So we were lucky enough to have my parents come visit us here for the first time last weekend. My dad had a work conference in Michigan so they drove over afterwards. The first full day here we took them to Chicago, you can tell from the pictures that it was cold enough to start busting out our winter gear that weekend. We went up to the Sears Tower (now called Willis Tower) which used to be the tallest building in the world. It was pretty cool to get a new view of the Windy City. And best of all they just built these glass boxes that stick out the side of the building so that you can look down onto the street. This is my new favorite spot in Chicago. My next favorite is the Bean, which of coarse we went to, and can't miss famous Chacago Pizza. Brad even took the day off studying to go down with us (which he is making up now by studying for finals on his B-day). I took monday off of work so that I could take my parents around Milwaukee, not quite as busy but just as cold. We went to the Pabst Mansion which was all decorated for Christmas, out to the art museum and the lake, to a lighthouse, the bronze Fonz, and on a Sprechers tour. And best of all my parent took Brad out to dinner for his B-day to Claim Jumpers and we got the biggest brownie I have ever seen for dessert, lets just say that it was so big that we took some home with us. Thanks Mom and Dad for visiting!
Here is the view of the magnificent mile from the top floor.
Here we are in the glass box over 100 stories above the ground.
I told Brad that I was confident they over engineered the glass structure so here he is jumping in it to prove his trust for engineers.
Here we are looking down.
Proof that my mom did step out on the glass.
Reflection in the Bean.
Parents doing a typical Bean pose.
Brad's excited to be here jump (he gets those mad hops from when he was a skater)
True Chicago Pizza, we finished it all.
Here the Pabst Mansion is behind me, we couldn't take pictures inside.
Here we are outside of Milwaukee's Lighthouse.
My mom wanted to see Lavern and Shirley when she was in Milwaukee, when we went on the Sprechers tour they had a bottling line that looked just like the one on the show, so close enough for her.
Here is the view of the magnificent mile from the top floor.
Here we are in the glass box over 100 stories above the ground.
I told Brad that I was confident they over engineered the glass structure so here he is jumping in it to prove his trust for engineers.
Here we are looking down.
Proof that my mom did step out on the glass.
Reflection in the Bean.
Parents doing a typical Bean pose.
Brad's excited to be here jump (he gets those mad hops from when he was a skater)
True Chicago Pizza, we finished it all.
Here the Pabst Mansion is behind me, we couldn't take pictures inside.
Here we are outside of Milwaukee's Lighthouse.
My mom wanted to see Lavern and Shirley when she was in Milwaukee, when we went on the Sprechers tour they had a bottling line that looked just like the one on the show, so close enough for her.
5 comments:
How fun for your family to come visit you!! Chicago looks pretty sweet, we'll have to add that to our destination list. Except that glass room looks NO BUENO, I would NOT be okay with walking out on that. SCARY.
Tell Brad good luck on FINALS, and Happy birthday!!! Shad is just finishing up his last final tonight ( at 8:30 PM on a friday... booo.)
Yay, for parents being in town. That's always nice to have family come visit.
Looks like you showed 'em a good time. If we're ever out your way, we'll be sure to give you a ring, so you can show us a good time too!
Ok, wow! That glass box is crazy!! I am pretty sure that would freak me out, but toally awesome.
Good luck with Finals...we will be done at 4:15 on Thursday (not that I am counting down or anything crazy like that)!
Well then, yeah for Thursday for both of us!! I actually have to work through the 23rd too, it really does stink! I wish I got a major break. We are just driving down to San Diego this year. It will be nice. Do you guys get to go to Colorado for Christmas?
Yeah Colorado here we come this year! Though we fly out on the 24th so hopefully no bad snow storms to delay our flight.
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