President Barack Obama has arrived home in Chicago for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend.
It will be the president's first extended stay in his own home in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood in more than a year. Obama is scheduled to return to Washington on Monday.
Obama said before he took office that he hoped to come home about every six weeks. But the demands of the presidency and his daughters' busy schedules have thwarted his intentions.
First lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, Obama's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, and family dog Bo are with the president.
On Friday, Obama plans to visit the Louisiana coast to assess efforts to stop the catastrophic flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama family in Chicago for Memorial Day weekend
