Week in Chicago

Pat, Connor and I just got back from a very fun week in Chicago. Here are some things we were able to do on our summer "vacation":

• Annual McIntosh Family Boat Cruise on Lake Michigan in memory of Pat's
  grandfather, Poppy.
• Date night for Pat, Ryan, Jeni and D while Meme and Pops had a fun night with the boys. Some YUMMY Chicago (thin crust) pizza and a movie...the Hangover (highly recommend it).
• A day at the Shedd Aquarium with Uncle Ryan, Aunt Jeni and Cole.
• Water time - Sprinklers, public pools, backyard pools...Connor LOVES water right now!
• Play time for Connor and Cole (Connor just could not get enough of his cousin)
• A day in the city as a family. We walked along the river, had a nice lunch near Lake Michigan, saw the Bean, played in the water at Millennium park, shopped on Michigan Ave. and had an AMAZING pasta dinner (thanks Ryan!) before jumping back on the train and heading home (Connor LOVED the ride down and back).
• Dinner with Aunt Jeni, Uncle Ryan and Cole at the Train Cafe.
• Uncle Ben's 30th Birthday party BBQ where we were able to catch up with family and friends.
• Time with Uncle Ben, Auntie Julia, Griffin, Ga Ga Tom and Ga Ga Kris.
• Good food, good family and good times!

** Note #1: This is just a sampling of the pictures from the week. All pictures can be found under the Murphy Family Picture Site link to the right of this post. **

** Note #2: The pictures go in reverse order...the end of our trip to the beginning. I did not feel like messing with the format.

Ga Ga Tom, Connor and Griffin

Ga Ga Kris, Connor and Griffin

Connor hanging out in Griffin's new pool

Post dinner at our WONDERFUL Italian restaurant downtown. Connor really enjoyed his meal.

Connor enjoying pasta...his favorite food.

Daddy and Connor before dinner

Connor and Daddy splashing around at Millennium Park

Connor checking out the water at Millennium Park

Checking out the Bean...pretty cool!

Hanging out on Connor's first train ride to the city. He LOVED it!

Cole and Connor after a fun swing at Five Seasons

Shedd Aquarium

Rowing at boat at the Shedd

Cole and Connor LOVED the fish!

On the little ride on train at the Train Cafe. He was not a huge fan.

They LOVED this part. Pushing the buttons to make the pieces of the train work.

Playing with the sprinkler whale in Cole's backyard.