Chicago in December

Chicago is beautiful in December....


We used to go every year because we honeymooned in Chicago just a few days before Christmas! (Our church wedding was December 20th!)
We haven't gone in a few years and were so glad to have the chance to make it this time.

It was fun but instead of the snow you'd expect in Chicago in December, we were blasted with huge torrential downpours of cold rain!

We bought umbrellas and did as much walking as we could... it was cold and wet and we were glad to get back to the hotel and it's nice hottub when we were finished!

When we were at Gurnee Mills Mall, Kate won a bike in the toys for tots raffle and also made me proud when she won again, promptly picked out a nice Radio Flyer Wagon, and placed it in the toys for tots donation box!

We had a blast in Chicago!

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