Uda's in Chicago: Photo shoot, Pedicures and Singing in Church

 Since so many of the Uda kids were together in one place, and since Chris and Pae were on a rare visit to the States, we decided to have a photographer come and take some family pics. I don't have the big files (I think Naomi has them on CD) but here are some of the proofs.

 It was really windy, but I think this one still came out cute. 

 We moved to our entryway to avoid the wind and I love the pics we got there.

 Chris and the Uda girls

Pae and her Uda sistas! (she totally blends right in :)

And we snuck in a few shots of the Rigg fam

Cam looks like such beef cake in this one.

Later in the week we took the little girls out for Pedicures since they didn't get to come with us to the City.

 Chicago Cousins!

 Gettin' fancy

The pampered life

Cute little tootsies

 Before we left to church on Sunday Chris and Pae got out a map to show the girls where they lived. The girls were amazed and sad to see how far away they really were. I think it helped them appreciate how special it was to have them here.

The highlight of Church was being able to sing in sacrament meeting with my sisters. Singing with them always takes me to my happy place.

 Outside church with my sisters

 And the icing on the cake was having my Dad there to hear us! He was on an extended layover so he got to spend Saturday and half of Sunday with us before he had to go home. I love my family and am so grateful I got to have them here for such an awesome visit!

Uda's in Chicago: A Day in the City!

One of the coolest things we did while my family was in town back in April was hit up Downtown Chicago for a little sight seeing. 

The big thing on the agenda was check out the Navy Pier and catch an architectural boat tour of the city

Rachel, Liz, Dad, Sarah and Manti at Navy Pier Park

The whole crew about to get on our boat, the Sea Dog. 

And I totally bought this ridiculously expensive photo because it was a rare pic with all of us in it and everyone looked good so yeah, had to do it!

The boat tour was really cool. It was about 90 minutes long and you got to hear some really cool facts about the architecture and buildings downtown. Our tour guide was a little...interesting, and definitely had some TMI moments but it was fun and I'd do it again.

After our boat tour we walked several blocks down to Millennial park to check out the famous Bean statue.

 The Bean is cool, and we took lots of pics.

 Also practiced a little "Vadering" while we were there. 

 Don't mess with the dark side!

Cool shot underneath the bean with my man

 Naomi and my adorable sister in law Pae.

 Group shot at millenial park

 And one of Chris and all the Uda sisters. 

It was an awesome day and especially awesome having Chris and Pae here all the way from Thailand. It was the first time I'd met my sister in law and the first time I'd seen Chris in 7 years so we were pretty happy to have them here.