Chicago

A few years ago Jeff and I were talking over finances and goals. When I asked Jeff what he'd like to do in the next 5 years the only thing he wanted to do was 'go to the Notre Dame game.' So that's exactly what we did. We flew out to Chicago on the 11.11.10. We enjoyed wonderful flights without entertaining, feeding, quieting, and jockying kids and all their gear. We had intentions of spending Friday downtown, but with such crazy weeks (or I guess I could say months) leading up to this trip, we decided we needed the rest more than a whirlwind tour in the cold. So we slept in, watched a movie together, read, napped, and of course I did plenty of scrapbooking.
On Saturday we met up with Jeff's family and all traveled to South Bend for the game. There was a LOT of red in the airport, on the flights, at the hotels, and even at the restaurants and it was fun running into random people we knew as we wandered the campus and stadium. The weather wasn't too bad - until game time. Then it just poured for the first half. We planned well though and stayed pretty much dry. Although the outcome - and even the whole 2 hours of the game - wasn't what we had planned or anticpated, it was still an incredible stadium to visit and an enjoyable trip with Jeff's family. We got to see Jeff's brother's from out of state, relax and at least try to catch up on missed sleep, reconnect with each other, wonder numerous times why anyone would want to live in Chicago, miss our kids (which was a good thing for me), and of course eat plenty of deep dish chicago style pizza. Thanks for all your generosity at the game Dave! And a big thanks to mom, Jenn and Stacy in helping with my kids.

Now let's just all hope the team decides to finally show up this Saturday.