Best part of the trip for Emily.....

Emily got to meet her pen pal Tennie! After a few notes, emails and phone calls we all got to meet Tennie and her family. She is just a few days younger than Emily, yet is taller! She likes to run, play basketball and volleyball, from the looks of her she is a fabulous athlete. She has one brother Ryder, he was quiet and just hung out since it was all girls and parents.

It was a delight to meet and get to know her family a little better. Emily and Kelly for that matter were very nervous when they first arrived but Brenda Tennies mom helped by suggesting that they go check out Tennie's room. Once they got away from the adults you could tell they were having a great time. Kelly and Emily both loved their huge Great Dame dogs, that was also a special treat!

Day # 2 part 2 of 3

This is the actual head of the T-Rex, Sue. It is too heavy to put on the actual skeleton, it was amazing to see up close, she had new teeth growing in!

Okay if you don't know this Huffer Family fact by now, this will help prove it, Kelly loves rocks. She loves the pretty ones, the cool ones, the bright ones, the big ones, the ugly ones, the little ones, you get the point, she likes all ROCKS. I let her use my new baby Rebel, and she took over 100 photos of rocks, I had to laugh and be thankful that it was on REAL FILM!

So the T-Rex, Sue was so great, I used to watch "Land of the Lost" as a kid and the whole dinosaur thing made me crazy scared, imagine that thing chasing you!
Okay so we saw most of the Field Museum and this was the girls second favorite picture. They just loved this silly pirate.

The Tower--- Day #2 September 3, 2009

The girls had no fear of stepping out unto the glass, infact they would have stayed there a long while if others were not waiting for a turn! I am thankful that we were there by 10 am so we didn't have to wait in a very long line, some days I guess it can take over 2 hours to make it to the top! 103 stories high, and only 5 inches of glass between you and the street, it almost made me cry. I do have a photo to prove that I stepped out unto it!

So this is where we had famous stuffed pizza, it was so delicious, Kirk was only able to eat ONE piece, Kelly and Emily should have shared a piece. One thing that was very different was the actual top, it was not cheese but sauce! YUM!

Here is the second half of day one

Some of the fabulous marine life we got to see, pictures just don't do it justice! But I will share anyway!

Girls just watching the wild life go by, it was amazing!

This Beluga Whale was funny it came up out of the water just to check out the people checking her out.

This is a great photo of my three favorite people in a great city, what a beautiful time we had.

I still had plans for everyone, the day was young, but the girls were worn out. They needed to rest, so we walked for about another mile to catch a bus, good times spent together!

A few more.... pics from our vacation

So this was the first full day of our adventure... any guesses?

On the road.....

We went on a trip... here are a few photos can you guess where we went?

Great Wolf Lodge---

There was a group of about 50 of us who headed south for a night at the Great Wolf Lodge. The girls had a great time with there friends. We did make them ride with us a time or two but most of the time they were hanging out. Kirk and I enjoyed the hot tub but it wasn't as relaxing with lots of little ones splashing! We wished there was an adult only hot tub. The girls would like to plan to return, I said that would be fun, but we'd have to save some money so we could stay two nights since it is over 3.5 hours away, and that was a long drive home for Kirk.

Up up up they go......
My camera broke a while back, so I am using Emily's until I can save up enough money to purchase a Canon Rebel, which will be about a year. Some how were only ended up with two pictures of the whole trip, Kirk didn't get any video either, we are lame!