a great view! What we saw out our window.
Of course what's a vacation without a little shopping? We went to the Hershey Chocolate Store. I think a gained 20 pounds from the smell of the store alone! It smelled sooo good.

Had to do a few poses. Unfortantely for us chocolate lovers, those bottles were empty...
but cute pictures anyways!

We loved just walking around the city. Chicago is a surprisingly clean city for how many people live there.
This is us by Lake Michagen. Enjoying the beautiful sunset.







Chicago Trip Continued...

We ended our trip with a bang. On the last day we went all out and did some really awesome things. The highlight of the trip was the Segway tour. We signed up to do a tour around Chicago. We each got to ride our own segways. Oh what fun! Caleb wants to buy one now. I told him no problem whats a measly $5,000. We'll just sell the car and he can strap the kids to his back. :) We spent the first 1/2 hour of the tour getting used to driving the segway. Caleb was a natural. He jumped right on and took off. It took me a little longer to get used to it. They are relatively easy to drive; I think for me it was just nerves. I kept thinking I'm driving a $5000 machine, Don't crash. But unfortuntly for me, I hit a pothole, and did crash; lucky for me it was on grass and no damage was done, just me ego. I felt better when a tour guide from another company crashed on his right in front of me, but unfortuntly for him it was on the cement. Poor guy!
This is us in front of Buckingham Fountain. So beautiful.


After the Segway tour we went to the Willis Tower (formely known as the Sears Tower). This is the view from the southeast corner of the building. We were 103 floors high.

The tower now has a skydeck. Pretty much a pexy-glass box that juts out of the building you can walk out on. I must say that first step is kinda scary! It's a wierd feeling standing on it but kind of a rush (the biggest kind of rush I'm comfortable with).


That night we went and saw the Blue Man Group. They were SO FUN! We were laughing pretty much the whole time. Sorry no pictures were allowed in the theater, so I couldn't get any.
All in all we had a FANTASTIC time! It was so nice to get away just the two of us. Caleb learned A LOT at his conference, and I learned that though I do love to get away once in a while, I love being at home with my boys.


Friday, May 21, 2010

OOPS!

Recently I learned how to cut Caleb's hair. I was doing an awesome job (if I say so myself) when all of the sudden the gaurd fell off the razor! Oops!!! Unfortunetly I had to cut his hair shorter to try and hide the bald spot. Luckily Caleb's hair grows fast!
Sorry babe, better luck next time.
There will be a next time....Right?

HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!!

This last April Caleb celebrated his 26th Birthday. We celebrated by spending the weekend as a family. On Saturday we went to Lava Hot Pools and swam, and on Sunday we celebrated the big day at Caleb's parents house. Brayden loved helping daddy open his presents.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! On the Monday before Easter we dyed Easter eggs for FHE. Brayden took it very seriously and loved every minute!
After dying the eggs we ate dessert. The boys wore most of the frosting!The Easter bunny came Sunday morning. Parker loved shaking his eggs, but didn't really care for the yummy treats inside.

Brayden showing off what the Easter Bunny left him. He loves his wheelborrow, because now he can haul dirt in the yard with dad and some of his toys outside.

Just like dad

To save some $ in our pockets, and being the handy man he is, Caleb has taken to changing the oil in our cars by himself. A few days after Caleb changed the oil in our Explorer, Brayden went outside to play in the garage. When I went to check on him this is what I found. He was trying to change the oil in his jeep just like daddy. Too cute!
Brayden idealizes his daddy.