Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A Vacation within a Vacation

While in Chicago we were visited for 2 quick days by my best friend Jill and her awesome family! They were kind enough to save us from our usual drive up to Michigan by driving down to see us this time! We all stayed together at an awesome hotel in Schaumburg for the night! We enjoyed the pool, complimentary happy hour, Uno's pizza for dinner, and a night of kids playing and cruise planning!

Here are some pics from our pool time...
Heath loves the water!
Nolan is more cautious, but really enjoyed playing with his trucks in the hot tub where he could walk along the edge!
Jill and cutie girl Rowan! I can't believe she is almost 2!
Trey-Trey is a little fish!
Later that night I caught Nolan and Trey talking on the phone! When I asked Nolan who he was talking to he said "my belly screen, I'm calling the Umi Car". If you have no idea what he is talking about you have probably never seen the awesome kids show "Team Umizoomi"! He is such a funny little guy!
We exchanged Christmas gifts! We got Trey his very own Broncos sweatshirt! Hopefully he'll wear it and think of us! Even though the Broncos are a disaster! But I guess the Lions aren't that much better!
Here are our 2 silly boys again! They loved being goofy together! "Tootsie" was just too hilarious not to say over and over and over again! Nolan is sporting his new Jansen #4 Rockies shirt that he got from the Sloothaaks for his birthday! Pretty sweet! Auntie Jill & Uncle John also got the boys cool PBK beach towels with their names embroidered on!
Trey and Nolan checking out the sights from our hotel window!

In the morning we woke up for a great and FREE breakfast! The big boys and their dads hit up the pool again and the moms and little ones packed up the room and got ready for our day out and about.
Jill and I snapped this picture together before our adventure in the Windy City! We went down to Navy Pier for the day.
Checking out the sights at Winter Wonderfest!
Best Buds!
What a treat it was to be able to spend 2 days with MY best bud!
Adore this picture! 2/3 of my most favorite boys!
A rare photo of Mark and I with the best skyline in the background!
What a fun family day at Navy Pier!

We are so thankful to have the Sloothaaks in our lives! They are such great friends...just wish we lived closer! The next time we see them we'll be headed out for our kid free week in the Bahamas together! CAN.NOT.WAIT.FOR.JUNE!

1 comment:

Jill Sloothaak said...

It was SO much fun! We'll always have those memories of staying in that small two-bedroom suite together. Someday I'm sure we'll say, "Remember when.....". Love making those memories with you and your family! We are truly blessed!

PS - when Trey saw that picture of Nolan on the phone, he said "Hey! That's when we were calling the Umi car!" :)

PPS - could you send me the photo of Rowan and I in the water? And the one of Trey with his swimmies in the water? Thanks dear!

Love you! Dreaming about cruisin' in the Bahamas in June! So excited!