Warren Township Park

Today, was a gorgeous day to play outside and visit a cool park with some friends.
We met the Butner Bunch and the Barnett family at the Warren Township park. There are so many fun things to explore!

Unfortunately, the water in the sand area was turned off for the season (67 degrees in not the norm for Nov), but that didn't stop the fun to be had in the sand!

One, Two, Three...

Jump! James and Mason had a great time climbing, jumping and sliding all afternoon long!

Time for lunch! Sandwiches, carrots, apples, whale crackers and cheese sticks...yum!

Emily and Erica seemed to enjoy the nice, unseasonably warm Fall day, too!

Whee!!!!

Kate and Taylor's Wedding Reception

(sorry, it won't flip!)

Kate and Taylor made a special bag filled with goodies for us to play with.

Let the dancing begin!

Mommy didn't get any good pics of James tearing up the dance floor, but he a cute one with Daddy.

Amelia's one foot in the air pose! It was too cute!

Cousin Kate's Big Day!

It was a beautiful, yet cold (upper 30s) day for a wedding. Look at that neat, old chapel. It was actually nestled in an old cemetery surrounded by an even older stone fence.

Kate and her Daddy, Uncle Ed.

Saying their vows.

Introducing the new happy couple...

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Price!

Congratulations!!!

It's Swimming Time!!!

Today, we decided to just relax as a family and enjoy the pool. Mommy and Daddy thought it would be necessary to make sure we both were well rested for the big wedding later on this evening.
We had a great time jumping, swimming and splashing in the pool all by ourselves!!! Even the hot tube was empty!!

James was practicing swimming with out floaties, he was working really hard!

Hi Mommy!

Mommy thought it would be funny to see everyone's pruny feet!

Daddy is such a good sport!

Double Kiss Daddy!!!

Double Kiss Amelia!!!

Double Kiss James!!!

Now, it is time to hit the hot tube! Ahhhh.....

Road Trip To Louisville KY

Bags are packed, the new car has a full tank of gas and the family is ready for a MUCH needed vacation! Next stop...Louisville, Kentucky!!

One of the coolest features our new truck has is a DVD player!!! And an even cooler part for the parents is...HEADPHONES!!! The kids have been patiently waiting to watch movies in the car and this was a "special" drive that they would get to watch a bunch of movies all the way there and back! The kids were in heaven! Here were some of the features that were playing on the road; Tom and Jerry, John Deere Heaven, James 1st airshow video, and a cheesy old Superman video from the Dollar store (it was a gag gift for a party).

The field of hundreds of wind turbines. This was hypnotic, yet comical. Striking, yet distracting. Any way you look at it, they were everywhere! We packed a lunch to eat along the way, and decided to stop at the next rest stop shortly after the field of wind turbines. Well, the aroma from the fields were a bit offensive (cow poop) and the wind was howling around us, therefore the kiddos stayed buckled up and we served lunch on the road. Yes, we ate in the new car...YIKES! We borrowed an extra travel tray from Heather and we strapped them on the kiddos to make nice sized individual little lap tables for them to eat their lunch with out dropping a crumb! Unfortunately, about an hour or so after our little lunch, our sweet baby girl got a little car sick (sorry, Baby you got that from your Momma). She handled it like a trooper and so did her Daddy (he has let just say a very sensitive nose). She took a little nap and then was good to go.

Are we there yet?
(This picture of our Sweet Pea was actually taken on our ride home, but it reflects how she was feeling/looking after lunch.)

Almost there!

A barge on the Ohio River.

We made it!

See Ya'll soon!

Division of Transporation Field Trip

On the bus and headed to the McHenry County Div. of Transportation!

The engineers talked to us about how they make roads and what some of the things that can get in the way to make a road go from one place to the other, like animal habitats, lakes, houses, etc.

After, the road was "built" we were each given a little car to drive down the road to the bank. The best part was at the "bank" there was a bag of suckers for us to have!!

Check out the cool Thunderbird Preschool sign they made just for us!

Sign shop! Mommy took this picture for Daddy and Uncle Peter.

We got to see the machine cut out the smiley faces on to the blue sticker paper that are used on signs to add color, symbols and letters.

Here we were given a garbage picker-upper thingy just like the people how volunteer for Adopt a Highway program uses.

This game was like red light/green light!

This plow is huge!!!

It is so high up here! I really wanted to beep the horn, but I didn't.
Mrs. Kappelle came up with a fun game for us to do while the remaining classmates got to sit in the snow plow truck, it was like Simon Says. Roary the mascot was standing on top of a platform and was copying every movement we made! He was so silly!
A quick pic before heading home.
Owen and I are ready to work!
Time to board the bus and head back to the beach. What a fun field trip we had!