Anyway, we went to Peoria to meet the kids' first cousin, Casen, a week or two ago. (I meant to download pics earlier, but my camera cord went MIA. I will probably find it when we pack. :)
We had a good visit and Casen seemed to like the extra commotion of all the visitors. While we were there, we visited the new Caterpillar Visitor Center. The kids all had a blast. They make you sit through a video at the beginning, but it's in the bed of a quarry truck! After the video you can wander around the rest of the building and look at various machines, computers to design your own machine, simulators to try operating a few different machines, and the boys favorite--sit in the driver's seat of the big machines! There was a backhoe loader, a grader, a roller, an excavator, a wheel loader, and a bulldozer. All of them had nice wide stairs to climb up into the cab and you could sit and push buttons to your hearts content! The kids could have spent all day there, if we'd let them! Needless to say we will be making a return trip there in the future.
After our visit with Pete and Kelli, we made it home in time before the snow hit. We had 5.5 in of snow overnight. It was perfect snow for sledding and making snowmen! During nap time I took the boys out and we built a snowman and shoveled the driveway. Then Andy got home early and he took the boys out again. Of course he had to outdo my snowman with one of his own. :) That night poor Adam could barely keep his head up to eat dinner! The boys were exhausted with all the playing in snow, but it was lots of fun.
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| Casen |
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| Alex and Jeremy attempting to drive a bulldozer. |
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| Erin's enjoying her chocolate cookie so much she's lounging! |
