Hello from city-y Chicago! I was going to say sunny, but it really doesn't look sunny in this picture. The sun hasn't set yet, but it's behind the buildings, so it's after city sun set. It also rained a bunch Saturday morning, which isn't when this picture was taken, but I just was thinking about the rain and writing sunny felt weird... Anyway, I headed in to Chicago on Tuesday night to work in the office there and to attend the company 30th anniversary party on Saturday night. I stopped by the bean (technically Cloud Gate), and there wasn't a barrier constructed around it this time, so I actually got to see it and go up close. It's pretty cool to see in person. It's fun to look at the reflections, and I walked under it and the curves underneath are real cool. Hard to describe, but fun to walk around.
Here are some pictures of Grayson from preschool. These are technically from last week or something. They post them, and then I download them, and then they always show up at the wrong time as the dates for the pictures get changed somewhere in the process.
I just picked some pictures I really liked. He just looks nice and happy above, and I really like him hanging on the tree branch here. It seems a decent distance from the slide, so I'm not exactly sure how he got on there, but Grayson really likes to hang on things.
This year we found out how to walk from the parking lot to the airport because there were no shuttles and none came for like 20 minutes, so when I showed up I just wanted to walk in. It was a little funny, because there were actually waiting shuttles in the lot, and when I walked past them they started honking at me thinking I missed the pickup spot. Here's a fun sculpture thing in between some parking structures on the way.
On Wednesday morning, when I was walking in to the office, I saw this elevator that a construction crew was using. They just plopped it up right next to a building. I've never seen an outdoor elevator like this and I thought it was pretty cool. While I was walking by, they were actually riding it to the top.
My hotel had a historic mail slot. They've actually glued a cover on it. So while there is a sign, you also just can't put anything into it.
Perk of the Chicago office, they order in ice cream sandwiches! Yay!
On Thursday, I went for a walk over to the lake with some co-workers. We went to see Buckingham Fountain, which is close by the lake.
And then we headed over and sat by the lake for a little. While we were there, this guy came up and started fishing. I stood up to get a picture after he almost hit me with his pole... but Minghui was having a real great time talking to him about what fish were around, etc. Minghui really likes fishing too.
It's really nice to be able to get on a video call and check back in at home while away. Thursday evening we were into bedtime when we talked, but it was nice to see all the kids and get to say good night. While I was talking to Grayson and Monica, Grayson tripped backwards and fell into the empty bin that had had blocks in it, and couldn't get out. It was really funny, and I fortunately was able to get a screenshot.
Brooke has started back into volleyball and had her first game on Saturday. I'm not sure why she doesn't have her team shirt on. Monica said she did really well, and that she did incredible at serving. Brooke told me that none of her serves got returned and she was able to get her team a lot of points!
After her game, everyone went to the church as the stake was putting on a community preparedness fair. As part of it, there was a service project for the animal shelter where you could help make toys to be donated for cats and dogs. I wasn't there, but what Grayson made what looks like something Jelly would play with, so I'm guessing this is a cat toy.
Brooke and Winry look like they're having a good time making a scratching board for a cat.
On Saturday I went for a walk. I went back over to the park where Cloud Gate is, and saw this big fountain. I thought the faces on it were a little weird, but every once in a while they'd spray water out of their mouths!
I walked along the river for a little bit, and then stopped for gelato for lunch on my way back to the hotel. They made it into a flower!
Grayson got some Bronco's gear from another family in the ward that also moved here from CO. He's looking ready to go, and it looks like we'll have to start watching Broncos games.
The company party was a concert, and the headliner was Foster the People. They didn't announce the band before hand. I don't really know Foster the People, and it was hard to actually hear the lyrics, so I don't really know that I can say I liked their songs, but I did like the music. There were some fun beats, etc. going on. I didn't stay too late as I needed to get up early Sunday morning to fly home.
Speaking of heading home, my Uber in the morning was a wheelchair accessible van. I don't think I've ever been in one before, and the seat was high enough, or more likely the floor was lowered enough, that my feet didn't touch the ground. It's been a long time since I sat in a seat and my feet didn't reach the floor.
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