As always, it was tons of fun for Maddie and Jake to get to goof around with their Murphy cousins. When we arrived, Grandma got a hug from both kids...
but then they beelined over to Ginger to give her some attention....
We did get our Whitey's ice cream - actually we had it for lunch on Friday. We also had Harris Pizza for dinner that night; this is a favorite of Mike's.
Friday night Mike was none-too-happy to hear that Davenport was forcasting 3-7 inches of snow for Saturday night. He was in denial all day that they would receive it (honestly, I didn't think they'd get it either). Then about 4:30pm....
Not happy. (He was even more distressed to find out later that Minnesota actually didn't get any snow.) The roads actually weren't great, but they could have been worse getting to Illinois. However, we were very happy to go. Mike's cousin, Colleen, was hosting a big party for their son. It was so fun to connect with that whole side of the family; we usually get to see them about once a year. When the snow fall was all said and done - they did not receive the anticipated amount. There was maybe an inch left on the ground. You can imagine our excitement at 6am on Sunday when we heard someone snow blowing the sidewalk out front. And as nice as that neighbor was to help out, he wasn't alone. We were shocked to see at least two others out snow blowing their driveways before we left at 10am. Given another hour, we were pretty sure it would have melted on its own.
I always intend to take tons of pictures when we are down there, and in all the playing and running around, I forget. Hopefully it'll be good weather next time we are down there and we can get a little photo shoot in of all the grandkids. This one is a little outdated....
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