Saint Patrick's Day in Chicago

Tired boys on the train ride home from Chicago. :)

Girls Night the Musical in Chicago with Emily

Cold boys watching the parade!

On the train on our way to Chicago!

Chicago River dyed green in honor of Saint Patrick's Day. :)

The Bean in Chicago's Millennium Park

Emily on the train on the way back to South Bend

On the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) observation deck.

The Bean.

Very unnatural being that high on a see through floor!

We had a great time celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Chicago.  We took the early train into Chicago to watch the parade.  It was FREEZING! and snowing a bit.  Our boys sure are tough, they didn't complain much.  The parade is about 3 hours long, we made it about an hour and a half before someone had to go to the bathroom... there was no way we were getting our spots back, so we left.  We had pizza and then Sean and the boys took the train back to South Bend.

I stayed and met my best friend, Emily.  We stayed the night in Chicago.  We watched a musical that night and then did a ton of sight seeing the next day.  We walked to The Bean, then Navy Pier, Willis Tower (Sears Tower), got our bags from our hotel and then walked to Garrett's Popcorn (bought a few bags) then walked to Millennium Station to catch the ride back to South Bend.  I think we walked 8 miles in below 30* temperatures in the WINDY City!  No joke.

The train back home was PACKED.  Many people had to stand.  Unfortunately, as we pulled into South Bend we saw many first responders at the scene of a small plane crash into a house just south of the South Bend airport.  So SAD.