Weekend in Chicago

This past weekend we were in Chicago, mainly to watch Carissa and the TIU volleyball team, but the Iowa Hawkeyes had their game at Soldier Field, which added to our weekend. Carson was there, but we did not see him, which was disappointing, but he was with other people and it just didn't work out. Cody and Elizabeth rode with us to Chicago and had the chance to watch Carissa's volleyball match Friday night and then she joined us for dinner after that. On Saturday, we dropped Cody and Elizabeth off at the train station and they went to the football game while Mark and I stayed to watch Carissa. There were people with Iowa t-shirts on in our hotel and on Saturday night we met up with the Aunan family and had some good visits while waiting for our table for dinner. We ate at a resturant called Carson's, with a name like that it had to be good and it was. On the way home, there were as many cars with Iowa plates as ILlinois. We stopped at the DeKalb oasis and it was packed. It's usually a fairly busy place because it's about the only place that's right on the interstate between Chicago and Iowa. The gas line was on the on-ramp and it's a good thing that ramp is a nice long curvy one. The lines to all the food places were long, with McDonalds having the biggest backup. Looked like everyone had had a good weekend, Iowa won. Trinity didn't fare quite as well, but for me, I try not to let it be about the games themselves. It's about seeing Carissa, spending time with Cody and Elizabeth and have an opportunity to have a weekend out of town. Sounds like Monica and Callie had some fun shopping, would have been nice to fit that in too, oh well, maybe next time.