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Well, we are back from our whirlwind trip to Chicago with Brad & Steph. We had a great time and are very tired and glad to be home. Thursday morning we hit the road around 9:30am and after a brief stop in Iowa City (to drop Anya off with G’pa & G’ma McArtor and Aunt Joni and to eat lunch) we hit the Windy City around 4:30pm! We stayed at the Sheraton downtown and we had a fabulous view of the Chicago River. We got checked into the hotel and then hit the streets of downtown Chicago to eat supper at Giardano’s. Once in Chicago, we met up with 2 other couples, Brad & Sarah and Rob & Steph, so we had quite the group! Friday we went to the Cubs vs. Astro game at Wrigley–we won’t even talk about that game as the score wasn’t too pretty. We also had our first experience with the “L” train in Chicago on the way to the game and it wasn’t very pretty either…. so we took a cab home. Even though the Cubs didn’t win, we had a lot of fun being a Wrigley and with all the Hawk fans that were at the Cubs game, I think we did more Iowa cheers than Cub cheers! After the Cubs game, we went to Navy Pier to go to the Hawkeye Huddle. The whole pier was filled with people in black and gold…it was quite the sight! I think local Chicagoans think their city had been taken over by Hawkeye fans for the weekend! After we checked out the Huddle, we ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. on the pier and it was delicious. Saturday we got up and did a boat tour on the Chicago River to learn the history of all the buildings…it was alot of fun and a great way to start the day. After that, we headed to Soldier Field for the Hawk game. My brother and Zachary also made the trip to Soldier Field, so we met up with them before the game for an hour or so to walk around the stadium and check out all the stuff they had going on. It was quite an experience being at a NFL stadium and the Hawk fans were pretty riled up. The Hawks had a pretty easy win, so the boys were happy! On the way home from the game, we walked by Buckingham Fountain which is the fountain featured at the beginning of “Married with Children”–Jason was SO excited! Sunday we got up and hit the road back to Iowa. We had a lot of fun, but we were all ready to get home to our kids! Anya was pretty excited to see us when we pulled in and has been attached to my hip most of today, although I know she had a great time at G’ma Jeryl’s and Papa Ronnie’s house!

So, here are a few pictures of our fun weekend.

You can also check out The Cathcart website to see more pictures of our trip.