Just after Home on the Range

The morning after the Yankees we got a call from my mother that a family member had died in Southern Alberta.  Wanting to be with my family, Michael and I decided to leave Chicago a week early, and started to pack.  

We said goodbye to Fe's House.

Then found Home on the Range

Then said goodbye to our car...

Whoops... I didn't mean to shock anyone with that last picture.  Since some may have heard, and others haven't, we were in a little accident in Montana.  What happened?  I didn't fall asleep, I wasn't texting, and no other cars were involved.  Honestly, it was a straight and narrow road, and I underestimated how narrow the road was.  I swerved just a little bit, and instead of hitting a rumble strip, we hit the ditch.  It's said we rolled 5 and a half times.  The car is totalled.  We were both wearing our seat belts, and only have the most minor injuries. Luckily, a very nice lady and her family were willing to take us two more hours west, and my mom, who was headed to Canada, was able to pick us up.  We managed to keep all of our stuff, and we made it safely to Magrath after that.  

Life has been a little crazy, but at least we have each other.  And we are happy to be alive.

Root, Root, Root for the YANKEES

We Finally made it to our first Yankees game, and I'm sure it will be the first of many.  The Yankees killed the White Sox, so it was a good time.

Michael forgot his Yankees shirt...

It was a good last night in Chicago.

Pisa, Chinatown, and the Florence's

Just being tourists.

Checked out China real quick while riding the subway around.

Italy? Nope, still Chicagoland.

Proof it's in Chicago

And then we found our future street.

Too Cute.

This one's for the Florence's.

School is Cool

We are still alive, barely, and back in UT.  I will post soon of our most recent adventures...  Don't worry, there will be pictures.

Summer's almost over!

We only have a little over a week left here!  Can you believe it?  I surely cannot.  We have had too much fun, and we still have so much left to do!

I have a story.

A couple weeks ago, we were walking around downtown, when we passed the city hall building.  There were a bunch of people surrounding this guy on the stairs.  As the man started to walk away they all started following him and shouting "Mayor, Mayor, Mayor!" and following him.  Michael and I kind of looked at each other, and then said, "Wow, I thought that only happened in the movies..."  Then the commotion stopped, and we looked around, and realized it was the set for a TV Show.  We are such naive little Utahans  strutting around the city like we know what is up.

Anyways, I guess they were filming this new show called The Boss which will air in the fall.  Anyways, living in the city is cool.

Look out for those subway grates

July 20-24 marked the first time Michael and I had been away from each other as a married couple, so sad :( I traveled up north to Canada for my Dudley family reunion, and Michael had a leadership conference for all of the Accenture interns.  I slacked and didn't take any pictures, but it was fun to see all of my extended family, and it was to bad Michael wasn't there to meet them.  We celebrated my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, which is remarkable!  I can't even imagine being married for 50 years, but I can't wait to get there!  43 days and counting! :) We also got to see the famous Magrath parade, fireworks, and all of the other town celebrations.  It is always fun to go up to Magrath, and I can't wait to take Michael with me!  Then I made my way back to Chicago, and we were reunited.  Yay!

I have to be the luckiest girl in the world, because somehow Michael managed to get Monday, July 25 off for my birthday!  It was to fun!  We just wandered around the city and shopped and saw some touristy things.  To much fun!

I took real pictures this time :)

So happy it's my birthday

The huge, somewhat tacky, Marilyn Monroe statue

You can even see her white panites

Such a beautiful city

Michael took a million pictures of the different pieces from different buildings that are a part of the Tribune Tower, but I thought the piece of metal from the World Trade Center would mean the most.