Someone asked if they could take our picture together, and then we took a picture of them. Too bad Ryan was in doing a session at the time or he would be in the picture, too.
Olivia's first attempt at taking a picture. She may have a future ahead of her.Luke wanted to take a picture of the Fountain.
For Memorial Day Weekend we wanted to take a trip to Chicago to do Temple Work, and have an mini vacation with the family. You know, we've kind of made it a tradition to do Temple Work on Memorial Day Weekend, I realize we're not visiting graves of those who have gone on before us, but the work which we are doing for them helps them to progress in gaining the greatest blessings available for them. It's kind of a nice thought.
We went to the Temple right as we got to Chicago. It was so nice to be able to be there. Then we went to check into our hotel. I thought about going to Navy Pier, but the only thought on the kid's minds were about the swimming pool. So we went swimming. To Livvy now, Chicago means hotel swimming pool.
After swimming, we went to eat at the Cheesecake Factory, the food was okay, but the cheesecake was delicious. Next time, I think we'll eat somewhere else and just go for the cheesecake.
On Sunday we went to church with our friends Molly and Raymond, and their kids Weston and William. They invited us back to their house to eat and visit. It was very nice.
On Monday, we went to the Brookfield Zoo. It is such a great fun zoo. Everyone was at the zoo that day, you couldn't hardly turn around. My neck froze up, so I wasn't the nicest person around, but we still had fun. As we left, the rain started falling, our timing couldn't have been more perfect.
The Geese and their goslings were the big hit of the day. Luke and Livvy would have followed them everywhere if we had let them.
The Polar Bears are so playful here. This particular bear was doing as Livvy and I called it, "the Backwards Dance," and as Luke called it the "Moon Walk." Whatever it was it was hilarious. Over and over again he would come sauntering backwards out of his house until he reached the pool. Then he would head back inside, just to repeat his backwards swagger back to the pool again. We watched it over and over again. 
Last we went to the "Dinosaurs Alive" exhibit. It was okay, we expected a lot more considering you had to pay extra to see it. Livvy was freaked out by the huge monsters, and there were so many people we just rushed through to get out of there. There were so many toddlers screaming in terror, because these dinosaurs move their head and there are roaring noises piped in for the show. It wasn't worth it.We had a great Memorial Day Weekend. I can't wait to continue the tradition next year.
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We had such fun with you guys too! I'm glad your trip over here was so filled with fun things to do! And, so far this year, we have been to the zoo 5 times, each time just as miserably packed. yuck. I can't stand the stress of keeping an eye on my kids with that many people around!
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