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Our Illinois Trip |
Jerry, Toby and I flew to Moline, Illinois for my grandma's 100th birthday party. We flew up on Toby's 16th birthday. I took Toby by the DMV to get his first driver's license. He has had his permit since he was 15 years old and attended driver's ed and then got some practice until he could be on the road alone at 16.
All my sisters and some of their families were able to come in for Grandma's birthday. We came from Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, New Mexico and Arizona.
On Saturday Toby and I left Jerry at the hotel to watch the BUSCH race and went over to Morrison, Illinois to visit with one of my friends since we were very young. We had lived down the street from one another when we lived in Moline. Tina and I started Kindergarten together and we stayed in touch throughout the years after we moved to Deming, New Mexico and then I married and moved around. Tina had just recently moved back home from Utah.
We celebrated Grandma's 100th birthday on Sunday. There were a lot of family and friends in attendance.
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Alex, Mert, Eliajah,
Carol |
Bernie, Jessa
and Tom |
Toby, Damien,
Tammy, Justice and Liberty in the background |
Tracy and Debby |
Alex, Hannah,
Justice |
Tina and Beth
at Tina's house |
Morrison, Illinois
is Ronald Reagan's birthplace |
Morrison, Illinois
is Ronald Reagan's birthplace |
International
Harvestor where my dad worked when we lived in Illinois, it's being torn
down now |
Mississippi River |
Mississippi River |
Country Style
Ice Cream, Toby and I made a stop for ice cream our favorite ice cream |
Vernon, Janette,
Grandma, Mom and Edward |
Birthday Party |
Birthday Party |
Debby, Becky,
Mert, Beth and Mom |
Debby, Damien,
Tracy, Hannah, Mom and Grandma (five generations) |
Beth, Toby, Mom
and Grandma (four generations) |
Edward, Vernon,
Grandma, Mom and Janette |
Gene, Beth, Debby,
Mert, Carol, Sandy, Edward, Mom, Grandma, Janette, and Vernon |