Our Family: Chicago/ Father's Day

Saturday we went into Chicago for my cousin Tim's graduation party. We had booked rooms at the Holiday Inn Select. There was some sort of sci-fi conference going on there, and there were serious freaks all over the place. We got all checked in and went to Tim's party. The party was very nice and again, it was so good to see cousin's that I had not gotten to see in awhile. At about 7:00 Ethan started getting crabby so Chad and I and Kim and Michael (and Alishia and Jenna) decided to head back to the hotel to get some swimming in. Kaylin wasn't really too in to it which surprised me, so she pretty much sat on the edge and kicked her feet. Ethan and Drew were both maniacs in the pool, it was so fun to watch them. After swimming we all went back to our rooms. Chad, Alishia, Jenna, Kaylin, Ethan and I all shared a room. We finally got to bed around midnight. At 1:00 a.m. we were woken up by the fire alarm, so we had to rip our kids out of bed and take them outside. The fire department came, and gave the all clear so we headed back into the building. Thankfully Kaylin and Ethan went right back to sleep. At 8 a.m. we were all woken up again by the fire alarm, and once again had to leave the building. After we once again got the okay, we went and ate breakfast with Kim and Michael and the kids and then went swimming for a little bit. After we left Chicago, we went to my parents' house to celebrate Father's Day. Kelly and Joe have 2 of their horses there, Lucky and Sunny, so Kelly got them out so the kids could ride them. Kaylin had a blast. So needless to say it was a very interesting weekend, and Chad and I have came to the conclusion that maybe we aren't meant to leave our house overnight!