Just a few pics from Chicago

Here are just a few pics from Chicago. There will be more to come soon. This was probably one of the cheapest trips that we have taken. We paid for gas and mostly everything we did was free. We ended up driving up there and because gas is so high we opted not to take the explorer, instead we crammed in our stealth. We spent a total of $165 in gas. Woo hoo!

The first day there we arrived about 5:30pm. My aunt Linda lives in a suburb of Chicago called Weaton. Once we got there we drove to My Cousin Bryans condo in Chicago. Very cool place! Makes me want to move there. It was Bryans birthday so we had Chicago YUMMY pizza and cheesecake. There was only two things Brian and I required we do on this trip and that was to have Chicago pizza and Chicago Hot Dogs. We were able to check the Pizza off our list. This picture is of Bryan and his wife Leighann. Of course, Bryan is sporting his grub gear.

We stayed with my family which was the point of the whole trip, to enjoy them. We woke up to coffee and breakfast every morning. Thanks aunt Linda. The next day we drove to Lincoln Park zoo. It was gorgeous out for a July day. Linda had packed a lunch for everyone to eat there. This was our second trip to the zoo. The last time we were there I got some tiger lily pics that I have actually sold to customers. When I seen them again I couldn't resist taking more pics.

I didn't spend a lot of time taking pics of the animals. I have loads and loads of those types of pics at home. But this monkey, ape, whatever, was posing for me so I couldn't resist.

My Jackson and Josey.. it's not often that I can get a pic of them both smiling at the camera. Yay! Chicago is Jackson's favorite city! I don't think we can come here enough!

This was under an overpass. The bridge was decorated in mosaic glass..very cool!

On the way home Jackson decided to ride with Leighann and Bryan back to my aunt Lindas house. We got half way home and received a call from Bryan. They had got in an accident. The car was totalled and Jackson was being taken in an ambulance to the hospital. Bryan was very calm and let us know that Jackson wasn't hurt too bad but had banged up his Jaw, perhaps just bit his lip. They were all calm and in turn I tried to remain calm, but it's very hard when all I wanted to do was be with my son. We got to the emergency room and he was pretty upset but doing good. Standard procedure is taking anyone under 18 in ambulance to the hospital. That shook him up. You would think a kid would be excited to ride in an ambulance, but not when they strap you down where you can move a single muscle in your body. It was pretty intense for my Jackson and shook him up quite a bit. Good news was that he only bit the inside of his lip, he bit it pretty bad, but no stitches or medication was needed. So they released him from the emergency room. Bryan and Leighann were fine but shaken up too by the way. And off we all were to head home eat some BBQ and watch some fireworks.The lovely totalled car.

More to come!!!