Qui and Shana Come for Visit

We were so happy to have my brother and my SIL (I need to get better with using these little text abbreviations – still not so good but, thought I would throw one in there but I wrote a whole essay so it defeats the purpose of the abbreviations – LOL!!).  Well, I digress,  back to the story.  So they did come to visit and we had such a great time with them!  Enjoy the pictures…

The first day they came, we took the Californian's to our beach! My SIL was shocked that we have a beach. It was a beautiful evening. You can see the Chicago skyline if you look close! It even impressed the Californians!

We hiked up the big sand dune...

Then we had to come down...Joshua ran down (and up 5 times!) - that's why he is stick thin and eats like an adult!

Then we went to Chicago.  Shana had never been so we made sure she saw all the Chicago sites!  The only we missed was the Chicago pizza but I think we did a good job with all the Chicago must sees!

We ate brunch at the Signature Room - a must when you come to the city!

Then to Navy Pier.

This was a good picture, since it shows the John Hancock Building which we were on top of there for brunch and now we were down looking up!

And of course "The Bean" - Officially called "Cloud Gate" I think...

It is alwsays so cool seeing the Bean in person!

Then Joshua lost his tooth on our bus ride back to our car (Losing a tooth in Chicago - Priceless!).

Update to present day January 2, 2011:  he’s lost a few more teeth and on the verge of more teeth!

Love that smile!

Back to Qui and Shana’s visit…

They got to see small time living as we took them to our local parade.  Joshua was in it with his Karate Group.

We found our curbside location.

There's Joshua!

Then we took them to the Apple Orchard and we went to a different one than the one we usually do and Sam and I agreed we won’t be going back there.  There were no apples to pick!  Weird huh?  Never had that happen before but they said because of the weird weather, the crop was smaller than normal…Hmmmm…

Ride out in search of some apples. We did get some, but no Honey Crisps our favorite!

We did get yummy donuts! They were delicious! Ashley can attest!

Their last day, we went hiking.  It was a great finish to a great week of activities – too short a visit!

Ashley the seasoned hiker, from school, showed the way.

We had a great time during their visit!

 

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