Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

We're back in Chicago. Christmas day we drove Jon, Haley, Nate, and Dexter to Ohare airport. After a teary goodbye (okay, only really teary for Kelly) we went back to Ryan's parents' house and had Christmas presents with his parents, younger brother, and his older brother's family who was visiting for a couple of days.

Jon, Nate, Haley, Dexter, Kelly, and Ryan in front of the tree

Natalie and Hope were generously helping everyone open gifts

Yesterday we went to Lincoln Park zoo in Chicago and stopped at a great pizza place for lunch. Mark's family had to leave this morning, so the house is quiet again and we are back to making preparations for our trip to England. We had to go to a thrift store today to buy suitcases because after talking for months about taking two suitcases each over to England we realized that we do not in fact own four suitcases. Thankfully the salvation army came through and we are now equipped to haul our life overseas.

Ryan and Natalie checking out the frozen pond at the zoo