Illinois Pictures!!

OK, So here are most of the pictures of our time here so far! There are a ton but they are great! They are actually out of order but thats ok! They go from most recent to most distant. So, enjoy!! Don't forget to read the update below!! it goes along with the pictures!

We went with Dan and Sarah to find a beach a couple sundays ago. It was really pretty. We spent about an hour here relaxing and playing around. IT was a great evening.

We've been golfing a lot lately. This miniature golf course is amazing. Its something like one of the top ten miniaturegolf courses in America?? Something like that. Its called Par-King, It is amazing and fuuuun!!! We have been twice now! The one below with the glow in the dark, was more expensive than this one and ten times more lame!!!!

We went into Chicago on "free museum day" only to find that theline for the aquarium was a 2 hour wait! Right when we got out of the parking garage to walk over there it started pouring. I mean, cats and dogs... We sprinted toward a big tree for shelter... We were all soaked, including Wyatt. haha we decided not to wait in the rain for two hours so we went home....

Wyatt LOOVES Derek.

Derek was a good sport about it. He isn't the biggest fan of musicals... but I will break him in slowly. I think Jersey Boys was a good start!

The six of us, Mom, Dad, Dan, Sarah, Derek, and I Went and saw Jersey Boys!!! I have wanted to see it since i was a Junior in High School!! It was everything I dreamed it would be!!

My parents came and visited for a week and we had a lot of fun! My dad and Wyatt are best buds. This is at the end of Navy Pier. It was a nice day.

Unfortunately, Derek couldn't come with us on the days we went into the city because he was working, but, this is me on Navy Pier.

I thought this was a funny picture..

There are a lot of sea gulls around because of the huge body of water that is located right next to the city... aka Lake Michigan..

The Sears Tower... they actually just changed the name to the "Willis Tower" which is totally lame because no one will ever think of it as the Willis Tower because its been the Sears for how many years? Anyway, it's huge.

It seriously is a gorgeous city with the river running through it.

We were on a topless bus (more about that below). The background is an enormous sculture version of the "American Gothic" painting by Grant Wood.

This picture was taken from the inside of the big kidney bean in the picture below. IT is the coooolest thing ever!

It's gorgeous, you can see the entire skyline when you stand between this and the buildings beyond.

We took a bus tour with Derek's Uncle and Aunt, Liz and Kelvin and cousins Chantz and Kylie. IT was amazing. we saw the whole of downtown Chicago.

This was our first time riding the Metra train! It was fun! Its definately the best thing to do to get to downtown Chicago. Its cheap on weekends, about a third of what it costs to drive and park in a downtown lot. And its fun. AND you don't have to deal with traaaffic!!

This is the station closest to our apartment that runs the Metra on weekends. We have one right by us but it only runs on weekdays. But this one is only 5-10 minutes away!

Pretty cheetah.

We went to the zoo!

Derek was becoming one with nature.

We like taking Sunday strolls when the weather is nice.