the windy city

We took a short family vacation to Chicago last weekend. Bryan was speaking at Destination Church and we decided it would be a good time to take advantage of the time away from home. We stayed in a great hotel and got an upgrade on our room so that the kids had one bedroom and we had another, both joined by a living room and eat-in kitchen. This is what happened when our two oldest shared a king-size bed:














And here's what happened when Cartoon Network was on:
















And here's how babies must be bundled to walk the streets of downtown Chicago:















Here's how little boys drink milk in an Irish Pub, the latest in 3D Dinosaur movie fashion, and how Mowrey kids think it appropriate to pose by impressive dinosaur bones:





















































But the biggest hit of the trip was the indoor pool which was requested about every other ten minutes. We had such a great time together and as soon as we pulled up to our house, Simon protested, insisting we turn around and drive back to "Chitado." We'll probably do that again soon...