Thanksgiving in review

My sister Sarah came to visit this past week. It was so great to have her around. I always love chilling with her. She was very sweet to come out here and graciously love us even though our daughter wakes up at 7am and wants the rest of the apartment to play with her. She was willing to sleep on the couch because ahhhh...we don't have a guestroom and was ready to hangout around the house instead of spending all day shopping due to some cute little ones nap schedule.

Turkey day was spent with great friends, the Woods and Andersons. We ate super yummy food and had a great time just chilling watching the kiddos play as we leisurely talked about our futures. It was a bittersweet time knowing that the Woods are leaving us in just a couple of weeks to head to NC. We are going to miss these seminary days of gathering together as families. (Sadly i failed to take any pictures--who does that???)

On Friday we headed to Indiana to meet Sarah's boyfriend Danny and his two sisters. It was so good to get out of the city and unwind. We spent the weekend relaxing and getting to know this guy my sis has been raving about for the last couple of months! It was great to finally get to meet him and see them interact together--i loved it!

Then to finish off our trip we headed into Chicago for a long day of exploring the city.

Ella has just begun to love books--especially the ones you can touch.
ben, ella, sarah, danny & laurie on the shore of lake Michigan
view of the skyline from Navy Pier

the famous ice rink at Millennium Park