This morning I got back from Chicago via Amtrak.  I was lucky I did that as yesterday there was a fire in the Traffic Control building for the region and planes all over the area were grounded all day and some still are.  The train was full of people that needed to get home but couldn’t fly due to the outage!  I looked brilliant to all those people at work who told me I was crazy for taking the train!  🙂

I had a great time in Chicago!  I went to the High School to drop a plaque off to Mr. Schneider from Brittany and he was so appreciative!  I also saw Mr. Devany and had a great conversation.  I then drove all over and took pictures of everything!  🙂  Only stuck a couple here.  Our house is still there!  🙂  One of the highlights was eating at Portillos and having a cake shake!

I went to church and it was so great to see everyone there!  The ward has shrunk a bunch, but it was so awesome to see and talk to everyone that was there!  Most everyone wanted to know why Angela wasn’t there with me.  🙂

Work was great as well!  It was good to see everyone face-to-face.  After work hours every day I went and saw friends relaxed and enjoyed the old stomping grounds.  I also went by Menards and bought a bunch of bags of chocolate covered nuts to bring home to Angela to take to the Philippines with her when she goes next week!

Right after I got home, we went to Zach’s soccer game.  He played really hard and I think he has found something he likes to do and is pretty good at!  🙂

Right after the game, we ran to the car and drove as fast as we could down to Colorado Springs where we went to the Boise State vs. Air Force football game at the Air Force Academy!  We had a TON of fun!  We met the Pocock’s there and cheered for Boise State!

Unfortunately, Boise State lost, but we sure had a great time!  We really love going and doing these kinds of things with friends!  Thanks for the invite,  Camille and Patrick!  🙂