On Saturday we slept-in and had cinnamon rolls in bed. After getting around, Mandy headed to the hospital to pick-up our Grandma and Dan and I headed to the grocery store to restock her fridge. We settled her in back home and then headed out for a day of adventuring.
Mandy got a membership to the Morton Arboretum several weeks ago. The Arboretum is a huge nature preserve in the suburbs. I had been there a couple of times with her back in college. Throwback!
Here I am back in May of 2008 at the Arboretum. Such a lil baby!
Anyways, we got Chick-fil-a for lunch and had a picnic before renting bikes to explore.
This squirrel tried to join us. He was vigilant.
Unfortunately due to the heat index that day (in the 100s) the bike rentals were closing early so we were only able to bike for about an hour. I suggested Mandy and I get the tandem bike because I thought it was cheaper (wrong). Man was it hard to get used to that thing. The person in the back had to fully relinquish the instinct to control the steering. Only the person in front can steer and if the person in the back tries the bike sways all over the place. It's a battle of wills. Once we got the hang of it we cruised along nicely.
Dan did pretty good too!
We had SO much fun even though we were all drenched in sweat after the hour. We cooled off by exploring the Children's garden which had a stream for wading and cool rope bridges to climb.
There was also a Lego exhibit in the garden which Dan loved.
We did the shrub maze as well and then checked out the gift shop where we picked up a pretty oak leaf ornament to commemorate our trip (Oak - for Oak Park...where Mandy lives). I also got a hat.
It started to rain as we were leaving so we headed to Dairy Queen for an afternoon treat and then did some shopping at Michael's, Home Goods, and Pier One.
For dinner that night we went to Sweet Baby Ray's which is the place where we had our wedding catered. SO GOOD!!
Back at Mandy's apartment, Handy Dandy helped put together her new TV stand and television. This girl is moving up in the world!
Another great day full of new memories.
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