Mom's November Trip

This post is super late!!!  I just haven't had a lot of time to download the pictures and get everything organized!  I know, there is all this "smart" technology that makes it quick and easy, but I'm still doing it the old fashioned way. 

My Mom and her friend Sherry came to visit me in Chicago this past November.  It was such a fun trip and came just at the right time in my life.  When I'm getting all sad and sorry for myself and feeling so homesick that I can hardly take it, these two lovely ladies came with all their positivity and energy and love, so I slipped out of my slump pretty quickly.  

They mostly came to watch the musical "Wicked" but we fit in a lot of other stuff during their four days here.  We went to the aquarium, ate some classic deep dish, and of course did a lot of shopping.  Here are a few pics. (A lot are taken with my "old fashioned" I-phone 4, so they aren't the best quality)

Finding them at the airport was the first step.  I went up the stairs, they went down.  So I went down...and they of course would go back up.  We chased each other like that for a while.  Right then I knew this trip was going to be an adventure ;)

We went to the Hershey's factory and they got to fill their own pail with LOTS of chocolate!

Waiting for the Beluga Whale show to start!  I should have taken more pics of the whales, but I was too busy clapping!  We spent the whole day at the aquarium, just taking our time.  Supposedly there was a tornado outside.  There are worse places we could have been stuck.

It was football Sunday so the penguins were having some fun.

We saw a 4D underwater adventure show.  It was awesome and freaky at the same time.

WICKED!!!!  I love this show so much.  Although I've seen it before and have all the words memorized, it is still exciting to watch.  Mom and Sherry loved it!  I, once again, cried like a baby.  It was Diana's first time seeing the show too...I think she liked it, although the people singing in the seats next to her were probably just as entertaining as the show itself.

In front of the Chicago Theater

It was Sherry's Birthday so we had some YUMMY cheesecake.  The staff sang Happy Birthday while Sherry turned super red! The best part was when mom "went to the bathroom" and came back not even a minute later.  Sherry knew something was up then.

This is the entrance to Target.  Mom was pretty excited so we took a picture. Sometimes, it's the little things in life :D

Garrett's popcorn is the best...so yummy, fresh, and warm right out of the store.  We stood in line for 30 minutes.  In the cold. AND rain.  But if you go to Chicago, you gotta go to Garrett's.  It's like a rule or something.

We had so much fun and I felt so lucky to get to spend some time with these two lovely ladies!  It's so fun showing my city to people and I LOVE these two people SOOO MUCH!!!!