Vacation Restaurants

We ate at a lot of restaurants on our trip, most of them Steak 'n' Shake. The kids really like corn dogs!

Hayley at a Chicago oasis rest room -- nice hat!

Collin eating pizza at the same oasis.

Hayley at the counter at Steak 'n' Shake.

Hayley drawing at Steak 'n' Shake.

Mike at... guess where? (We don't have 'em in Minnesota...)

Mike and kids at Dunkin' Donuts.

Sherry and Hayley at Dunkin' Donuts.

Norma and the kids waiting for Steakburgers and corn dogs.

At the Park(s)

We stayed at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Brownsburg, and took the opportunity to take the kids to several parks in the Brownsburg area to play. They had fun!

A great shot of Collin in the early evening light.

Hayley sliding at one the elementary school parks. 

Hayley in mid-jump.

Hayley having fun.

Sherry and kids on the teeter totter. 

Mike and kids.

Hayley sliding at the Arbuckle Acres park. 

Hayley climbing. 

Collin on the bridge over the creek. 

 

A train passing by.

Hayley "driving a car."

It was a warm and windy day.

Hayley likes to swing!

Hayley climbing while Collin played with some new friends.

Hayley had a great time!

Visiting Anne, Karen, and Julia

While in Indy, Sherry took the kids to visit Anne, her daughter Julia, and mother Karen:

Karen and Julia.

Karen with Julia and Collin.

Kids playing in the garage.

Hayley and Julia.

Anne and Julia.

Anne and Julia again.

Visiting Phyllis

While in Indy, Sherry took the grandkids to visit their great-grandma Phyllis, who lives right next to what remains of a once pretty big horse farm. (And just down the street from where Mike used to live in Carmel.) The kids had a blast, as you see here:

Hayley and Collin and the horses.

Hayley and the horses.

Phyllis and the view up College towards 116th St.

Horsies!

Collin and a friend.

Collin playing on Phyllis' back porch.

Collin and Phyllis.

Collin and his new cars.

Phyllis.

 

Collin running.

Hayley and her stick pony, Jonah.

Collin and Hayley playing.

Collin in Phyllis' living room.

Phyllis on her back porch.

Visiting Norm and Pat

Next up on our visit, Mike's folks. Here's how that went.

Norm and one of his airplanes.

Pat and Norm and the airplanes.

Colling throwing a balsa wood airplane from Mike's shoulders.

The Millers.

Everybody playing in the garage.

Pat hid Easter eggs for the kids. Collin found the most.

Thursday night everybody came over for dinner, including Uncle Ralph and Aunt Judy.

Ralph and Judy.

Collin eating his dinner in the sunroom.

Hayley fell asleep during dinner; it was a long day.

Norm flying a helicopter indoors.

Collin chasing the helicopter. (Seconds after this photo was taken, Collin kind of caught it -- causing it to crash. Oops!)