.Noise in Illinois (part II)

On our third day in Chicago we took Elisa and Alexis downtown to Navy Pier while the rest of the family went to the children's museum.

When Air came to visit me in Chicago in 2007, Navy Pier was the only attraction in the city that we didn’t have time to see—so I was pretty excited for him to finally see it! It’s so cool.

We caught a ride on a pirate ship through Lake Michigan. Some lady came up to us and said she bought an extra ticket and she gave it to us for FREE!! It was so awesome—we hardly paid anything for this ride.

A pirate asked Alexis to pull up one of the sails! Here she is waiting for them to tell her to start pulling:

She pulled and pulled with all of her itty bitty strength and was doing pretty well! But then this big old guy just jumped up and grabbed the rope from her! HAHA I guess she wasn't pulling fast enough for him?

The photos we got of this are priceless:

Alexis is so funny

After the boat ride I took a picture of the picture they tried to sell us for 20 bucks! haha

We drove around the city through that crazy Chicago traffic and saw some fun stuff… We found out later that this was the day that Barack Obama was in Chicago so there were a lot of closed roads and security everywhere. Cool right?

We played at the park with the family all night… Did I mention that I love my family?? Cuz I do!

I especially love the cute little people in my family!

Hailey and Jayden

We had a lot of fun with Elisa and Alexis every night at the house too. We played Rockband, watched YouTube, movies, and lots of the Twilight Zone. Best show ever.

More to come... again!