To Chicago . . . .

We set out at about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, to head to Chicago to pick up the boys. Good thing Vanessa had some small change in her purse . . . . as mom was not prepared for the tolls of Illinois!! I'm not sure what they paid for as the highway was awful with pot holes!! We got to our hotel at about 3:00 p.m. then ran to get a bite to eat (and some shoes for Mateo . . . . as he got himself ready and had his big snow boots on!) Chicago had no snow!! The girls were so excited to get back to the hotel to do some swimming before picking up the boys at the airport at 6:00 p.m. Unfortunately - the pool at the hotel was shut down due to some people breaking glass into the pool the night before. They offered to shuttle us to another hotel for swimming - but due to our time schedules - it just never fit in. The hotel was very nice . . . . the 3rd picture is a picture from outside our room looking down onto the restaurant below!