A Thousand Feet High

These last few weeks have been super busy for us... we've been bouncing around from place to place, and Jeff hasn't had a night at home since like 2 and a half weeks ago.  It's been constant go-go-go, but it has also been tons of fun!

A few weekends ago we took a short trip out to Chicago for Jeff's cousin's wedding!  Jeff is from Chicago and we've been wanting to take a trip out there for a long time.  Unfortunately Jeff had to work right before and after so we were only there for a day pretty much.  

We flew in Saturday early afternoon and went straight to the wedding ceremony.  It was great to see most of Jeff's extended family and meet the cousins I hadn't met yet.  After the ceremony we had a short break, so we used our time wisely and walked to Garrett's Popcorn :)  My mother-in-law's favorite!

 The wedding reception that night was the coolest reception I've ever been to.  It was held in the Willis Tower (aka the Sear's Tower) on the 99th floor and we had the most AMAZING views of the whole city and Lake Michigan!!

We also got free VIP Skybox access on the 103rd floor!  It was pretty much a glass enclosed balcony (including a glass floor...yikes!). 

It was a weird, freaky, terrifying feeling stepping out onto the that glass floor suspended over a thousand feet above the street floor... ha ha, but totally worth it!!

Jeff's family minus his sister and her family, and his brother's little boy

The reception was full of delicious food, visiting with family, and lots and lots of dancing!  Being on the 99th floor we had such amazing views of the city, sunset, and city lights!  We also got to see a lots of fireworks and even lightning!!  Totally awesome!

The next day all of Jeff's extended family met up for lunch to celebrate to Jeff's great aunt's birthday!  It was fun once again to meet and visit with Jeff's second cousins and extended family.  After lunch we had just a little time to spare before we had to be off to the airport so we drove past Jeff's old house and then stopped and visited some old neighbors who are good friends of the Wegners.