The Windy City

The last port of call on our holiday was Chicago, to visit my parents. We were there just after Thanksgiving, but gave a trip into a the city a miss and decided to save it for the warmer weather - so glad we did. I have to say, Deldon and I were well impressed with Chicago! I love it's setting on Lake Michigan, it's so clean and has so much to see and do. We only had a day, so saw very little so I would love to go back and see more of it some day. The girls got on a train for the first time which was fun for them, and we headed straight for Sears towers. After that we took the water taxi (how cool) down the river to navy pier, a really fun place with amusements, funfairs and restaurants.

We met up with my cousin Stephen and his baby daughter who live downtown. Elle is the double of her mom Lisa with Stephen's mouth, such a cute baby girl! I then took Samantha on a Ferris wheel which had a brill view of the skyline.

We said goodbye to Stephen and Elle and got on the water taxis again, out on Lake Michigan over to the Aquarium.

We had to awaken sleeping Samantha as it was too cool to miss seeing all the exhibits. It was great to spend time with Granny and Grandad, and we even got to sneak out to the Olive Garden that night for some quiet time on our a own. That is a rare occasion outside of the 4 walls of our own home - thanks mum and dad!

The greatest blessing occured when Samantha slept most of the flight home and Sophie slept from about 5 minutes into our flight home until the moment we hit the runway in Belfast 7 hours later - Go Deldon for not being able to get out of his seat, the entire flight. I'll give you one guess who was looking for a restroom as soon as we hit the terminal building? It was a relief to be home and be in one place after all the travelling, but so sad to say goodbye to American Soil for another wee while.