Jess and Eliot visit from Denver!

Jess and Eliot are Rick's friends from Denver. Rick and Eliot were roommates before Rick became a RA. A few weeks ago they were bored and we told them to book a flight to visit us. They found a good and price and booked the flight. We were so glad to have them as visitors this weekend. We hang out with them a few times a week as we play a video game online (yes, we are nerds), but it was much better having them in person.

We thought it would be fun to play our video game all in the same room instead of all in different rooms. The next two pictures are the result of that. The laptops were easy to move, but Rick had to move his whole computer.



Friday night we had dinner and visited Dairy Queen. We wanted to go to the DQ with chocolate ice cream, but when we got there they had just closed. Luckily, Rick used his charm to have them still serve us. We had to get cones, but we all managed! When we got back here we played Sequence and The Game of Life. I lost miserably at Life....miserably.

On Saturday they took a trip with us to Wal-Mart and then we played Age of Mythology (the game above), and finally showered in the late afternoon. We headed to downtown Chicago and had a great dinner at a place called Angelina's. After dinner we went to see Blue Man Group. It was fabulous. Unfortunately, we had four very drunk people sitting behind us, but the show was still great. We came home and I fell asleep almost instantaneously.

Jess and Eliot, then me and Rick at Angelina's for dinner.

Sunday was a gorgeous day. After breakfast we took the bags/cornhole set and played a few games. We took a quick trip to the store to get food to grill for lunch and then had a great lunch outside. We had burgers (beef and turkey), corn on the cob, pineapple, and pasta. Quite a combination of foods.

Rick was being sneaky taking pictures of Jess and Eliot from inside the house.

Finally, we celebrated Jess's birthday early with Apple Pie.

Unfortunately, Eliot got sick right before they had to leave for the airport. Other than that, their visit was perfect. We can't wait to spend a week with them (and Rick's other friends) in Las Vegas next month!