We went to Chicago and only took 2 pictures...

...pretty sad. Although we technically weren't in Chicago... which I am still super bummed about. We didn't even get to see the skyline. Last Wednesday we left town at 4:30pm to drive 6 and half hours to a city about 40 minutes north of Chicago for a photography conference that was all day Thursday. It took an amazing amount of work to get ready to go... but we are so glad we did. Although... it did remind us why we don't ever take trips during the school week. Dan's mom (Paula) flew in from Seattle to cover for us. We would not have made it through last week without her! Not only was a new tenant moving into our rental property that Wednesday... we also had a donor tour of our home, Joe's Place, on Tuesday. So we were scrambling to get both of our houses into tip top shape before we left. Add that to making sure we had extra respite care on hand for Paula, meals for the boys and everyone's schedules sorted out... we weren't sure we were ever going to get out of town. But we are still SO glad we went. The main reason we went was to hear Jasmine Star. She was the final speaker on Thursday and really made the entire experience so amazing (we didn't get to meet Jasmine... but did get to meet her very cool and down to earth husband). We ended up having to take Claire with us... so we had to trade off listening to sessions and sitting out in the lobby with her... don't know if I already mentioned this... but still totally worth the trip! We left feeling recharged and excited about our growing business. And of course... my only two photos are of our sweet Claire hanging out in our room...