Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Last week my Mom, Amy, Bethany, Harley and my Grandma came to visit us! It started out with just Bethany and my Mom, but pretty soon I made it sound so fun :), that we got quite a crew. Luke was a little out-numbered for the week, but he was a great sport.

We picked them up from the airport early Tuesday morning and decided to spend the rest of the day in Chicago seeing some of the sites.

-The Famous "Bean" by Millennial Park


-Our reflections in the "Bean"


-Enjoying some of the parks near Lake Michigan


-One of the views from the Sears Tower (Oh, I mean the "Willis Tower" now)


-Bethany and Amy snapping pictures in the "glass box". For those who haven't heard, they've installed a glass observatory that juts out over the street, so you can walk out into this, well, glass box and see straight down to the street 103 floors down. It can definitely be a little unnerving at first, but it's pretty cool.




For the rest of the week, we spent a lot of time shopping. (Luke was glad work gave him an excuse to miss out on most of that). Everyone got some really cute stuff and it's a good thing they brought an empty suitcase with them, otherwise getting home would have been a bit of a challenge.

While they were in town, my dear friend Amber organized a baby shower for me and it was great for my Mom and sisters to get to meet some of the women in my ward.
Amber designed the theme around "books," first starting with the Book of Mormon, so she entitled it, "I, Baby Werrett, having been born of goodly parents..." It was so sweet, it brought tears to my eyes.











Everyone was so generous, our little guy is going to be sporting some pretty cute outfits soon!

For our last few days, we ventured to Shipshawana, Indiana to visit some Amish country. They have a cute little town that is full of shops -- mostly crafty things -- but Luke was able to score some great chocolate and other sweet stuff. I think the food shops were the only thing that kept him sane, while he heard "awww, isn't that cute..." about a thousand times.

-Amish buggies


-Resting our tired feet after a full day of shopping


-Apparently everyone was a little tired...


Whew! What a week! We all had a blast together talking, laughing, staying up late every night, finding cute stuff for everyone to try on...etc. It really was one of the best weeks I've had in a long time. I miss you guys like crazy already!