On August 29th, I hit the twelve year mark of being married to my wife. Twelve years. It went by faster than I can type this sentence. When you first get married, or anyone married under ten years knows twelve years is a long time. But it's gone by so fast that it feels like it's been 12 minutes. We were going to Grand Rapids Michigan for the weekend, where we were planning on hitting Chicago to celebrate our life and love together. But, something happened that changed it all. School. Elementary school. My 5 year old going to Kindegarten and having a terrible experience (which includes getting lost and not getting off at his bus stop, sending my wife and his two brothers in a panic. Twice in 4 days...). My wife made the decision to not go to Grand Rapids. It was the right decision.

Since a buddy of mine was flying me out, I still went. It was a different weekend for sure without my wife. But I made the best of it, driving to Detroit on Friday and then on Saturday to Chicago. In Chicago I met up with a cool dude named Kwe (Quake18 on IG 123k followers) who showed me around Chicago. He took me to some spots I would not have found on my own. And they were shots that I wanted to add to my repertoire. So the weekend became the non-anniversary anniversary slash photography adventure weekend. Below are some of the pics I took. And the hotel I stayed in was ridiculous too...