a st patty's day green river

right before we moved to chicago we kept seeing pictures of the green river. apparently that year the weather was around 70 degrees (um say what?). we made big plans to see the river dyed green for st pattys day the next year. well that was last year and st pattys day came around....the mr. was studying for a busy test and i chickened out...it was too cold.

this year the weather looked to be a little bit better (in the 40's...yay). saturday was a busy day for both of us (a relief society activity for me and studying for the mr) but as we were on our way home from the relief society activity we decided to head back down to the river. the weather was nice and who knows where we'll be this time next year...maybe baby won't like being outside? 

so we rushed downtown to check out the beautiful green river! we missed the parade which was a bummer but it was fun to walk around and see all the people decked out in green. we made a quick pit stop for lunch and were home before we knew it. 

and yes the river really was that green. i was shocked. i pictured it a more mossy green. love it! 

i love living the city life and being able to take quick 1 hour breaks from our busy lives to do mini adventures. also i love the fact that the weather decided to hold out. we may still be wearing coats but to us it was WARM!!!! 

maybe next year the mr won't be studying and i won't plan a relief society activity during the parade (whoops...my bad) and we can see the real fun. 

on being a 9 yr old tween again.....

so remember that one time when you were nine years old? when jumping up and down and screaming at concerts was the highlight of your life? welcome to my saturday night! 

groupon had a deal for carly rae jepsen concert tickets. "call me maybe" is one of our songs. long story but it's a fav in the b. household. i was excited to go with spence. the concert was at this really interesting building just a few blocks north of us and i was excited for this to be our weekly chicago adventure. 

turns out spence had a test on monday and so saturday he wasn't feeling up for a concert. he had too much studying to do. tickets were cheap so i didn't feel bad. but last min my good friend gabby talked me into going. so the two of us headed to see carly rae. 

lets be honest, it was hilarious. we were like the oldest people there (besides all the mom's and dad's who were there with their little ones). we had no idea who the first band was and only knew 2 of carly's songs. but we laughed most of the way through anyway.

cute gabby made me stay till the end so i could see call me maybe. the venue was incredible. a bit odd and unexplained but that made it all that much better. 

so we spent our saturday night being 9 year old girls again. screaming and jumping like it aint no bodies business! i was sad that spence missed out but it was so fun to hang out with my girl gabby and do something so random. 

it may not have been lollapalooza but hey one step at a time right! ha.