Saturday, July 26, 2008

Back to IL

We sort of unexpectedly took another trip to IL, after doing battle with some major sickies.

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The purpose of our visit was to see Great Grandma (Aunt Gramma). I wish we had more photos with her, but the layout of her room was challenging and the camera moments were limited for different reasons.

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Gramma got a kick out of Carolyn tucking babies into her bed.

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We also were lucky enough to get to see Lauren and the adorable Baby Ethan.

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Lauren took us out to see the buffalo, but he was asleep so we mostly just picked apples.

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Of course we went to Steak-n-Shake. We got to visit Becca and her kiddos while there. This was the most successful of two outings with the Rodeffer kiddos. The first was a trip to the movies... Movies, it turns out, are loud and very dark and when you combine that with a mechanical/space-age theme, albeit very kid-oriented, Carolyn freaks out.

But Steak-n-Shake was a hit--especially the hats.

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Abbie was rather enthralled at turning on Dad's solor-powered lights.

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Abbie and Papa had some very good bonding moments.

It was kind of a heavy visit for different reaons, but I'm glad that we went.

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