Fun times in Chicago

We made a trip up to Chicago this weekend to celebrate (a surprise) Ben's high school friend Mike's 30th birthday party! His girlfriend Rachel threw a wonderful party for him. We had a great weekend with all of our friends up there and just taking in the fun of Chicago. It is a fun city to visit, but definitely know I would never be able to live there full time! Mike and Rachel have a great condo right downtown Chicago. It is about a mile from Michigan Ave and about 3 blocks from the Wilson Tower (AKA Sears Tower), so on their roof top deck they have a wonderful view of the city (see below - the one that was at night - it was taken with my phone, so it wasn't a great picture). Hopefully we will be able to take the girls next year to do more site-seeing b/c it is a great place for that when the weather is nice! Happy 30th birthday to Mike...it was a great time and can't wait to see everyone in a few weeks for Kyle and Kim's wedding in Bloomington.