Our last Hurrahs of Illinois

Sunday September 21,2014

We are on our last few days here in Illinois, time to wrap things up!?! Before Lennie retired, we still managed to make it to Illinois once during the early summer. At that time, no matter what the month was, we always had ONE combined birthday get together for all 8 of our grand kids. We called it the ALL TOGETHER BIRTHDAY PARTY. The cousins really enjoyed getting together for that occasion! After we lost Jacob I could not bring myself to have that birthday celebration anymore, it just hurt too much......Now when we're in Illinois we visit the grand kids in separate outings, mainly because they all live in different directions!As September comes to an end we are going to have one last get together with everyone. It is Kevin's 44th birthday & Tammy's 47th birthday. Really.....our kids are that old!?! We're meeting everyone at the Olive Garden in St.Charles,Illinois

All the kids bunched together & sat at one end of the table. It WAS SOOOOOO LOUD! Oh wait a minute, that wasn't the kids.....that was Kevin!!!! Who let Kevin sit so close to the kids!?!

The young kids LOVE sitting by Kevin because he cuts up with them sooooo much!!

We had a good time, can't go wrong with Olive Garden, the kids loved being with each other too!

Wednesday September 24, 2014 Tonight is The Taste of Sandwich! That's when all the businesses in downtown Sandwich have a little taste sample of something yummy! I should not have eaten lunch today! Tickets for the Taste are $6.00 & you get your money's worth. Lana rode to the Taste with Lennie & me, poor Lee was working.....we met Chris & Bill at the ticket line. In the ticket line I also saw someone I knew from over 40 years ago....& while walking around the Taste I saw my old Supervisor from BRK Electronics from over 30 years ago!

We missed you Lee!!!

Friday September 26, 2014  Well.....this is it.....we're taking off this morning!

Good-Bye Hi-Tide.....Good-Bye Illinois!

So to sum up our visit here.....I lost a filling from my tooth, I gained too much weight & I spent too much money! Would I come back????? YOU BETCHA!!!!