The Chicago half of our trip

We just got back from a whirlwind trip to Chicago and Rochester, Minnesota. Here's some photos of our first day visiting with Tiffany, Randy, and Madden. Of course the main attraction was Madden . . .

We took the train from Chicago out to Downers Grove where Tiff and Randy live and picked up Randy at school to go out for lunch so John could see the gorgeous Midwestern Campus. Then later that afternoon Tiff and Randy took us to the nearby town of Naperville - it was absolutely beautiful!
We walked along the river walk - it was so pretty and the weather was perfect.

Tiffany and Randy and Madden are very happy there. The next day they took the train into the City and met up with us there. We had brunch (a popular thing to do in Chicago) along the river with this view -Great food and great weather again . . .

It was a great place to celebrate Tiffany and Randy's birthdays (both that weekend).This is the view from our hotel room. Did I mention that I fell in love with Chicago? It was beautiful and fun and there is so much more I want to go back and see. It really is a fantastic city. I loved the architecture - more on that in the next post if you're interested.