Trip to the Midwest!

We have just returned from a 12 day trip to the Midwest to visit relatives and Olivia's great-grandparents. We left Dec. 1 and flew into St. Louis, Missouri then drove 2 hours northeast to Pittsfield, Illinois where Chad's paternal grandmother and relatives live. It was a great trip and turned out to extra special for Chad because Pittsfield had about 1 foot of new snow and he had never seen the city in the winter... very cool! We then headed up north to Chicago to visit Chad's aunt and uncle and a couple of his cousins. We toured around the city and checked out the Macy's (used to be Marshall Fields) windows and even made it out to dinner a couple of nights. We spent our 7th wedding anniversary with Chad's second cousin and his family and were treated to a delicious home cooked meal at their home with about 13 family members... Thanks Wilsey Family!!! Our last leg of the trip took us up north to Oconomowoc , Wisconsin where all of Melissa's family and paternal grandparents are. Melissa's father and stepmother drove down from Minnesota and threw Olivia a "coming out" party for all relatives there... it was great fun!!! On Dec-12th we flew back home and are very happy to be back in warm, sunny California!! It was a fabulous trip, thanks to all who let us stay with them, it really made our trip so special!!! xoxoxo