July 2026

July 2026
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Thursday, July 7, 2016

Staycation Day

On Monday, Independence Day, we took a staycation trip to Peoria. Our day started out with Breakfast Haystacks, one of the best breakfasts ever invented.

Not sure if the cloudy picture is from smoke but it certainly could be Smile.

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Sausage gravy, biscuits, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs with cheese, and bacon.

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Mmmmmmmmmm. So good.

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Next we headed to Tower Park in Peoria Heights. We’ve been there several times and have always enjoyed a trip up the tower. This is the first time we had ever seen the fountain dyed blue. Interesting!

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The day was cloudy/cool but look at the squinting – still plenty of sunshine.

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Note the woodpecker on the side of the water tower.

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Next – to Forest Park Nature Center, also in Peoria Heights.

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Great day for a hike, relatively cool, but it seemed to get more humid as the day wore on . . . or maybe we were working up a sweat . . .

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Last stop was an interesting tour of BU. Nice to see where Jesse spent so much of his time this past year.

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Back home for chores, and then Ryan joined us for pizza and shenanigans at the pond.

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First peach of the season: aptly named 4th of July Peach. Delicious Smile!

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Fun to have a few friends join us at the pond Tuesday afternoon.

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And that pretty much sums up the week so far. Yesterday was a chase day followed by lunch at a friend’s house, and today was a really productive baking day.  Which is why I’m thinking it’s time for a walk now that it’s a little cooler out!

And that’s it.

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