Sunday Stroganoff

We woke up. I got to read a real newspaper for the first time in a long time. We got ready for Church. We went to the singles ward. Awkward moment of the day--introducing myself by saying that I'm visiting Owen and a member of the branch presidency thinking that I said my name is Owen. Anyway, church was really good. DeMarcus Harrison (a member of the BYU Basketball team who had a really good night in Dayton) has a brother who is currently serving a mission in Chicago. He gave a talk in Church that was really good. Crazy things do happen on CTA.

After Church we went on a walk in the neighborhood of the Church building. Guess who lives nearby? That's right B. Hussein. His house was huge, but not really anything to write home about.

After that, we headed over to the University of Chicago. It is an amazing campus. They have a bunch of gothic style buildings. It was really neat. Then we drove home along the lake. It was almost 20 degrees cooler by the lake. We also got to drive on the freeway where Cameron Diaz goes crazy in My Best Friends Wedding. We also saw this crazy car wreck on the freeway! It was burning up and the firemen weren't really doing anything. Made us grateful that it wasn't us!

Once we got home, we had Stroganoff for dinner. It was delicious!!!

 I decided to take some pictures of the Barnes' home before I left.

They have a really cool den/library as well.

The staircase leading to upstairs is amazing too.

The Owen's Bedroom

My favorite room was the kitchen. This picture doesn't even begin to do it justice!

The coolest part was the memories of childhood throughout the house. There are letters that the kids wrote and other things. In the staircase they have a picture and some other sort of personal item for each kid. Good first spring break. Props to the Barnes Family for their hospitality. Back to real life tomorrow!