Road Trip

We are home from a great weekend in Illinois and Iowa. We left Thursday afternoon around 4pm and drove until 10:15 which got us to the Quad cities. James was an excellant traveller. He slept from 4-6pm, played from 6-7pm, and then back to sleep after a quick stop in Des Moines. However, once we were in our hotel James thought it was time to play. He finally settled down at 12:30 and let his tired parents sleep. He was back up by 6am and didn't fall back asleep so we were back on the road by 8:30. We made it to our freinds, the Schneiders, house by

10:30. We were so excited to see Ashlee, Glen, Corinne(19 months), and Caleb(2 weeks old).  We spent the day hanging out and going to the park.  James enjoyed the swings and the slide.  James and Corinne ended the day splashing around in the tub!

Corinne and James splashing around!

We left for Mt Vernon at 10:45 and arrived just in time to enjoy a late lunch at the Lincoln Cafe.  Then we headed to the football game to watch the 3rd quarter.  We then joined Fred(my former tennis coach) and some former tennis players at the courts.  Todd played while James and I watched from the sidelines.  We enjoyed a lovely reunion dinner at Cibo Fusion in Cedar Rapids to honor Fred and his induction into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame.  It was a late night for James. but he was such a trooper the whole evening.  We didn't get back to the hotel until after 11pm and he went right to sleep.  It will be interesting to see how he sleeps this week since he was out of his routine for a few nights.