Our Wicked Weekend!

HIII!  We just had a GRREEAATT weekend!  My sister-in-law Jody and I both got our early birthday presents from our wonderful in-laws and found out that we got to go to Chicago to see the Broadway show Wicked and stay overnight and it included babysitting!  Ahh!!! :)  So....we left early Saturday morning with our hubbies (they got in on the birthday present too but that made it even more fun!)  So we had a GREAT day.  We had lunch at the ESPN zone and met up with one of Ryan and Shane's cousins which was fun.  We played some games there and hung out.  Then we did some shopping on Michigan Ave. which was very fun too even though it was below ZERO and FREEZING outside!  Then we went to our hotel, showered up, and went out to eat at a nice restaurant for some good old fashioned Chicago style pizza. :)  Note to anyone who goes to Chicago on a below freezing day.  Make SURE to get a cab driver that speaks English so that you don't get dropped off at the wrong place and then told to walk the wrong direction to get where you're supposed to go.  I think our faces and ears and everything were completely frozen by the time we got to our restaurant!  But there was lots of laughter... Then it was off to WICKED!!!  We had unbelievable seats and the show was amazing.  I HIGHLY recommend it to ANYONE!  Really - we laughed a lot and had a blast.  They are soo talented!  So then we got to SLEEEEEEP IN!!! (well, i actually woke up right at 7 a.m. but it was nice to just drink coffee in bed and not HAVE to get up - such a treat!)  Then we went swimming, and out for a big breakfast at this cute diner.  I forgot how much I love eating out since we don't really do that much anymore.  Sooo nice! :) Then back home to our babies!  They survived :) and probably had too much fun with Grandpa and Grandma Dooyema. :)  We are very thankful for such a perfect gift with such perfect timing right before Shane's surgery.  THANK YOU so much Mom and Dad Dooyema!!!

Here's a couple pics....