For Jessica's 24th Birthday on Wednesday, Adam surprised her with tickets to see
Wicked
at the Boston Opera House.
Here's the Birthday girl after dinner at Rock Bottom waiting with anticipation for the play!
She's listened to the CD for the past three years and even read the book after recieving them as a 21st Birthday. Now, she'll finally get to see it in action!
The Boston Opera House is gorgous! One of the most beautiful theatres Jessica's been in, maybe we'll just have to see an opera there sometime.
We so enjoyed Wicked. The music and story were wonderful. The voices were beautiful and the effects were out of this world. We absolutely loved it and can't wait to see it again someday!
Friday (Day 1), Thais had to work so we had one on one time with Heath. Heath gave us our very own walking tour on Chicago's architectural highlights. Then we got to tour parts of Chicago's UNDERGROUND when we went to pick up their car, which has been towed earlier, from the Autopound! While we were "underground" we learned that parts of the new Batman movie are being filmed around Chicago's underground. You may not believe it, but we even caught a glimpse of a Gotham Cab. Check it out! 
That night we ate at a fantastic Italian restaurant, Dinotto. Yum! 
And we finally made it to a Second City Show. Hilarious! I loved it! Jess wants to know where she can audition?? 
Saturday (Day 2), Jess slept in while Adam CHOSE to go for an 18 mile run with the Carters who have been training for the Chicago Marathon that's coming up in October. The question everyone keeps asking, "Has Adam been training for a marathon?" The answer: "NO, but he has been running." Well he DID it! He ran all 18 miles and still had a breath to spare! So after some recovery time and a proud pat on the back from his wife, we were off to Gino's for deep dish pizza (a well deserved treat for the runners for sure). That night we all just relaxed around the Carter's new place.
Sunday (Day 3), After visiting the Carter's church and seeing all the exciting changes that are going on there, we were off to Michigan for their friend, Lisa's 30th birthday celebration. This is the part of our trip that Thais says "broke the tourist mold" and it did! We got to stay at a beautiful cabin on Lake Michigan where we slept four to a bed. Man do I wish I had a picture of that. We were like pigs in a blanket lined up on a breakfast plate. We even got to listen to a REALLY rockin' folk band, The Corn Fed Girls. 
We had such a great time and we can't wait for our next big city adventure! This trip will definately be a hard one to beat.