July Vacation: Illinois...

Matt's parents live in Illinois so we planned a vacation to visit them during the last week of July. We had a great time and Lyla even got to experience rain! We went to Chicago, met her grandparents' friends and coworkers, enjoyed a BBQ for numerous people, played games, and ate waaaaaay too much food.

Strapped in on her first flight!

On Monday we visited Shedd Aquarium - Lyla loved the fish! She kept signing 'fish' and 'more' every time she saw them. It was pretty cute.

Statue impersonation.

Millenium Park in Chicago has this really cool structure that reflects the skyline. See it?

There is also a really cool fountain/splash park.

Aunt Rachel, daddy, and mommy = ready to go.

Lyla = done.

One more pic before Lyla completely pooped out!

On Wednesday, Grandma and Grandpa Hoelscher hosted a BBQ and invited multiple friends over. Lyla tasted her first snowcone!

Lyla: "Mom, can I pleeeeeaaase go change now?"

Mom: "No, you look super cute in your Tech dress."

Guess you know who won that conversation.

Who wants to be in a dress when they could be swimming?!

We had tons of other activities between the BBQ on Wednesday and heading home on Saturday. But, I'll leave you with a pic of how we felt at the end of our vacation...

Happily Exhausted :-)

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