The 4 day birthday extravaganza!

We are in the midst of the 4 day birthday extravaganza that began with a night out to the movies to see The Bourne Legacy on Friday evening, followed by a fun day sightseeing in Chicago on Saturday (Dusty's 40th Birthday), continued by german chocolate cake and pizza with friends today and ending with my 37th birthday tomorrow.  We've had a ton of fun!  We began our morning in Chicago at the Sears tower....excuse me...I mean Willis Tower.  (Still can't get used to it being called that)  We went up to the 103rd floor to the SkyDeck and stepped out on the Ledge.  Being 103 floors off of street level standing in a glass box jutting out from the side of the building is a weird feeling.

But a fun one!  And it makes for a killer photo op! :) 

Just hanging out in Chicago....literally hanging out!

Yes, we were at the top of this!

 It was a gorgeous day and the views were spectacular!

After that stop we hopped on the double decker bus for a little sightseeing

This was a lot of fun as well.  Got to go all over downtown and could just hop off at the stops and hop back on when we wanted to.  The guides were very entertaining....and we even learned a few things. :)

We hopped off at Millennium Park and followed the crowd to Cloud Gate....or better known as "The Bean"

Talk about a fun photo op!

We had a gentleman snap our photo and he had some ideas that he wanted to try so he posed us around to get our reflections.  He was fun, but I think his wife was tiring of his...as she put it..."artsy fartsy" shots! :)

Lots of wedding parties in the park shooting their photos including this couple who decided to splash around in the fountain

We spent the rest of the day riding around sightseeing at the parks, Navy Pier, and all around downtown.  Our bus hit several detours because streets had been blocked off for President Obama's arrival.  His helicopter flew right over us.

The sign that Dusty had to point out and laugh about.  Not sure what the german was saying.  Even though he turned 40, Dusty still has some 13 year old humor in him.  He pointed it out and chuckled....Bus Fart! :)

A wonderful day full of fun with my favorite guy! 

Happy Birthday Dusty!

Reunion

Quick trip to Illinois this past weekend for a Lynn Family reunion.  Peeps from my mom's side of the family.  Lots of fun seeing some of my cousins and all of my aunts and uncles.  Plenty of photo ops in the huge catalpa tree in the backyard.  And also another chance to snuggle my new little nephew. :)

My cousin Chad has a Travelocity gnome that shares in his family's adventures.  Pesky little thing insisted on sitting on my head for this photo.

All the great-grandkids in attendance

And always time for a little entertainment from Daniel

Little Levi made the rounds on all the autie's laps

Never too big for Grandpa's lap!

On mission

Hey everyone!  Just wanted to use today's post to ask you to pray for my friend Caitie.

Right now Caitie is on a plane or somewhere in an airport on her way to China!

You see, Caitie

Will be spending the rest of the month teaching English to students in China

So if you could take a moment to pray for Caitie

and her safety and protection during her mission trip to China

I, along with Caitie and her family

would be appreciative! :)

Remember that's CAITIE...

and....

I mean....

Oh Snap!

Yes it's the obvious joke, but just go with it.  :)  Dusty was headed out to a meeting at church and had just got into the truck, put the key into the ignition and this happened....

He climbed out the passenger side and came in the house to say, "Ummm....we have a little problem."

You think!?!?!?!

The neighbor's Bradford pear tree had decided it had enough.  I'm just thankful it was only the cars sitting in the driveway.  Sometimes Rachel and her friend sit in the driveway and play with sidewalk chalk.  Fifteen seconds earlier and Dusty would have been standing in between the vehicles.  

Fortunately there was no major damage.  No windows broken.  The car has some scratches on roof and trunk.   But it's just stuff.  Not anything to get bent out of shape over.   With the help of our wonderful neighbors the problem was taken care of within an hour.  Glad no one was hurt. :)

And that's our adventure for today!

Jazzy

Had the opportunity to hear the Indy Jazz Orchestra this evening.  Rachel and I headed out to town hall where we met up with 5 of the 6 Bohrers.  It was going to be a hot & sweaty evening until these people showed up.

Thank goodness for Kevin & Stacy "have shade will travel" Brumley!  :)  We quickly repositioned ourselves under the canopy and the evening got much more enjoyable!  

Shade and a popsicle make everything better. 

Parker found his seat in the shade.  We also had additional entertainment of this variety.

There's been clouds like this come and go, but no rain yet. 

Moooooooo!

Time for the yearly fun at Chick-fil-a.  Customer appreciation week this week ending today with Cow Appreciation Day.  Dress up like a cow; get a free meal.  Wear a cow accessory get a free entree.  There were white cows with black spots.

Black cows with white spots

Cute little twin cows!

And Rachel's favorite...the big cow!

I let Dusty off the hook and he used a coupon we already had for a free sandwich.  I also went the easy route.....cow print bandanna!