Pot Roast, Putt Putt, and Pizza

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog entry will be written by Dustin. In other words, prepare to have your socks knocked off.

After our big city adventure on Monday, the majority of Tuesday was spent going to visit relatives in Geneseo, Illinois. For those of you unfamiliar with western Illinois geography – Geneseo is approximately 20 miles from the boarder of Iowa, near the Quad Cities. (Bonus points if you can name all four.)

After arriving in Geneseo, we took a tour of downtown, drove by my old house, saw the hospital I was born in, and stopped by the cemetery. After this rousing drive about town, we went to my Aunt Elizabeth’s house for lunch. Joining us for lunch were a whole slew of relatives including my Aunt Barb and Uncle Jim from Peoria (photo below).
Lunch was very tasty – pot roast, vegetables, raspberry jello, cheesy potatoes, pie, homemade sheet cake, and more. Needless to say, we left several pounds heavier than when we arrived.

After arriving back in Darien, Skye and Dylan (my youngest brother) accepted my challenge to play mini golf at a near by course. It was a tough fought round of mini golf, but when the smoke cleared, I was victorious (Skye came in third). To celebrate, we went back home and had Giordano’s pizza and prepared for our Wednesday departure to Lincoln Park.