Here in Illinois

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Just wanted to pop in and say that we're here and having a good time. We learned the hard way that the air conditioner in the car needed to be recharged and spent a very long hot bumpy (tires needed to be rotated and balanced as well) 9 hours in the car with a constipated 2 year old whose only entertainment was the one Dora DVD I managed to bring with us. I absolutely plan to shop for another one (or two or three) while we're here. Oh, and did I mention the hyper 6 year old who was so excited to be going to Grandma and Grandpa's house that the carseat could hardly contain him?

We went to my mom and dad's church Sunday morning and thoroughly enjoyed it. Brian even attended the singles and 20's service Saturday night with my brother so he got a double dose of church this weekend.

Brian, Camden, and my dad and brother went for an all-day trail ride today so the girls went on a "Big Girl Date" in Rory's words. It involved shopping, of course, trying on lots of cool shoes that we cannot afford, drooling over even more expensive purses, and testing out new perfumes, followed by picking up Whitey's ice cream to take home for after supper.

Tomorrow Brian and I have date plans and are going out for lunch, then to see the new Harry Potter movie (or Harry Popper if you ask Rory) while the kids get some alone time with the grandparents.

I've taken a few pictures, but didn't bring the connector to upload them to the computer so you'll have to wait until we get home.

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