We then had a crazy weekend which brought us to a various number of places: a company picnic; Colona, IL; Eldridge/Davenport, IA; Lake Zurich, Wrigleyville, and Elgin IL. It was crazy to say the least since we were all over the place.
Colona is where we visited with one of Heather's childhood family friend Rob. It was good to see him again and Alicia enjoyed playing with his puppies Cooper and Brutus.
Next up, in Eldridge, where Drew's cousin lives, we stayed with the Schroeders on Friday Nite.... Alica got to visit her 2nd cousins Amara and Alyssa... and it was a good time.. Alicia and Amara had a blast listening to music and playing various games....they got along great! We had some Happy Joes Taco pizza and some yummy Iowa sweet corn while visiting. To add to the fun, late Friday night, so strong storms rolled through the area, as we got to experience her an extended power outage... it was fun watching Alicia play with a flashlight.
Also Friday nite was the Jr. Bix. Alicia and Amara did great! Amara went first with the help of her mom, and a few helpers from the community. Her training definitely paid off. She's a trooper. Alicia was up after a few more heats... and she just couldn't wait to go... She was lined up... heard the word "go" and took off. Unfortunately it wasn't the right "go"... Mommy had to get our little jump starter.. and after lining up again.. she started really quick again.. then she saw daddy and then essentially stopped. Daddy had to run to the end to make sure Alicia would run and make it to the finish line. It was a good time.
Saturday was Mommy and Daddy's race. Mommy did the 2 mile race with Drew's cousin Amanda, and Daddy did the 7 mile race. Alicia is very proud of her mommy and daddy for achieving all of their goals going into the race. We hope to make this Bix Race an annual occurrence now. Thanks so much to Amara and Alyssa's grandma (Aunt Sandy) for take care of the girls on Saturday while we were able to partake in the race activities!
Saturday Afternoon... we made the trip up to Lake Zurich to celebrate Megan's 1st Birthday! It was a good time to see all of Alicia's friends (Megan, Lucas, Carl, Nicholas, and Ben, and a few new friends). Megan was very excited about her birthday and all the cake and gifts, that she almost walked! Yeah Megan...
here's some more pics from Megan's bday...
Sunday, the Kloss's stopped over to visit. Grandma and Aunt Mary had a party at home with Alicia while Uncle Billy, Jill, Mommy and Daddy went to the Cubs/Red Game.... Alicia really enjoyed seeing Grandma again... and having them have a sleep over and stay was great! We still need to download the pictures from Sunday-Monday, so once we get that done, I'll post a few from that too.
anyways.. that gets us up to date till atleast last monday. I hope you guys enjoyed our marathon weekend of activities as we did.
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