More Vacation Fun!!

Hey everyone! Holly here. I've recovered from the terrifying step off the edge of the Willis Tower. Our last few days in Chicago were spent in two incredible museums. I am such a nerd and these places where so neat to me, I just wish we would have had more time to spend there! Anyway, here are a few pictures from the Field Museum of Natural History. We spent so much time with the dinosaurs that we didn't see anything else!














This is me being so excited to go to a huge museum for the first time and John running away from the largest T-Rex in the world, Sue.




These are some of the scary dinosaurs at the Field Museum. They were pretty cool.
After the Field Museum we spent a day at the Museum of Science and Industry. This was so cool! You got to do hands on stuff will all the displays. It was like a toy store for kids and adults. We were so busy having fun that we didn't take many pictures, and none of them show how cool it really was. That night we went to a Cubs game, where I ate my one hot dog for the year. Here are a few pictures from the game. Our trip to Chicago was a blast, but we're glad we're done vacationing for now, because we are tired!!!

On The Road

Since we've been married it feels like we've been on the road longer than we've been home. Less than a month ago we went to Flagstaff, AZ to the Reynolds family reunion. We turned this into a tour of St. George, Flagstaff, Lake Powell, the Grand Canyon (including Jacob Lake), back to St. George, and home. A few days later we went to Boise for the 4th of July to spend time with Holly's Family. Since I have now instantly become an uncle to 6 nephews and 1 niece, my goal in life is now to become "the favorite uncle" - I have some tough competition but I'm climbing my way to the top.

A week after Boise we came to Chicago for Holly's college newspaper advertising conference and we're still here for a few more days. Chicago has been great! I am amazed at the incredible structures. Also, people in Chicago are super nice and always willing to help you out. During Holly's conference we stayed in a dorm room where we had to put our twin beds together to make a King-size bed.






But it wasn't so bad because the view was incredible. You see, since I am able to work wherever I want I brought my work with me to Chicago. I sat at a desk and was often distracted by all the huge pillars around me (see the photo on the left below). We were right in the middle of downtown on the 14th floor. You know what though? The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) doesn't look so big from the ground or even from the 14th floor. But once we were up on top of it it's a whole different story. We stood in these glass rooms at the top on 103rd floor. As you can see, Holly was pretty nervous to be there but she was brave. It actually was pretty freaky.

Yesterday we went to the Field Museum where the largest complete T-Rex resides. Holly promised to blog all about it and the rest of our trip later. In the mean time, we're just chilling out and trying to eat as much deep-dish pizza as we can!