700 miles later...

and we're back home!
Man, the older I get the longer the drive to Illinois starts to feel.
We went to Northern Illinois for a surprise Anniversary party for Tom's Mom and stepdad Steve.
They had no idea about the party. It was great!
I have a pic but need to upload em onto this computer still.
We left on Saturday morning (Alicia watched the shop for us, she's great) got there around 3p.m. and left the next morning about 11a.m. and got home 6ish p.m.
Saturday night we played Pictionary with Auntie Cyndi, Cousin Julie, and Niece Koti.
Tom, Koti and me, kicked Cyndi and Julie's butts. lol {isn't that right guys:)? }

Saturday off

So, my dad came up this weekend.
I took Saturday off of work to hang out with him. We went for an early morning hike up Sugarloaf Mountain. http://www.geocities.com/chathammi/sugarloafmtn.html
We took Perry with us and it was a great hike. I have pics but I still need to put them on the computer...
Then my dad and I went antiquing in Ishpeming. That's cool to look at all the old stuff.
We ate lunch at Buck's Restaurant, I had a Rueben. yum...

We came back to the shop because Tom was super busy that day and he took in a HUGE oil painting order and we had to take a look at it.