Dallas

And the next morning we left Indiana and then headed back into Chicago (or at least the airport part of Chicago). We had a flight that took us to Dallas, and luckily the flight wasn't too long. This is the view out the window as we approached the Dallas metroplex. I think this is the northern edge of Levon Lake:



As we approached the DFW airport, we flew through a rainbow. This isn't a great picture - it was taken with my cellphone during the brief 20 second span that we were able to actually see the rainbow. But I'm including it because it was really cool to see in person. Downtown Dallas can also be seen in the distance.



And a better view of downtown Dallas as we started our descent to the airport:



Every year around the 4th of July, Caroline's family has a little reunion. A bunch of her family lives around Dallas, so we tacked on the reunion to the end of our trip. Most of the few days we were in Texas were spent visiting with various cousins and Aunts and Uncles. But we did make a quick visit to downtown Dallas to take the kids to the Dallas World Aquarium.



It is a neat place to visit (except it's a little pricey). The kids seemed to enjoy it, the highlight of the trip for them was probably watching the manatee poop in the water.



Usually when we visit Texas in the summer, it is incredibly hot and humid. But somehow the few days we were there it was cloudy and actually cool. It felt really bizarre to be outside during the day when the temperature was only in the 80s. On the 4th of July, Jonah and I went to Toyota Stadium to see a soccer game. My beloved FC Dallas was playing Minnesota, and it had rained during the day. We got to the stadium and it was cool and pleasant (a huge difference to the game we attended here last year, when it was 100 degrees outside).



The game was ok (Dallas ended up losing 2-1). But at least there was a fireworks show after the game.  And I guess you could say that our trip ended with a bang - the next morning we loaded up the car and drove back home.