Our trip to Chi-Town...

This picture was on accident because
I am still learning to use my camera but
it turned out really neat I thought... Ryan
and I went to Chicago this last weekend
to see Brian.


Brian took us to his store after we
got to Chicago.


They are in the process of re-shelving
which includes a new look. I was
impressed with how it looked.


Ryan had a good time playing with
the scanner gun:)


This is their training lab...only a trainer
could appreciate this! We called it a
night and went home to get some sleep!


On Saturday we ate at Popeyes and
you can only imagine Ryans comments...
It is not on his top 10 fav places to eat!



Then we hurried to make the train
into Chicago. Taking a train ride with
Brian and Ryan is a real experience!
See below...


We have a little this...

And of course it wouldn't be any

fun if they didn't fight with each other.

The story of our day was "just a little

late..." While we were waiting for the

speed boat ride on Lake Michigan we

went to the "Fun House" And it was SOOO

much fun. Can't you tell???? There were

some kids that were talking about trying to

get out in 30 minutes so we really didn't know

what to expect. 10 minutes later we were out and

that was following the "get lost again" sign:) I am

not kidding...

This was inside the "fun house"

The sports teams of Chicago

I took this picture while we were walking

around on the Navy Pier.

My brothers... They are looking more

and more alike every day!

Ryan was too cool to get in this

picture:)

Looking at the city while out on the lake

This is the other side of the Nave Pier...=

Brian bought tickets for a speedboat

ride and we were expecting just that.

When it was all said and done we called

it the slow boat. I guess if you haven't

ever been on a boat it would seem fast...

We were tired of walking around

all day so we got a cab...again another

experience with Brian and Ryan.

We stopped at ESPN Zone and the

wait to eat was an hour so we took a

pager and walked to NikeTown. The pager

started going off not because our table was

ready but because we were too far away

from ESPN Zone. Brian felt like a theif

so we returned and were seated shortly

after that...

NikeTown...you have to go just to

"experience" it. We decided to hit up

the Nike Outlet the next day.

This was on the floor at NikeTown.

I took this picture from the third

floor so I was just happy that you could

read it!

Anything to make a buck:)

This was on display at ESPN Zone. It

was really cool to see.

Yep that it right...7,801 gum wrappers

to make that!

After we discovered that we would not

be making the 8:00 train we walked all

the way back to the Navy Pier.

Our original plan was to walk back

and rent a 4 person bike and ride

around until 10:45 until our train was

ready to leave. They stopped renting

bikes like 10 minutes before we got there.

So we decided to ride the wheel. Then we

saw the line and decided that we would

miss the 11:15 train if we waited around.

It was crazy.

So instead we went to Millennium Park.

I was having problems with my camera

so it didn't turn out very well. It was

neat to look at after dark!

Ryan was having a great time...can't

you tell?????

And here is the perfect example of

the picture that you don't "work" at

to turn out and it totally does...go figure!

The bean...one of those things you

just have to see...

This water fountain thing was really

cool. It changed colors and looked

like bricks but I sure it wasn't.

This was the other water fountain

that was really neat to see at night!

We were ready to head back at 8:00

so you can only imagine how ready

were were to catch this train at 11:15:)

This boy just doesn't run out of energy!

We laughed SOOOOOOOOOOO much!

This seat was for Ryan...

Brian grilled on Sunday for us. It

was yummy...Ryan was happy that

we didn't go back to Popeyes:)

Ryan was a tired boy. He had some

late nights before we left...

We went to the Premium Outlets

on Sunday and had a good time there.

Ryan especially enjoyed the walking.

We only had two hours so we power

shopped through 120 stores...

And then the weekend was over and

we had to come home:( It was so much

fun to spend time with Brian. I miss you

so much! We hurried to the airport to

almost miss a flight that had been delayed

to hurry up and board to stand in another

LONG line to leave late and get home late and

start the week off on a good note. It was worth

every second of it!