Monday, Tim, Cindy, and Hadley arrived, having taken three days to make the drive from Montana. Hadley was a good traveler, but they did need to make some stops to let her get out and play. The girls invented a game in which one was searching with their tongue for Skittles in whipped cream; Teresa won. Don arrived, having had the trip from hell, including truck problems and a blowout on his trailer, which caused a lot of damage to the trailer. Teresa cooked a great dinner of pork loin.
Tuesday, Marianne went shopping with Grace, Ari, Erica, Cindy, and Hadley. The highlight was an impromptu dance by Hadley in the Abercrombie and Fitch store. Nick, Roxanne, and Richard went on a team shopping trip; you know that you are in the midwest when the grocery store has a large neon sign marking their Smoked Meat section. Tim and Nick, with help from Teresa and others, produced prodigious quantities of fried french fries and onion rings, which we followed with a late dinner of meatloaf. Marianne enjoyed listening to old music in Lucas's Mustang.
Wednesday it had rained most of the night, but dried up enough to allow a trip to the farmer's market in Springfield. This was a social event, as well as an opportunity to purchase fresh strawberries. Judy and Ron joined us at the market, having gotten in late Tuesday night. The sun came out, very nice. Richard used the fancy new lawn mower at the farm. We made a visit to Mike's house to see the two new foals, and the redone 1905 house. Dinner was make your own tacos. The fresh strawberries from the farmer's market were excellent. The girls decided to take advantage of the clear skies and camp out in the back yard.
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