Chicago!!!

It was SO great to be back in Chicago for a couple of days. I miss the lake and the neighborhoods and all that, but I mostly just miss the people! We drove down from Madison Sunday morning and made it in time to Holy Covenant's second service. Boy do we miss those folks and that community! It was wonderful to be there for worship and to catch up with so many people.

Here are some of our favorite HC ladies:


We continued the conversation at Wishbone, a favorite brunch place.


My mom drove in that afternoon and we just hung around and visited over coffee. I am so glad that she was able to come--it had been five months since we'd seen each other!


We all had dinner (Giordano's deep dish pizza!!!) at Megan and Barrett's new place, and the my mom headed to her friend's place. It was so nice to just lounge and talk until bedtime.


We met Joseph for breakfast the next morning at the Blind Faith Cafe (one of Eric's former places of employment) and then stopped by Robyn's office downtown that afternoon. Not long after we headed down to Pilsen (our old neighborhood), huge flakes started coming down--snow! It was kind-of exciting, but I am so glad that we don't have to deal with freezing weather for months and months like last year!


We met up with our community meal friends and Trent and Jeanne's and had a wonderful time visiting with them all!


We stayed up late hanging out with Trent and Jeanne until some of us started falling asleep on the couch. Just like old times. In the morning, they made us lattes with their fancy espresso machine and Trent took us to the airport.

It is so good to be home but we miss my family and our Chicago friends dearly. Please come see us soon, everyone. You've always got a place to stay at the Conklin B & B.