Trip to Illinois

Boy did we cram everything in a couple days! We arrived in Illinois on Friday afternoon. Friday evening we spent at Uncle Don and Aunt Janice's house for dinner. There were new kittens that Luci just loved playing with. Especially a little orange one, he almost hitched a ride back home with us! Saturday morning we got to see Susan and Great-Uncle Tom. They came to the hotel for a quick hello. Then off to the Hoffman family reunion. After that, we went to John Deere Commons with Todd, Traci, Avery, and Nora. Eli was a bit tired but that didn't stop him from enjoying the tractors. Sunday we went to the Rock Island Train Festival and saw some neat trains. It rained but we got to see some neat trains. They were really loud too and scared the twins every time they blew their whistles! Monday we headed back to NC!

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Strike A Pose!!

Enough said!

Clarksville, VA Lakefest

One of the things the twins and I have done is go to the Clarksville, VA Lakefest where my mom lives. It's 3 days with the 3rd day full of vendors (they close of the street through town, yes the one street) and then fireworks. The first day of the festivities was free tethered balloon rides for kids. Unfortunately, the wind wasn't cooperating and it wasn't safe for the kids to get in the basket. And that was okay, we found out the kids were terrified of it anyway! They blew on of the balloons up and they were horrified by the noise. Oh well! We still got to check out a firetruck and get the kids' faces painted (well, Eli's arm!) before going home. Saturday we went and walked around and looked at all the vendors. There were hundreds of people there. Yummy food and the kids each got something handmade, Eli got a wooden tractor and wagon and Luci picked out a cute headband. Even though we all had bad colds it was still a fun weekend!

Flowers!

Thomas!

Getting the balloon up

Luci and Uncle Lance

Eli and Uncle Lance

Inside a real firetruck!

(We think Lance had more fun!)