Great weekend!

Though it is Monday afternoon and I am quite tired, I wouldn't give it up because I had such a wonderful weekend!

Skip and I hung around the house and got some things done on Saturday morning and through the early afternoon, then got ready to go down to Chicago. We had anticipated needing to drive around the train station a bunch to find long-term free parking, but we totally lucked out in being able to find a 10-hour free parking area literally across the street from the Intermodal (Amtrak and bus) Station. Yay! So then we were there like 45 mins before our train left. Oh well. We got on and our car only had like 3 other people in it, so it was nice and quiet. That route to Chicago from Milwaukee on Amtrak is so easy and convenient. Mom, Dad, and Michael met us downtown and we went to The Parthenon for dinner. It was just as good as always. We had SO much food, but we also had a great time. It was Taste of Greece outside on Halsted St., so after dinner we walked around for a little while before heading back up to Milwaukee. Mom was happy with her unnoticed "roadie sodie" of Mavrodafni :). We made it back up by about 9:30, and visited a little while before Mom and Dad went to their hotel, and Michael, Skip and I crashed.

Skip and I got up Sunday morning and went to church, then picked up Michael and headed out to Waukesha for our baby shower at Sarah and Andy's. It turned out to be such nice weather, which was great for the shower. There were between 25 and 30 of our closest family members and a couple of family friends. It was great to visit with everyone! We got some very nice gifts, as well, which is always a bonus :). Sarah did a wonderful job coordinating everything! There were 7 kids under the age of 10 there, so Skip and I got some good kid-practice in there, too. It's going to be so wonderful to bring our little one into that crowd!

After we left we went home, and while Skip dog-parked with Scotch, I went on a little "stalking" excursion to the east side of Milwaukee... (details later, maybe :)). We got back home and had Parthenon leftovers for dinner, then walked our overfed bodies down to Walgreens to pick up some pictures. We got home, and again, totally crashed.

We have had some great weekends lately, and a couple more to come. I'm really enjoying the end of this summer, with much anticipation for the fall!