Friday, January 13, 2012

April 2011 Visitors!!

Okay, so yes, I am WAY late on this one, but better late than never, eh?
In April Gramma Jaynee and Papa Philip made their visit! The kids were very excited and looking back at these pictures, they look so little to how they are now! Gramma and Grampa are due back for another visit! Here are just a few pictures from their time here.
After picking them up at the airport, we stopped by the St. Louis arch and walked around outside and went to the museum inside. This first picture is of everyone posing in the elevator pod that takes people to the top of the arch. We didn't go to the top this time, maybe next time?
The day we wanted to take them to Giant City State Park was a rainy day, so we ended up going to the Lodge, pictures below, and driving around the area to show them how pretty the forests and such are.
Jason's Graphic Designer at work owns an Italian restaurant in DuQoin and we had to take them for some yummy food!
We had some sunny days too! So, we went golfing. Since Gramma and Papa didn't bring their clubs, they had to borrow ours and rent some others, the rental ones had a broken strap and Papa wouldn't use a pull cart so he rigged the strap so he could carry it.
It wouldn't be an outing with the Longs without finding something silly!
We took them to Garden of the Gods for a little hiking! On the drive there we saw a slithery snake slide across the road in front of us! No picture of that one though.
I think this is what they call Turtle Rock.
And what would a trip to the midwest in the springtime be without crazy midwest weather? While they were here we had a crazy storm burst with strong winds and hail. Gramma and Grampa were certain they were in a tornado, and although it wasn't, it did cause enough damage from the wind and hail to require us to get a new roof, gutters, and window screens, as well as inheirit the neighbor's playhouse that blew over! Here are a couple pictures of the hail.
All in all, it was a fun trip. We didn't get to show them hardly all there is to see here, so hopefully when they come back we'll be able to do some more!

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