Packing and Getting Ready
I'm pretty sure we packed everything but the kitchen sink. Owen even got his own little suitcase.
It was too cute not to photograph!! We also packed the car top carrier. What a job!! Thanks Uncle Jonnie and Aunt April for a) going with us and b) helping us figure out the best way to fit all of our things into one car so we could enjoy the ride together!
Thursday night
We stopped and enjoyed a delicious dinner with Leslie and Nick while passing through Peoria. We ate at Old Chicago on the Riverfront. Thanks again Leslie and Nick! I'm still mad that I didn't get a pic of you guys with Owen!
The Detour
So after dinner we hit a major detour. During the detour all four of us began to wonder if someone messed up the signs and we were headed towards something out of Chain Saw massacre or worse. We were driving through cornfields and back roads for miles without any indication that we were even still on the right detours. This left us in the car for an hour longer than necessary. Finally we hit highway 40 and civilization...and made it to Walnut. It was 12:30am. By 1am we were settled in and finally got some sleep! Owen was such a good sport through it all!!
Friday
We slept in that morning, recovering from the previous nights interesting twists. Jennifer, Jeffrey and Jessie came over around 11am and we got all caught up with their summer vacation. Jessie has been at a fun camp and all the kids have been taking swimming lessons! Jeff showed us how he can put his whole fist in his mouth! We got not one, not 2, not even 3, but 4 or more demonstrations of this amazing skill he's learned!!
Around noon we headed for a family lunch in town and then enjoyed the Walnut Pool. Jonnie and Jeremy enjoyed showing Jeff, Jessie and Jennifer all about the diving board and flips and big kid stuff!
Jordan and Owen enjoyed the kiddy pool and after a bottle, Owen enjoyed a nap with Great Grandma Linley while Mom and Dad enjoyed some time to swim with the big kids and play in the pool!!
Friday Night we headed to Angelo's for dinner. It's a must visit place on the Walnut trips and we enjoy our time there!
Saturday
We again enjoyed a lazy morning and had breakfast around the
table (A Linley tradition...more to come on that).
Owen spent a little time enjoying his bouncer in the doorway to the kitchen! Grandpa Linley thought this was the greatest invention ever!! We just might agree!
Once everyone was ready we took a short trip to Sterling to do some shopping. I got my first official Bears Jersey...which I'm very excited about!! We closed out our weekend trip with a cook-out back at Grandma and Grandpa Linley's. We decided to hit the road during Owen's bedtime Saturday night. Poor little guy. By the time we got him in the car he'd had a couple crying meltdowns. He was sooo tired from the lack of routine! Luckily he slept the whole way home. We got home around 2am on Sunday morning. He didn't get up until 10am on Sunday morning! I think we wore him out :-)
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