A few months ago, Shawn and I decided that we needed to get away one more time before little DeBoef boy #2 gets here in the fall. We knew we needed to keep the cost low and I was dying to lay on a beach so we came up with an easy solution- we would head up to Chicago and the Indiana Sand Dunes where we got engaged. Definately not the ocean, but sand and a large body of water....close enough! So we booked a Bed & Breakfast in Valparaiso and our trip was planned! (Little did I know the chain of events that would lead up to this vacation.)
Shawn took the last 2 weeks of his summer break off to work on our addition, but all of the rain recently has put us over a month behind where we had hoped to be at this point. Last Tuesday night, Shawn's Dad came up to help him finally lay the floor so that they could start putting up some walls!! We think Shawn was working on putting down one of the last pieces of plywood to finish up the floor when the plywood gave way and Shawn fell into our concrete basement, hitting the rafters on the way down. He never did pass out, but after Shawn started asking questions like "what are we building" and when looking at me saying "apparently we're going to have a baby!" we decided a trip to the ER was necessary. Shawn ended up with a minor concussion, but it took him a good 3 days to get his short-term memory back and as of Thursday morning I still wasn't sure if we would be able to leave that afternoon for our trip like we had planned. Here are some of his "battle wounds":
He is going to kill me when he sees that I put this picture on here. :P
In the end we were able to take off on Thursday around noon
(we decided a weekend of relaxation was MUCH needed for him!), and after dropping Kallen off at Grandma and Papa's house in Oskaloosa we were off to chicago!! Thursday night we ended up getting a hotel room in downtown chicago for the convenience, and Friday we spent the day walking!
(I almost didn't put this picture up because I look huge, but oh well. I'm over it. :P )
We decided to walk to the zoo (a total of 6 miles) and quickly realized that we had made a very poor decision in footwear....flip flops. By the time we were half way back to our hotel my feet were rubbed completely raw. :(
But we still had a great time at the zoo and despite our aching feet we were having a blast!!
That afternoon we headed to Indiana to check into our Bed & Breakfast which was AMAZING!! I would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a quiet weekend getaway! Plus, we are talking 3 course breakfasts here people! The two days we stayed there we were never hungry for lunch! :P
I actually took a ton of pictures of this place because it was all decorated so cute, but I knew they would get boring pretty fast so here are just a couple! ;)
My feet were still suffering on Saturday so our plans to climb the dunes and hike the trails turned into reading on the beach and people watching. Here is the beach where we got engaged!
(insert awwwww here) We climbed a sand dune to the left that you can't really see, and Shawn popped the question just as the sun was setting with the silhouette of Chicago in the background. He did a great job...very romantic!! I can't believe that was 6 years ago!! Makes me feel old!
Here is what we spent most of the day Saturday doing! The perfect medicine for Shawn!!
We finished the day with a competitive game of miniature golf
(Shawn beat me by 1 stinkin point) and by the time we woke up on Sunday we were ready to get home and see our little boy! It was an awesome weekend getaway and I am soo glad we had the chance to do it!!!
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Have I mentioned lately that I just LOVE being a mom?!!!
