Chi-Town

We luuuuuuuv Chicago! This Saturday we set out for a day trip to our favorite city with our friends Corey and Val. Val is a huge U2 fan and U2 has a new movie out...it's a movie of one of their concerts in Buenos Aires. It was at the IMAX theatre at Navy Pier. The movie is in 3D and it was sooooo cool! I wish we had pictures of the actual movie because there were times when Bono and I were looking each other in the eyes.

Since the movie was at Navy Pier, we decided to head to the city early so we could explore. One thing we found at Navy Pier was Bob the Builder and when I came out of the bathroom, there was Corey, on stage with Bob. I just had to snap a picture! He's hilarious.

While we were walking around, Austin and I shared a Chicago hot dog. This is the best hot dog you will ever eat! Let me tell you what all comes on a Chicago hot dog : it is a vienna beef dog on a steamed poppy seed bun with mustard, onions, relish, tomato, a pickle, sport peppers, and celery salt. Sounds crazy, I know, but once you give it a try, you will love it!!

After the movie, we went to Giordano's, this fabulous Chicago pizza place. If you haven't had Chicago style pizza, my friend, you are missing out! It is wonderfully delicious. here is the website http://www.giordanos.com/ incase you are curious.

At the end of all that fun, it was time to head home. We are so thankful that we are close to Chicago and hope that we can make it back many more times before we move back to Texas!

Winter Wonderland

Here are a few pictures of the latest snow fall! The views of campus are from the building where I work and the tall building is where I work! I took some pictures walking out to the parking lot so everyone could see just how high the snow is piled at the end of the rows in the lot. There are also some pictures of our "SnoPal" that Austin's family sent us. Mr. Penguin is out on our porch and he is adorable! Expect more pictures of him in the future.

A Walk to Remember....or Forget

We tried to go for a walk today after work & school. We had hopes for atleast a 30 minute walk, but being true to our Texas roots, we only lasted 10 minutes in this Midwest winter. The wind was so cold!! After we got inside, it took a few minutes to get the feeling back in our face. That's cold! It had snowed most of the day today (~3 inches) and the temperature was around 20 and falling fast. The weatherman says we are in for more chill and snow this week so it looks like our walks will have to wait for another day. =)

Wife of the Year Nominee

Haley hates guns and loud noises, but I convinced her to pull the trap set for me while I tried out my new shotgun. I think she just felt sorry for me because no one else was around to go with me. Once we got out there and set up, she wanted me to shoot once so that she could get used to the noise. After I shot once, with her covering both ears and grimacing, she was fine. She ended up having a great time. I couldn't convince her to shoot the gun though. I was just glad I didn't have to go by myself.

Below Zero

We woke up this morning for the very first time to a chilling -3 degrees!! Last night it was 0 degrees, so Austin had to get outside and see what it felt like. I took his picture standing on the balcony wrapped in a wonderfully warm down blanket Austin's mom gave us. It was the best way to experience 0 degrees. =) We really are LOVING this cold weather.

Welcome to our life!