st. patrick's day

my sister told me my blog was getting boring, so i guess it's time for a real update again. of course we had to go all out this year for st. patrick's day. i love this holiday. but who am i kidding, i think i love every holiday. we started off celebrating st. patrick's day down in chicago with my sister, camille and her family, mike and benson. they recently moved out to illinois, and we couldn't be happier. we love having family nearby. chicago does a big parade every year for st. patrick's day and every year they also dye the river a bright green. i've been dying to see the river ever since we moved out here. now that camille and mike are in chicago we have no excuse not to see it.


just hanging out after getting all of the kiddos into bed.

we decided the day of the parade that we would take the train to downtown chicago, so we wouldn't have to worry about traffic and paying for parking. we were positive the kids were going to be in love with the train. i think tanner had fun looking out the window for about five minutes, then he was done.



katelyn just adores her uncle mike and aunt camille. she opts to hang out with them instead of her own parents when we're together.



walking to the parade was probably the most entertaining part of the day. people go all out dressing up in green. i think we saw an awful lot of spandex while we were there. as you can see we were on the more conservative side of dressing up.



there were a lot of people out to watch the parade, so we actually didn't get to see a ton of it. well, actually none of it. the kids did get a chance to see some thanks to tyler and mike who made a nice comfy seat available on their shoulders.





my sister just so happened to move into a ward where our good friends from orem also now live. it was fun to get all of us together. small world. oh, and don't i look ravishing?



i think we entertained ourselves by people watching some of the characters that were out that day and taking pictures of ourselves.



here's us and the wrights. sadly i forgot to take my camera off of manual for my sister, so that's why we look very over exposed.



after the parade the kids were more than willing to get back into the stroller under the warm blankets. all three kids fell asleep within five minutes of walking. they were all worn out.



after the parade we walked over to see the green river. it was so green. it looked like they had poured green kool-aid right into the river. very fun to see. too bad none of the kids saw it.



this picture is set up. i was a little over-excited about seeing the green river and had to take a picture showing that.