Friday morning I flew out at 8:15am to Chicago to meet up with Scott. It was his companies annual Christmas party. Scott had been there since Wednesday morning for meetings, but I didn't want to leave the kids that long right now. Anyway, everything went smoothly at the airport in Little Rock and I had a pleasant flight to Chicago-O'Hare airport. Once I got there a co-worker from the company was there at baggage claim to pick me up. It is a pretty big airport, but I managed to find the right claim area (thank the Lord). After stopping by the main office, we met all the wives for our annual ladies luncheon. I can't even remember the name of the restaurant, but it was really good. All the ladies are older than me, but we had a good time visiting. This company is neat in that it is a Christian company and everyone loves the lord. These ladies have a lot of wisdom. After lunch I get a ride to the hotel to rest and to pump (I hadn't had a chance to do that since late Thursday night). Scott finally arrived at the hotel about 2 hours before the party. We then headed off to Charlie and Linda's house (one of the bosses) for appetizers and to visit. You know I love to hear people from Chicago talk. It sounds so neat. They tell us that they love to hear me talk----guess it sounds really country!! After visiting we go to Pete Miller's restaurant for our party. This place is know in Chicago for their steaks and it was fantastic. We had so much fun and LOTS of eating. We finally got back in our hotel for the night at about 11pm.
We slept in on Saturday and his boss Charlie drove us to downtown where we were staying. That was really nice of him b/c it took about 40 minutes to get there and that was record time. The weather was great---high was about low 30's, but not to windy. I was really hoping for some snow, but that didn't happen. Anyway, we decided to have a fun filled day by going to the Shedd Aquarium (which was free for some reason). It was really neat and I'll have some pics for you later. We took pictures of the scenery and Opera's condo. We then took a taxi to Michigan Avenue to see the shops. We have been there before, so we kind of knew where we wanted to go. We went to the Water Tower, which is an awesome mall, then went to Nordstrom's mall where most everything is way to expensive. We tried some Ellie's chocolates which is famous to that area. I about cried when 4 little bitty chocolates were $6.00. But hey, it was CHOCOLATE!!! We then just walked and walked all down Michigan Avenue. It is crazy with all the people and traffic. We went back to our hotel about 4:30 and got ready to go out. We were so tired we decided to just go eat. We walked about 8 blocks in the cold to Shaw's Crabhouse. It is highly rated and it celebrities go there. Well, of course we didn't see any though. Anyway, it was good, but I only had the shrimp. Scott ate all the crab legs and stuff--yuck!!! After supper, we decided to walk back (to burn some calories) and see some sights as we headed to the hotel. It is a beautiful city and so much to see. This was my third time to go and still didn't get to do everything. We had a great time and much needed time for me and Scott. I realized that we need to take more time for us. It is really hard to leave my kids, but I always have a good time. Thank God for our safe travel and stay. I want to thank my parents for keeping my kids. We love you both so much for doing that for us. I KNOW it wasn't easy!!!
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