I Ran the Chicago Half Marathon!

Righttttttttt!  Only kidding.  Do I have your attention yet?  If you know me at all you would know that I have a love/hate relationship with any form of exercise. However, there was a half marathon while I was in Chicago last weekend, maybe next year...

Anywho, I had a FABULOUS girls weekend in Chicago with Kate and Jacqueline.  Jacqueline has lived in Chicago for a while, but recently bought a new house and her husband was out of town so... while the boys are away, the girls will play! We had a blast catching up, sightseeing, eating great food, shopping up a storm, and seeing an OUTSTANDING show.  Seriously, Rock of Ages was unbelievable.  I love a good musical!  I warned them that I play tourists when I travel, so I had my camera in tow.  Hence all the "touristy" pictures.  We were missing one of our wonderful friends, Amy, who unfortunately, but also fortunately couldn't make it due to celebrating the Clemson Fund raising $608, 839, 594!  Go Tigers!  Looks like we are well on our way to one billion!  Sorry, just a little plug for my money raising fool of a friend.  Missed and love ya Amy! 

I miss us all living together or even in the same city, but also love when we can get together and pick up right where we left off.  The weekend was just like old times...only we are a bit older and wiser now. 

Pictures from our Architectural Boat Tour

 This was the name of our boat.

 Love the look of the building!

 Did you know the Sears Tower is now the Willis Tower?

 Mr. Trump sure does have a pretty building.

 The Bean

Blurry picture (Camera was acting up...pretty sure I just need to take a class) but fabulous view none the less...

LOVED this show!

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At the end of our trip, I found out Sue lived in the field museum!  I have a book about Sue at school, so I feel like I need to go see her.  On the itinerary for the next trip...Cubs Game and Sue!  Oh!  And the half marathon, how could I forget?

Punta Cana: The Peacocks

One last honeymoon post, because I thought the peacocks deserved a post all to themselves.  These guys were all over the resort!  They were just walking around like they owned the place.  I had no idea they made such a loud sound.  It was crazy!  It was like nothing I have ever heard before.  Here's to the peacocks...

 This had me a little nervous...also notice I was just taking pictures from the patio and not trying to help. 

 Look at the long gorgeous tail!  I was so wanting him/her to raise it up.  This was when we were packing to go home.  This guy was making all kinds of noise on our patio...I told Josh it was our goodbye call :)

Punta Cana: The Rest of the Trip

Well Friends, it has been awhile.  But I have survived yet another school year and put year 8 in the books.   I thought I would use my newly found free time to catch up on the ole blog, beginning with the rest of our unbelievable honeymoon.  

 

 We did a lot of this.  Lounging, eating, sleeping, sunning (me at least, notice I'm not under the umbrella), and relaxing.  We did take a day for a catamaran excursion.  We were on the Pacific side of the ocean, so they told us (I had no idea) and we travelled over to the Caribbean side to see the clear blue water.  They took us to a "private island" for lunch and some time to explore.  The whole excursion felt like a Spring Break for adults, but it was fun none the less.  I did end up cutting my foot on a shell or something on the bottom of the ocean, so I had some nice native folks, who barely spoke English, aiding me while Josh was off getting a beach side massage, nice huh?  He did feel bad after the fact, so just another story to add to our adventure together.  

 I blame this on the rum :)

 After seeing this I need to get back on the wedding diet ASAP.

Taking my Tiger pride everywhere.

 

 We did travel back to the airport in style...an amazing helicopter ride!  The views were beautiful, but it also saved us an hour and a half bus ride.  We were done with bumpy bus rides by the end of the trip.  I have to admit I was a little nervous, but once we were in the air I was fine.  I took about a million pictures thanks to my "sports" feature on the camera, but I won't bore you with all of those.  A quick 15 minutes later we were at the airport to go home.

We had a wonderful time and would go back tomorrow if we could.  If you have the chance to visit the Dominican Republic, go!