We made it to Illinois!!!!!

Well, we made it to Illinois. We were a little worried when there where only five people left sitting in the airport but after we figured out that the lady at the ticket counter was pronouncing our name wrong we got to get on the plane. We didn't get to sit together but we were atleast all in the same row.

Megan got a window seat. She just didn't know anyone that she was sitting with.
Alex and I were right across the row so we could wave to each other.

We spent most of Friday doing nothing. We went and found an outlet mall that I had been wanting to see and then we picked Peggy up from work and we headed downtown Naperville to walk around and eat some dinner.
They have a really cool display of frogs, firefly's, and waterfountains. People could decorate them however they wanted and they are spread throughout the downtown area.
We got a picture of every single one of them but I will only bore you with a few of them.

Going someplace with Peggy is a lot like it used to be with my Mom. You will notice her in the background talking to some people. Every time we turned around she saw someone else she knew. It is always fun to get to meet all of her friends though. :)

Maybe these would actually be dragon fly's. I just don't know. They were all decorated really cool though.
Peggy's neighbor took this one for us. We met her when we turned another corner!!!!!
The kids are always goofing around and Peggy is eager to get in on the action.
This is the baseball frog that Alex really liked.
This is the butterfly fountain that I really liked. Megan liked them all so I can't show you her favorite.

We got to go over and see Riley first thing this morning. She is so cute. It was fun to get to hold her and play with her. Kari is looking really good for just having a c-section two weeks ago!
Carter, Alex and Noah didn't really care to hold the baby. They were more worried about their video games.

Megan picked out this outfit for Rylee so we had to see how it fit her. It's a bit big but it looked really cute.
Megan wouldn't give her up so I just had to take the pictures. I eventually got to hold her for awhile but only after I stole her from Megan's arms.
She looks so peaceful and quite.........

We made it to Peoria at about 4:30. Everyone is so excited. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to get to Stefanie's house but it went by really quick. Peggy even got a couple of naps in and she was really excited about that. She said that it had been two years since she got to take a nap on a road trip so she was taking full advantage. I was glad to be the driver so that she could enjoy her rest time.
Jeff was starving when we arrived so our first stop was to pizza for dinner. Stefanie and Peggy are anxiously awaiting.
All the kids back together. They had a really fun night playing together.

We will keep you posted as we make it through the week. We are only on day 2 so there should be a lot more to come.