Anna and Chewy left with my parents this morning to begin a 6 month adventure. They have lived in this particular apartment for almost 3 years and now they get to spend the next 6 months in CT and Michigan before boarding a plane for England. I’ll miss them a lot but I know my parents will take good care of them until they are cleared to make a big ol’ trip.

Me and two very sweet kitties.

I’ll stop writing about this now 🙂

My parents have arrived with a nice big car. They leave tomorrow and they take with them two very cute cats. In their honor, here are a few pictures of them. It’s going to be a sad 6 months without them 🙁

Chewy and Anna playing with a toy on a string.

Chewy sitting on the couch. When I’m home, this is one of his favorite spots. He just likes to lounge.

My mom put these pillows in the living room like this. Anna likes it. She tends to like small squares to sit and perch on.

Over the summer, Carolyn and I made a couple of trips to the Chicago Botanical Garden. The admission is free if you ride your bike there. The city has a 20 mile trail from the northwest side up to the garden and you can park at various places along the forest preserve that connects the city to the Botanical Garden. We usually rode 15 miles each way and had a lovely day riding through the woods and wandering the gardens once we got there.

Anyways, they had a little exhibit in the newly renovated central building which combined some replicas of various parts/buildings in Chicago with model trains. Since it’ll be my last chance before heading out of the country to see the place, we made a little trip up to check it out. We drove (it might be warm, but it’s not that warm), but here’re some pics of our time amongst the wooden city.

This would be Carolyn at the entrance! Hurray!

Carolyn standing next to the Baha’i Temple. We went there during our first date.

A train going by the Bean (kind of looks like an ass) and the Geary Bandshell

Wrigley Field

Buidlings of downtown Chicago