Illinois Fun

We headed to Champaign, IL last week due to Matt needing to be out there for work.  Judson and I always love to tag along when Matt goes to IL because we get a little vacation at the Kellenberger house.  :)

We headed out Sunday afternoon and were excited to spend Memorial Day with Neal and Kim and crew.

The guys learned a new game called Spikeball and spent much of Monday having some friendly competition.

Kim and I even got into it.  It took a little learning but was fun.

Look at those intense faces!

Kim, you are amazing that you can play blind....haha.

Cailer was taking pictures for us and he caught the moment where Neal and I collided. 

Spikeball Pros

This lady always makes the day fun.  :)

Judson just loved the trampoline which was a first.

He would just run and run around until one of the kids jumped and he fell over.

Neal and Kim made their own BBQ sauce and rub for some ribs.  The guys grilled them up and they were so good everyone ate so much that ribs anytime in the near future sounded absolutely disgusting.  They were worth it.

Here is the chow fest.

In the afternoon we went to a natural park that had a fun rock water area for kids to play and many other neat things for kids to play in.

Judson loves water.....

.....and sand

The guys had fun finding creative places to play catch.

Tasty?

Judson and Cailer became buds.  Throughout the week Cailer would play with and watch Judson for me and he did a great job.

Monday night we went to Cailer's piano recital.

He nailed it.

Got some cousin love going on here.

This is probably my favorite picture of our time in Illinois.  Judson had so much fun with his cousins.  He loves them!

We then headed to Chicago for the weekend to spend time with Chase & Aubrey and Alex.

We met up with Aubrey Friday afternoon and grabbed some lunch at a local pub before we headed to Wrigley Field to watch the Royals play the Cubs.

The chef came out of the kitchen and plopped down this MASSIVE bowl of chocolate ice cream in front of Judson and then proceeded to wrap a cloth napkin around him and clamped it in the back.  Judson was a happy little boy, and yes, he did eat most of this.  I guess there are perks to being this cute.  ;)

We go to the stadium where Chase and Alex were going to meet us.

Now that is a stadium backdrop.

Saturday morning Aubrey had to work at her restaurant, so we all went there for a brunch.  It was cool to see Aubrey in her work environment and meet some of the people she works with.  The best part though was the feast we ate!

While we waited for our food we ordered this cream filled puffy thing (best I can do to describe it).

That was Judson's favorite.

Look closely at our food because not only was it delicious but beautiful as well.

Aubrey boycotted my picture.

Here is my little waffle that I had gotten the first time I was at Le Pain.  It is perfection.

Love having sisters.

It was a rainy Saturday, so we didn't spend much time walking around downtown.  Judson didn't care that he got soaked.  He was just happy to be outside and with Aunt Alex.

Last Saturday was a special day indeed because it marked Matt and my's 5 year anniversary.  It was great that we got to spend it in Chicago and see my family, but I think 5 years deserves it's own post to come.  :)