We had good times, though. Allison and Jacob sent back great reports from Springfield and a visit to their cousin Kellen and Chloe's house in St. Louis. The most memorable event was when Jacob won a Angry Bird stuffed animal out of one of those claw game machines (who wins those??). Also, we heard that Grandma and Grandpa spent an hour looking for Allison's lost flip flops only to learn that Kellen and Jacob had tossed them onto the roof!
Brian and I picked the kids up for the family reunion weekend down at Pere Marquette State Park. We had a nice time visiting with all the other cousins (pictured below). Ten kids - 9 boys and one girl (also - you can see that Allison is the second oldest, but the 7th tallest).
The river was really high, and we realized that within a 2 week time span, we'd been at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers as well as the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.
The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins, performing in the talent show, learning the Jackson family talent:
Brian flew home for work and the kids and I spent a few more days in Springfield with cousins Dane and Quin - including swimming and taking in some (less than spectacular) fireworks.
We had lots of fun, but it's also good to be home again.
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