Chi-Town here we come!!

I've been wanting to update the blog all week, but it's been a little hectic around here. I did make a new recipe (#64 - Try 30 new recipes!), but the post will have to wait a week until Trevor and I get back from our vacation. We're on the way out the door for our first "official" vacation since we've been married! Wow, I hadn't realized that yet. We've obviously traveled some to visit family and taken some short weekend trips, but we've never taken a full-out vacation. I'm really looking forward to it. :)

We're stopping tonight to eat dinner with Mom, Dad, Kim, Justin, and Victoria to celebrate Dad's last day working for UPS. He's retiring after being there for 25 years! Well, semi-retiring, anyways. He's going to be the full-time preacher at our church in Nebraska City. So I'm sure he's going to stay very busy. Although, I think he'll feel retired the first time he doesn't have to go out and drive in a foot of snow!

We'll head out Saturday morning to drive up to Racine, Wisconsin to visit my grandma and her husband Paul (#3 - Visit Granny in Wisconsin!). Trevor's never been there and it's a really pretty area so I've been wanting to take him there. Not to mention Granny's been bugging us for the last 4 years to get up there! :)

Mid-way through the week we'll make the hour and a half drive to Chicago (#11- Take a vacation together to Chicago!) and stay with Trevor's cousin Sara and her husband Michael. We've been wanting to get up there and visit for a long time as we've heard it's an amazing city. After we see the sights and sounds of the big city, we'll head back to Kansas City Friday or Saturday and spend the weekend relaxing. I always feel like I need a vacation after a vacation...Trevor thinks I'm crazy!

So don't think I've forgotten about this blog already! I'll be back in a week or so with posts about the completion of these three goals!!