Monson Parents Come to Visit!!

This weekend, Mom and Dad Monson came to visit! They arrived Saturday afternoon and it's been just great! During the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, mom and dad helped to entertain our sweet babies. Here are some of the pictures they took.

Kisses

Mom helped Joshua build some fun things

That evening, we introduced them to a wonderful restaurant called Baker's Square. We had some very good food and tasty pie. Afterwards, mom and I headed home to care for the kids while dad and Steve went to the Priesthood session.

After the Sunday morning session (Steve's favorite talk was by the Young Women's General President on daddies and daughters), we headed downtown to walk around and see a few things. When we got to the Buckingham Fountain, there was a man out there blowing bubbles for the entertainment of kids (and tips, of course...) There were about 8 kids out there chasing these giant bubbles around the courtyard.

Josh was in HEAVEN

Our biggest attraction of the day was The Bean. You ask any Chicagoan where "The Bean" is, and they can all point to where it is. Well....now we can too.

(I think there is a bride and groom in the background behind mom and dad.)

On Michigan Ave, Marilyn Monroe stands in her classic pose. Mom HATES her because apparently she was teased as a child for having the same name: so dad got a picture.

Appreciating the view of the catwalk

On Monday: dad, mom and the kids and I went to enjoy the Field Museum. It boasts the largest complete T-Rex. Her name is Sue--Josh is holding her tooth.

After Steve got back from work, my Mandie friend kindly watched our kids while we went out for Lou Malnati's pizza: the ultimate Chicago deep-dish pizza experience! It was SO tasty and great to have a night out with our parents!

On Tuesday morning, mom and dad packed up and then picked Josh, Kelsey and me up so that we could walk and see the historic Frank Lloyd Wright houses that are just a few blocks away from us. There are some massive houses nearby!
Following the long walk, we picked Steve up from work (and he surprised me by not having to go back to work that day!!!) and went out to Panera Bread for lunch.
In the last few hours we had with them, we enjoyed a free day at the Brookfield Zoo to see some large cats, monkeys and bears.

Mom and dad--we sure loved having you here! It was really a delightful visit!