Chicago

Last weekend Dan and I were off to the Windy City for a conference at Trinity University. We had a fun time driving through the city enjoying the lights and not too much traffic.

That night we stayed at a La Quinta Inn located on campus. It was the first time we have ever stayed at a La Quinta and we LOVE it. Our room was amazing (as you can see from the pictures)...we had a nice size bathroom, small fridge, microwave, counter for food, living room area, pool open to adults for 24 hours, everything was clean, and really nice. We also had a great morning breakfast before heading to the conference.

The conference went really well and I even had 85 people come to my session! After most of the afternoon sessions I was feeling really tired and spent from the day so we headed out early to our friends Jen and Brad.   We had fun hanging out and making dinner before going to Geneva, IL to the All Chocolate Kitchen (All Chocolate Kitchen). The guy who opened it is a professional chef and this place is worth checking out if you are in the area.

Love the sign next to the chocolate man :)

Tree of Chocolate with Sugar blown birds

Chocolate village on Chocolate tree :)

Close up of Chocolate village

We had a great time with them and were glad we could meet up with them while we were in the area.

Dan and me

Jen and Brad