The cold, the wind and one cool city.

Girls with Duncan Cooper their ballet teacher

Girls with Joe Lanteri

Junior Outstanding Dancers

Instead of window cleaning, let's just dance!

Oh Kai, don't fall....

Lake Michigan

Michigan Avenue

Look at that snow.

Warming up

Kailee and Kai

Gino's East

Now that I know that Kai is safe and well, I can write about an amazing, amazing trip. Amazing for so many reasons. Janna and Kailee were so much fun to travel with. We had such a great time. I would do it again in a heart beat. Janna was our trusty driver. Thank goodness that she grew up in Iowa and knows how to drive in snow. Otherwise we would have been stranded all weekend. On Friday when we first got to Chicago, we went straight to Gino's East. A restaurant with the best deep dish pizza. I thought I loved Nello's, sorry Nello's. This pizza is the best. Cool atmosphere. It takes 45 minutes to even get your pizza. Friendly staff, and great appetizers too.

On our way to the hotel, we did get a little lost. But, we found our way back, thanks to my trusty phone that has a GPS and it re-routed us and we made it safe and sound. In the morning when we woke up, it had snowed about six inches, maybe more. It was breathtaking. It was like a postcard. Kai just wanted to go and jump into it. In the morning, the girls had classes and when they were done, we were off. Back to the city. This time, we walked down the magnificent mile. That would be Michigan Avenue. Great shopping. We went to the top of the Hancock Building and enjoyed the view from the Observatory. And then, a nice sit down dinner at The Grand Luxe Cafe.

On Sunday, the girls worked their little butts off in class. They really did work hard in classes, and it payed off. As we were waiting to go into the Teen/Senior room, Janna and I just said, please let them at least make it into the finals. They had, had so much fun untill this point, that's all we really wanted. Any thing else was just a bonus, a big bonus. Thankfully, they both made it in their division. Woo Hoo!!!! Thank you, Janna and Kailee for a great trip. Thank you, Janna for driving us everywhere. It was a lot of fun!!

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