Chicago Trip

A month ago, Nile and I got to be a part of our friends, Rich and Meredith's wedding, so we went to Chicago. Sadly, I don't have a picture of the gorgeous bride & groom:( How awful is that?! The kids were so amazing that weekend...we are so thankful to Makenna and Andrew and Alissa and Rob for letting our kids sit with them during the ceremony! We got there, and wondered what on earth we had thought the kids were going to do while Nile did the wedding and I was up front to sing three songs?! We had backpacks full of activities prepared for during the rehearsal, the dinner, etc., but no plans for the wedding ceremony:) Thankful for friends, for sure! The first bunch of pix are from the beautiful hotel we stayed at (a huge thank you to Meredith's parents!)-the same place the reception took place. Oh, and also SO thankful that no one stole my purse, which was sitting by a chair in the hotel lobby unattended for well over an hour! Gracious.

Loved the bunny ears we hadn't noticed at the time:)

Makenna and Gabe dancing it up

Alissa and Josie, both looking so pretty!

Beck...such a doll! And Andrew in the background:)

Gabe was doing some dance moves and whipping his tie around at the hotel

The only picture I have of the three of them dressed up...I know the lighting is horrible, but I loved Seth's pose (no, I did not tell him to do that).

This is how they passed the time while Nile was getting gas...having contests to see who could hold this position the longest. I couldn't believe it when Seth won...Gabe is very competitive, and Seth is SO not competitive and, well, he has more meat on his bones to hold up. I was happy for him, though, because athletic things seem to come very easily to Gabe & Seth has gotten used to Gabe winning a lot. Gabe was fine with it, though surprised:)