We drove 1,000 miles to Chicago, 1,000 miles around the Chicagoland area, then 1,000 miles back to Colorado. We decided not to drive the van today.
While we were in Chicago, we saw 5 sides of our combined extended family; Anne's Dad's side (Kowalski), Anne's Mom's side (Skafte), Anne's Step-Mom's side (Blair), Brian's Mom's side (Appleton), and Brian's Dad's side (Dupras). The boys did great meeting a million people that they're related to -- mostly because a lot of those people had kids to play with!
We were gone for 2 weeks and did A LOT. I've posted a boatload of pictures on Flickr but here are some highlights:
Our first stop on our roadtrip. Breakfast in Fort Morgan, Colorado:
The Children's Museum in Milwaukee with Grandma Jane:
Fishing at Lake Summerset outside of Rockford, Illinois:
Playing with Cousin Paul on the trampoline:
Finally meeting Uncle Matthew's Robosapien and teaching it to pick up things (in muck-boots):
Going to a Mastodon dig in Dupage County (about 2 miles away from where we were staying):
[ side note: this was cool, but I wouldn't really call it a "highlight" since it was about 100 degrees and 150% humidity that day. none of us were very happy ]
going to Millennium Park in downtown Chicago with Grandma Laura and "Grandpa-Grandpa"
Walking all the way to the end of Navy Pier and feeding the seagulls.
The 6 of us actually rode this ferris wheel. Yikes.
Grandma Belle's 80th Birthday Party
The Kowalski Cousins: Kaylee, Claire, Charlie and Isaac
We hooked up with an old friend of mine, Rebecca, at Oberweis Ice Cream shop and our kids played chess together.
...and then we drove home. In one day.
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